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02-18-12, 04:59 PM
Is it just me or did it take other E-Bikers a while to really understand how to apply the juice in relationship with pedaling for best range & fun/exercise factor ?:)
I rode 17 + miles today on my Mountain E-bike with a 9 AH Panasonic cell 36 volt / Con-His motor 500 watt motor setup, my furthest distance by far .. I . In the past I was going for quick neighborhood 3-7 mile blasts heavy on the thumb throttle, sometimes towards the end of these quick fast runs I would hit the thumb throttle & nothing so i figured battery was getting close to flat but not so, seems the over discharge protection was kicking in. I averaged around 12 MPH's today which was a windy day & took a nice leasurly ride to a neat local spot on the water. I stoped 3 or 4 times shut off the battery & rested, the thing that is really cool is the meter on the battery showed it was still 3/4 charged when I got home 17 miles later.
I totally understand why the manufactures state such a varied range for e-bikes. ..
& I've realized the best way to nurse the batteries discharge which pretty much includes me pedaling along most of the way giving it a little shot of juice to sustain the speeds etc..
Oh well sorry for rambling but I'm pretty psyched knowing I have the range with my newly learned e-biking technique to hit some neat local spots ..:thumb:
I rode 17 + miles today on my Mountain E-bike with a 9 AH Panasonic cell 36 volt / Con-His motor 500 watt motor setup, my furthest distance by far .. I . In the past I was going for quick neighborhood 3-7 mile blasts heavy on the thumb throttle, sometimes towards the end of these quick fast runs I would hit the thumb throttle & nothing so i figured battery was getting close to flat but not so, seems the over discharge protection was kicking in. I averaged around 12 MPH's today which was a windy day & took a nice leasurly ride to a neat local spot on the water. I stoped 3 or 4 times shut off the battery & rested, the thing that is really cool is the meter on the battery showed it was still 3/4 charged when I got home 17 miles later.
I totally understand why the manufactures state such a varied range for e-bikes. ..
& I've realized the best way to nurse the batteries discharge which pretty much includes me pedaling along most of the way giving it a little shot of juice to sustain the speeds etc..
Oh well sorry for rambling but I'm pretty psyched knowing I have the range with my newly learned e-biking technique to hit some neat local spots ..:thumb: