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Originally Posted by miquelmah
hi friends...........

I am very interested in make a electric bike............... I saw a lot of kits/batterys and I think the best kit is a brushless frontal kit 250-500w 48v and a lifepo4 battery 15-20ah

whith this configuration I think is possible arrive a range of 35-50 miles .............

this is the kit:
http://cgi.ebay.es/Electric-Bike-Kit...item3efcdcffe1

and the batterys:
http://cgi.ebay.es/48v-15ah-LiFePO4-...item3efcc54d3b

and this is the seller of sell cheap kits/batterys of 24, 36 and 48v ............

http://shop.ebay.es/elephant1488/m.h....c0.m14&_pgn=1

¿what is your opinion?....................

¿somebody have this kit/batterys?


regards and thanks
Are you in the EU? If so, that motor is street legal as far as voltage, not sure if the speed would fall within street-legal limits (the EU and certain Asian countries have fairly strict limits on power and maximum speed for street-legal e-bikes). I'm not sure of the quality of this hub motor. Often with Chinese-made hub motors you'll find that such small gauge wire has been used for windings that they aren't very robust. If you don't need a lot of torque for hills this may be fine. I'm not sure if you'll have any problems with motor burn out at 48V if the wiring is very low gauge. As for LIFEPO4 batteries, I would be more cautious and buy from a reputable builder like Ping.

If you can, you might shop for a motor from a local distributor. That way you might actually get warranty support. I'm not sure how quickly you could burn out this motor, especially if you ride steep hills. Good luck.
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