Hello everyone,
since this is my first post I would like to introduce myself.
i am Italian and live south of Rome.I work in the aeronautical businness (pilot).
I started reading from this site from last year because I am in general really in favour of green and sustainable technology. Plus I am a very passionate cyclist and recently moved into thriathlon. My dream / goal is to complete a project in order to commute to work on a daily basis. Road to work is around 33 km with an overall altitude gain from work to home of about 400 meters (max slope 10% ).
I have been reading a lot here and there to find a good compromise to start with.
After reading a lot and trying to build up a decent culture into this world and to orient myself into which kind of project to shoot for I realized that even if for now mid drives are more efficient than hub motors they are more noisy and difficult to be fine tuned. they need almost continuous maintenance. So i oriented either for an efficient lightweight MAC motor or an heavier and more energy demanding DD hub motor.
I was addressed to two MAC kit retailer in Europe, one in Germany ( ebike-solutions.de and a swiss one aidewise.com)
On the other side I also contacted a Chinese vendor for a more powerful kit ( LEILI company)
I received an offer for around 500 euro including shipping for the different kind of kits.
The Chinese offers a nominal 3000kw dd hub motor ( ugly copy of cromotr ) plus 26rim + freewheel + torque arm + 24 fet max 72v sinewave programmable controller + throttle + ebrakes.
The German company for about the same price (530 euro) offers a full kit with MAC motor + 12 fet controller ( unknown brand) + 26'' rim + armtorque, freewheel + display + throttle + ebrakes.
Waiting for an offer from swiss (I expect it to be fairilit close to German one)
Honestly I would go for the first one but then I consider myself quite unexperienced. I would like to have an opinion from experts here to address me to a way ahead for this project.What i like about the first one is it will be more reliable and because it
What size battery would work best (especially for first option ) to full fill my commuting distance ?
Thanks for ur help
Alberto.
since this is my first post I would like to introduce myself.
i am Italian and live south of Rome.I work in the aeronautical businness (pilot).
I started reading from this site from last year because I am in general really in favour of green and sustainable technology. Plus I am a very passionate cyclist and recently moved into thriathlon. My dream / goal is to complete a project in order to commute to work on a daily basis. Road to work is around 33 km with an overall altitude gain from work to home of about 400 meters (max slope 10% ).
I have been reading a lot here and there to find a good compromise to start with.
After reading a lot and trying to build up a decent culture into this world and to orient myself into which kind of project to shoot for I realized that even if for now mid drives are more efficient than hub motors they are more noisy and difficult to be fine tuned. they need almost continuous maintenance. So i oriented either for an efficient lightweight MAC motor or an heavier and more energy demanding DD hub motor.
I was addressed to two MAC kit retailer in Europe, one in Germany ( ebike-solutions.de and a swiss one aidewise.com)
On the other side I also contacted a Chinese vendor for a more powerful kit ( LEILI company)
I received an offer for around 500 euro including shipping for the different kind of kits.
The Chinese offers a nominal 3000kw dd hub motor ( ugly copy of cromotr ) plus 26rim + freewheel + torque arm + 24 fet max 72v sinewave programmable controller + throttle + ebrakes.
The German company for about the same price (530 euro) offers a full kit with MAC motor + 12 fet controller ( unknown brand) + 26'' rim + armtorque, freewheel + display + throttle + ebrakes.
Waiting for an offer from swiss (I expect it to be fairilit close to German one)
Honestly I would go for the first one but then I consider myself quite unexperienced. I would like to have an opinion from experts here to address me to a way ahead for this project.What i like about the first one is it will be more reliable and because it
What size battery would work best (especially for first option ) to full fill my commuting distance ?
Thanks for ur help
Alberto.