filmoreslim
1 mW
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- May 9, 2016
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Greetings! As the title states my wife just picked up a used e-bike on craigslist and now I want one for my commute. I'm about 185lbs and my commute is almost completely flat, 16 miles round trip. Was hoping for something that would let me cruise at ~25mph with leisurely pedal input (I don't want to be sweaty when I get to work). Was trying to keep the total price under $1000, I do have a 20 year old steel Trek mountain bike that I can use.
I was looking at the 48V 1000W rear hub kits on ebay that seem to be around $225 or so like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/26-Electric...929537?hash=item565d71d881:g:TpkAAOSwstxVf79e. I was also eyeing the Cali-bike 48V 20AH battery $575: http://www.ebay.com/itm/48V-20AH-Li...133972?hash=item3f5bdcc254:g:UpcAAOSwm8VUuxOH
That puts me around $800. Another option is a bike I saw on craigslist today. It has the BBS02 750W mid drive with a 48V 11.6Ah Panasonic down tube battery with NCR18650PF cells. It is built on what looks to be a $1000 commuter/cyclocross bike and they want $1599 obo for the whole packagehttp://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/5578652315.html. Definitely more than I wanted to spend but seems like a really good deal. What do you guys think about those options? Are there others I should consider?
Thanks for your help!
I was looking at the 48V 1000W rear hub kits on ebay that seem to be around $225 or so like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/26-Electric...929537?hash=item565d71d881:g:TpkAAOSwstxVf79e. I was also eyeing the Cali-bike 48V 20AH battery $575: http://www.ebay.com/itm/48V-20AH-Li...133972?hash=item3f5bdcc254:g:UpcAAOSwm8VUuxOH
That puts me around $800. Another option is a bike I saw on craigslist today. It has the BBS02 750W mid drive with a 48V 11.6Ah Panasonic down tube battery with NCR18650PF cells. It is built on what looks to be a $1000 commuter/cyclocross bike and they want $1599 obo for the whole packagehttp://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/5578652315.html. Definitely more than I wanted to spend but seems like a really good deal. What do you guys think about those options? Are there others I should consider?
Thanks for your help!