Carmageddon
10 mW
- Joined
- Sep 14, 2012
- Messages
- 26
Hello guys!
I found this forum through a guy I met in the street, driving an e-bike 8)
He told me that a good motor costs about 100$, which surprised me because my earlier research into this showed that good quality reliable hub motor costs about 600$
So, I started reading a bit here on the site, and looking for the Crystalyte hub motors, I am unsure still which one I need.. so I need help pls.
Those are my requirements:
Some more information:
Apparently, new Israeli laws prohibit use of powerful engines, and above 25km/hr speed - which is designed to prevent proliferation of those bikes that are capable of replacing Cars and Motorcycles, where the government is making a LOT of money (about 50% of fuel cost is various taxes.. I am sick of it).
This means, that my best chance to get the engine into the country, is via an airplane - I will soon be flying to Moldova for 2 weeks, and I am thinking this is my only chance in the near future, to get one shipped there, and take it with me back in a flight without boxes etc, and they would never know what it really is (or ask taxes for it as well...) - so in this aspect, weight is important but not critical, more important is that it would be MOTOR only!! no spikes which increase the dimensions and give away what it is..
I have an old (3 yr) unused mountain bike on which I would install it - I will later order all other parts, but this engine is the one thing I HAVE to sneak into the country while I have a chance.
My flight is on the 23rd this month, which does not leave me much time to choose and order - this is why I am asking for your help, I don't have enough time to fully study all the different models, and I might still miss alternatives and various suggestions - I did spend a few hours on research so far, I read in another thread that suggested model are like Crystalyte X5, but I was not able to find any in my Google searches...
I would ask people NOT to suggest me reconsider due to country's laws - I will not.
Thanks!
I found this forum through a guy I met in the street, driving an e-bike 8)
He told me that a good motor costs about 100$, which surprised me because my earlier research into this showed that good quality reliable hub motor costs about 600$
So, I started reading a bit here on the site, and looking for the Crystalyte hub motors, I am unsure still which one I need.. so I need help pls.
Those are my requirements:
- Price - NOT 600$ pls, cant afford this ATM.
- Torque over Speed (meaning acceleration is preferred to speed).
- Motor only package without spikes (will explain after the list why).
- Waterproof so I can ride in rain, without worrying about the motor.
- Dont care about Noise/Regen properties - I only commute 6.5km to work each direction, same for shopping (for big store, next to me small store 1km).
- Rear gear preferred, to be compatible with regular 6-7 gears for pedals ( to help masking it to keep looking like a normal bike).
- Heat resistance - it is intended to be used in Israel, where Summer can be very hot.
- Cruise speed capability - about 3km of the way to work/home are highway, so I want to be able to cruise at 80km/h to keep relative speed down to minimize risk.
- Sensors - I love data, and later on (when I get money..) I would want to have a display of a lot of data for tweaking, statistics, etc - only if the price addition is not big.
Some more information:
Apparently, new Israeli laws prohibit use of powerful engines, and above 25km/hr speed - which is designed to prevent proliferation of those bikes that are capable of replacing Cars and Motorcycles, where the government is making a LOT of money (about 50% of fuel cost is various taxes.. I am sick of it).
This means, that my best chance to get the engine into the country, is via an airplane - I will soon be flying to Moldova for 2 weeks, and I am thinking this is my only chance in the near future, to get one shipped there, and take it with me back in a flight without boxes etc, and they would never know what it really is (or ask taxes for it as well...) - so in this aspect, weight is important but not critical, more important is that it would be MOTOR only!! no spikes which increase the dimensions and give away what it is..
I have an old (3 yr) unused mountain bike on which I would install it - I will later order all other parts, but this engine is the one thing I HAVE to sneak into the country while I have a chance.
My flight is on the 23rd this month, which does not leave me much time to choose and order - this is why I am asking for your help, I don't have enough time to fully study all the different models, and I might still miss alternatives and various suggestions - I did spend a few hours on research so far, I read in another thread that suggested model are like Crystalyte X5, but I was not able to find any in my Google searches...
I would ask people NOT to suggest me reconsider due to country's laws - I will not.
Thanks!