We are really entering exciting times with battery and motor technology finally at practical levels - Take a look at what Tesla are achieving! - Who would have thought you could shift 2 tons of luxury car 300 miles on 1 charge?! - Let alone the monstrous acceleration! - They already have in testing luxury cars (well over 1.5 tons) capable of 0-60 in 3 secs! - Panasonic reckons their cells will last for many yrs of 12k miles pa too, current tech - Tesla's new Giga battery plant will enable them to substantially reduce production costs over the next few yrs too. Or Woosh Krieger perhaps? It has gear drive which i imagine has a huge advantage going up steeper hills / helping under licensed power rating on long med hills - model rc planes are using much higher power, with 1 kw common place - would love to try 500w or 1kw gear driven off road bikeĪnyone running a gear drive And hub drive to get 500w for off road - use hub drive on the flat / cruising and then kick in h gear drive in addition for hill climbing - could a second primary gear or larger primary be used to offer higher off road speed? - Not sure how the motor drive couples to pedal primary?ĭ8Veh.I said my posts would meander into the not so obvious.and eventually possibly investigate more cutting edge - quite fancy a chopper style easyrider trike elec powered - Presumably it would have to be registered and insured as a trike but would open the door to more sporting performance? - Be happy with top speed of 50 and 0-50 of c 5 secs and 100 mile range, no gradient limits - Also really like to convert my old Alfa GTV (poorly engine) however looks so unnecessarily complex and costly.again be happy with sensible performance 80 mph 0-60 6 sec, 200 min range using mid performance Not concerned if battery disguised or not - easy remove + swap, high capacity more important
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Think I would prefer manual control of throttle and re-gen charging to get best battery life (dont want bike to slow down on flat coast because re-gen kicked in, only during descent, similarly dont want a tussle with auto torque sensing on the flat) Realistic range of 30 miles with 2 batteries given that happy to pedal on the flat but want a real gutsy climbing ability (I am c 100 kg) - again can assist up hill but with no more effort than on the flat I dont want to labour (not exactly in peak health!) or get off on short steep hills Needs front damped forks and ability to put saddle stem damper in to extend road comfort and allow some trail riding - use will incl around Lakes national park - but not mountain bike biased - want to be able to sit right back and take in the viewsĪlso hoping to carry second battery with me, so the weight and size of this will be relatively important? Looking for large comfortable, sit-up and beg / traditional / Dutch style with best gradient performance and duration / £, targeting ideally sub £800 street price (would go to £950 if pushed for a seriously vigorous performing bike