andrebandre
100 W
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2015
- Messages
- 108
Here is a little bike i put together.
I can only compare the Hermes with a BBSHD which i have on my daily commuter though that is a 72V setup and this is only 48V.
The Hermes, to my eyes, is the best looking peice of kit out there.
It seems to me very well thought out for its intended use.
It has an electric fan that kicks in just like a car's and stays on for a while even when stopped and then shuts off after a while when stopped as long as the power is on, not sure if it is temp based or time limited.
The gears noise is there for sure but not an anoying sound, at least not to me, is like a turbo, if i go at max speed i can hardly hear it because the wind rushing by my ears. S o would say not very load at all but nothing like the whisper quiet BBSHD.
Powerwise i would say it compares to a BBSHD on 48V but the power is delivered controlled (exponentially) , at least in the begining of the acceleration, it is smoothed out, not raw like with the BBSHD which is good for longevity and bad if you want wheelie torque from standstill.
It is probably intended to preserve the gears and not blow up the controller. Also a certain idle speed is dialed in so that cassette gears can be changed and there is no backlash when throttle applied wile cruising wich is pretty much what most everytbody has dialed in on a BBSHD/Phasrunner setup.
And the possibility for cruise control via a push button on the throttle and a blinking led which shows more or less battery capacity percentage.
The system is not user configurable, that is my only gripe.
Other than that i love it, for what it is.
I can only compare the Hermes with a BBSHD which i have on my daily commuter though that is a 72V setup and this is only 48V.
The Hermes, to my eyes, is the best looking peice of kit out there.
It seems to me very well thought out for its intended use.
It has an electric fan that kicks in just like a car's and stays on for a while even when stopped and then shuts off after a while when stopped as long as the power is on, not sure if it is temp based or time limited.
The gears noise is there for sure but not an anoying sound, at least not to me, is like a turbo, if i go at max speed i can hardly hear it because the wind rushing by my ears. S o would say not very load at all but nothing like the whisper quiet BBSHD.
Powerwise i would say it compares to a BBSHD on 48V but the power is delivered controlled (exponentially) , at least in the begining of the acceleration, it is smoothed out, not raw like with the BBSHD which is good for longevity and bad if you want wheelie torque from standstill.
It is probably intended to preserve the gears and not blow up the controller. Also a certain idle speed is dialed in so that cassette gears can be changed and there is no backlash when throttle applied wile cruising wich is pretty much what most everytbody has dialed in on a BBSHD/Phasrunner setup.
And the possibility for cruise control via a push button on the throttle and a blinking led which shows more or less battery capacity percentage.
The system is not user configurable, that is my only gripe.
Other than that i love it, for what it is.