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It's not a desirable brand but it is a good brand. Anyway, it's sanded and scratched to hell now. It only cost me €120 secondhand anyway, but I really don't want to lose the €900 of electronics attached to it.

I agree, I'm going to start sanding the paint back today to make it look as crap as possible. Here's what it looks like after the stealthing but before the sanding:

That's not going to work unfortunately, my battery won't fit in the frame.

I've just set up my ebike and it runs fine, however I really don't like leaving it outside shops etc because it's too obviously an ebike. I'd like to tone it way down so that hardly any electronics or wires can be seen. The watt meter doesn't have to be visible either. I know it looks quite...

Where can I buy one of those?

I didn't have a problem with them. Only got my order last week. They told me they didn't have the thumb throttle and sent it anyway. Now I have four throttles.

Headway LifePo4, I'm charging it every time I used it.

Well, I pulled a max of 800w through the motor so far, but 32kph is fast enough for me as we have very poor cycle lanes and surfaces in Ireland. I can probably pull 1200w through it before burning out the controller, but I just don't need that level of acceleration. The major upgrade will...

Well, it's been a long time coming, but my ebike is complete. it's a BPM 350w with a 450w controller and 36v12Ah battery. I cycled to work this morning, a total of 9.5km, burned 65 Wh for a total efficiency of 6.9Wh/km (10.9Wh/mile). It's fast enough for me - top speed with pedaling is 32 kph...

Slightly off topic, does anyone know how to tell the difference between a motor running sensored and sensorless? I have a BPM 350w and while it's not noisy, it still makes noise, especially at top speed. There's no grating noises or anything, and the no-load amps is about 1A at WOT.

Well, the kit arrived yesterday (code 13 BPM 350w). I've fitted the wheel/motor with torque arm, unfortunately there's only space for one torque arm with torque washers installed on both sides. The cable from the motor to the controller is too short, so I'll have to mount the controller...

I'm about to receive my first ebike kit tomorrow and will spend the weekend fitting and testing it. It's a BPM 350w FWD with a 500w controller and a Headway 36v12Ah battery with a Turnigy watt meter. I know there are lots of tips & tricks on here and I'll be doing the following: Controller...

I'd like to add my thanks to everyone, especially those who actively shaped my kit choices, notably d8veh, who kindly sent me a thumb throttle in exchange for a half-twist as BMS were out of stock.

Aha. Now I begin to understand. I ordered this http://www.bmsbattery.com/packs/154-36v-12ah-38140-lifepo4-battery-12-cells-ebike-battery-pack.html with the 30-60A discharge current for my BPM 350W motor. It has a built in BMS. I assumed that the controller and BMS were the same thing. So I will...

So the 30-60A BMS supplied with the Headway 36v12Ah battery would be murdering the battery @ 20mph?