Originally Posted by
alloo
This will be my first winter commuting on an ebike. I charge my battery inside my home. My question is at what temperature do you not use your ebike for commuting? Do you ride your regular bicycle at a certain temperature because it would degrade the battery? Nothing has been posted about this subject so I am curious. I would like to use my ebike down to the teens without snow or ice. What are your thoughts?
I try to ride 400 miles a month during the winter. I ride in the teens if I see the temps will go up. I wear cheap brown jersey gloves double with cheap Walmart hand warmers. I hate my nice ski mitts because my hands soak with sweat.
Since these cheap hand warmers go over 100 degrees, I will wrap a couple on my battery pack.
Since you charge indoors, tip
#2 is charge right before you go. A battery being charged warms up.
#3 A battery powering something also creates heat.
#4 A warm battery thinks it is fully charged a little to early. Charge it,Take off charger let it cool then charge and warm it some more
Our reference library is my daughter. PhD EE Colorado School of Mines. She runs ultra marathons in the mountains often with snow and temps in the teens. That means headlamps at night. Lithium offers better frigid temp performance.