So its a sad day but its all for a good cause... Was able to get the bike up and running with the hub motor this weekend and got out for a nice long 25 mile ride while pedal assisting the entire ride. I wanted to try and kill the batteries all day but while also assisting to try for max range... This was all well and good until about 20 miles in when my ass hurt so bad from pedaling that I cut the trip short. I did just upgrade to the new cloud 9 seat and I do like it, but I think it had more to do with the shorts I chose to wear.
This is just a cheap 28mm hub off Ebay for $149 I seem to buy one of these every year now and sell it in the winter haha...
Its not nearly as strong as the LR motor, the torque from a stop is laughable in comparison, but it is extremely quiet and lets me pedal with the bike and get exercise!
I will have to sort out the rear brakes sooner than later
Im getting pretty good with these Kelly controllers I guesses the hall/phase combo first try!
Took off the old trusty rusty LR motor bracket
My bicycle chain is not long enough, and im definitely not riding this pig with no pedal power~!
Ended up putting a few links from another chain in the mix to fix things. Ended up taking another 4 links out after this pic was taken to tighten it up
Using the derailur as a chain tensioner at the moment and do not have any gears, I was scared climbing one large hill out of a 25 mile ride but it climbed it decent...
Tackled the rear brake caliper before heading out for the day, im glad I did I really hate riding with no rear brake
Ended up using a 160mm spacer with tons of washers here and there...
This is about 15miles into the ride at Brooks pond
Lake shot
All in all it was a great day and I used 9ah out of the 12ah pack I had brought along, the LVC buzzer did not sound and I did not hit controller LVC. I did however program the controller down to only 50% output since this motor is tiny and id rather not fry it with 55amps. Everything went well.
I have to check my regen settings since it doesn't seem to coast down hills to well, I know the auto regen when throttle is off is not enabled so I think that's just how it is...its been a while since I've coasted a heavy DD hub motor bike.