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Old 01-04-19 | 11:15 AM
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Bikes: Couple junkers

Originally Posted by Doc_Wui
I have several ebikeling geared motor kits mounted on my bikes. For pedal assist, I prefer their less expensive LED kit. It only has three PAS levels, but I do not recommend their recent 5 level PAS kits with the LCD display. The PAS levels are too strong, even in level 1, and if I tweak the parameters to make the bike more rideable at low speed, the pedal response lags and is still too high.

The LCD allows 36V or 48V operation, but the speedometer goes to zero when coasting with the geared motors, which also affects the odometer. A $10 bike computer coupled with the LED version is how I address this.

That said, the controller is a sturdy 22A model, and will run the 500W geared motor up to 20 mph on throttle with 36V or 24 mph on 48V. My first kit from 2015 runs well. I haven't taken the motor off the bike (no flats) since it was installed on my steel frame Trek. The axle nuts are still tight. Has about 1200 miles on it, only because I ride other ebikes too,

My current riding style is like MNebiiker, fairly slow. I have gone over 50 miles using about 10Ah out of my 36V battery, My original conversion costs were also under $500, $200 for motor/wheel, and $280 for battery,
That's great to hear. That's the direction I was thinking if going anyway.

This is all very encouraging.
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