Whatcha all think of this particular model?

[mvadventure]

A friend of mine, who happens to be from Maine, is the onliest person I know in person who is actually interested in an electric bicycle. We've had a couple of discussions re same and he has ridden mine and come back with the famous EV Grin.

He has looked at this model on the web

http://largoscooters.com/gohubmensretro7.html

and asked for my opinion re same. It would be better if he got feedback from you'all, the experts.

 

[mvadventure]

Oh, he's a little bitty fellow, barely makes 150 pounds.

Mike

 

[jondoh]

the gohub is my first kit. 1700 miles and still going. it's really a crystalyte 408 with 20 amp controller and a really nice rear rack and trunk.

in my opinion, all the crystalyte products are pretty good. i've already got nearly 800 miles on my 406. i'm planning on a pheonix racer (5303).

 

[Ypedal]

Yes, the Go-Hub is a well put together kit.. the guy behind it is trust worthy and knows what he's doing.. 8)

 

[ngocthach1130]

From what i read it's just the kit right? not full built bike? I don't think it come with battery either? Isn't that pricy? I have the 408 kit on my bike and it only cost around 500-600. Maybe you guy have the budget for it but you could use it on battery.

 

[EMF]

The way I read that link, this is a complete system - bike motor, controller etc., and set of pre-wired 36volt SLA batteries included, you just have a small amount of assembly of the bike and drive system. It even has the bag for the batteries. I have emailed this guy before when I was researching what bike to build. I got the impression he was a good vendor, from the communications I had. He certainly has simple to assemble systems, that IMHO were quite competively priced. Seemed like a nice guy.

One thing about his stuff I liked, was the very small controller that was mounted on your steering head, with no external connectors. The wiring configuration is quite neat on his systems. Couldn't be any simpler.

 

[Drunkskunk]

Nice setup. I'd go for the low profile battery bag option, and lower the rack some from stock, but looks perfect for a first kit.