Kepler
10 MW
Hall sensors have been fitted to both front and rear brakes. The regen activates just before the brake pads come in contact with the discs and each brake lever provides 50% of the available regen. I have programmed a one second ramp to the regen so it activates nice and smoothly.
Regen amps have been increased -40A within the Vesc. This provides enough braking force to slow the bike down in a gentle manor and is all that is needed for general commuting braking needs. It will be interesting to see how the tire wear holds up with the motor now doing friction drive and friction braking.
Will get some commuting testing in tomorrow and offroad testing on the weekend. My commute is quite flat so I am hoping that the regen will be good for 10%. Offroad, I am confident that 30% to 40% is quite possible.
The regen also gives me the opportunity to go to a smaller battery and smaller battery bottle and not sacrice offroad range.
I got lucky with the magnet mounting on the brake levers. The silver knob you can see on the end of the lever adjustment screw is spoke magnet for a speedo. The magnet has a 3mm thread shaft on the back. By coincidence, the brake lever adjusting screw has a 3mm threaded hole in the back. Perfect magnet mounting system for the DYI . A lucky find.
Regen amps have been increased -40A within the Vesc. This provides enough braking force to slow the bike down in a gentle manor and is all that is needed for general commuting braking needs. It will be interesting to see how the tire wear holds up with the motor now doing friction drive and friction braking.
Will get some commuting testing in tomorrow and offroad testing on the weekend. My commute is quite flat so I am hoping that the regen will be good for 10%. Offroad, I am confident that 30% to 40% is quite possible.
The regen also gives me the opportunity to go to a smaller battery and smaller battery bottle and not sacrice offroad range.
I got lucky with the magnet mounting on the brake levers. The silver knob you can see on the end of the lever adjustment screw is spoke magnet for a speedo. The magnet has a 3mm thread shaft on the back. By coincidence, the brake lever adjusting screw has a 3mm threaded hole in the back. Perfect magnet mounting system for the DYI . A lucky find.