Hey all,
Looking to build an ebike, I thought about converting mine but it did not seem to be a good candidate for a high power setup and I like the idea of taking my time building something new while still having my current bike available to ride. It is a 2013 Trek Fuel ex7 for reference.
I was watching this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MefhrTBQxY0 (I am also really into building PCs) and got me thinking building something like that would be cool.
Definitely need something I can still pedal with, I am trying to lose weight and want to pedal as much as I can but still have the power when I need it. Would use it around town to commute to work (only 5mi each way) and I have a few friends in town I would use the bike instead of my car). Would like the bike to be able to comfortably do 40mph (So probably be able to do much higher than that but I don't want to run it at 100% all the time). Less worried about range but if 50mi+ was achievable (I know it depends on how hard I push it) that would be great. Right now I weigh about 350lbs so I need to build the bike for that but my target weight will be 200 over the next couple years.
While I am loosing weight I wont be doing any crazy downhill riding, maybe some light trails and mostly on road stuff while I get back in shape. So I was thinking for now spend more of my money on the electronics and buy an ok (but safe) front/rear shocks (I know how expensive they can get, was thinking like a DNM setup instead of say a Fox setup) and then when i start doing more serious riding upgrade them as needed.
I have a general idea of what parts I need but not sure what are good for brands and a good value without crossing that line of being unsafe. Like I see this frame on amazon but is it going to kill me? - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GSLQ7Y2
Do you really save that much money DIY the battery pack vs buying it? I was looking at 320 Samsung 18650 cells (20s16p for 72v/40ah) and just the cells alone were like 800 bucks. Not sure on a good BMS yet and how much wattage I need on the motor (keeping in mind I'm 350lbs + 100lb+ bike)
Don't have a set budget but If I can keep it under $4000 great, if not I am in no rush to build and don't mind slowly building it up (I enjoy building things so that is a big part of the fun to me).
Sorry for the long post. Thanks!
Looking to build an ebike, I thought about converting mine but it did not seem to be a good candidate for a high power setup and I like the idea of taking my time building something new while still having my current bike available to ride. It is a 2013 Trek Fuel ex7 for reference.
I was watching this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MefhrTBQxY0 (I am also really into building PCs) and got me thinking building something like that would be cool.
Definitely need something I can still pedal with, I am trying to lose weight and want to pedal as much as I can but still have the power when I need it. Would use it around town to commute to work (only 5mi each way) and I have a few friends in town I would use the bike instead of my car). Would like the bike to be able to comfortably do 40mph (So probably be able to do much higher than that but I don't want to run it at 100% all the time). Less worried about range but if 50mi+ was achievable (I know it depends on how hard I push it) that would be great. Right now I weigh about 350lbs so I need to build the bike for that but my target weight will be 200 over the next couple years.
While I am loosing weight I wont be doing any crazy downhill riding, maybe some light trails and mostly on road stuff while I get back in shape. So I was thinking for now spend more of my money on the electronics and buy an ok (but safe) front/rear shocks (I know how expensive they can get, was thinking like a DNM setup instead of say a Fox setup) and then when i start doing more serious riding upgrade them as needed.
I have a general idea of what parts I need but not sure what are good for brands and a good value without crossing that line of being unsafe. Like I see this frame on amazon but is it going to kill me? - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GSLQ7Y2
Do you really save that much money DIY the battery pack vs buying it? I was looking at 320 Samsung 18650 cells (20s16p for 72v/40ah) and just the cells alone were like 800 bucks. Not sure on a good BMS yet and how much wattage I need on the motor (keeping in mind I'm 350lbs + 100lb+ bike)
Don't have a set budget but If I can keep it under $4000 great, if not I am in no rush to build and don't mind slowly building it up (I enjoy building things so that is a big part of the fun to me).
Sorry for the long post. Thanks!