addicted2climbing
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- Aug 25, 2011
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Hello All,
I have my ebike running and I am overly satisfied with it. Its a 700C commuter with a Q128CST 36V 201 RPM on 52 volts. I am 230lbs and i can go in excess of 30 mph with pedaling. I only have it as a PAS setup. Anyhow the bike has a SRAM 1x11 setup and my front Chainring is 40T and at PAS level 4 I have hardly any resistance left in the cranks. At PAS Level 5 the cranks have almost no resistance. I would like to have some resistance at PAS 5 which will give me more bike feel in PAS 4. At PAS 3 I can average a bit over 25mph with only 150 watts helping and me pedaling pretty good. PAS 4 jumps to about 350 watts help and 29 MPH or so with same pedal force until I run out of resistance. So my question is I have a few option in the chain ring sizes available. 42T, 44T, 46T, 48T & 50T. If I switch to the road group I can go above 50T but I think the ring may hit my chain stays if it gets too large. My smallest cog on the rear is 11T. If I jump to say 46T or 50T what is the feel in resistance between a 6 tooth jump as opposed to 10 teeth. I will likely need a longer chain. Also being a 1X no front derailer to limit me, more so what looks like tight clearance in my chainstays. The bike works so well I am also riding at times on the flats with the system off PAS 0 and it feels like a regular bike with not much loss in the bike feel as opposed to a BBS setup where it feels weird pedaling power off.
I still need to shorten the waterproof wiring harness
Open to any advice.
Marc
I have my ebike running and I am overly satisfied with it. Its a 700C commuter with a Q128CST 36V 201 RPM on 52 volts. I am 230lbs and i can go in excess of 30 mph with pedaling. I only have it as a PAS setup. Anyhow the bike has a SRAM 1x11 setup and my front Chainring is 40T and at PAS level 4 I have hardly any resistance left in the cranks. At PAS Level 5 the cranks have almost no resistance. I would like to have some resistance at PAS 5 which will give me more bike feel in PAS 4. At PAS 3 I can average a bit over 25mph with only 150 watts helping and me pedaling pretty good. PAS 4 jumps to about 350 watts help and 29 MPH or so with same pedal force until I run out of resistance. So my question is I have a few option in the chain ring sizes available. 42T, 44T, 46T, 48T & 50T. If I switch to the road group I can go above 50T but I think the ring may hit my chain stays if it gets too large. My smallest cog on the rear is 11T. If I jump to say 46T or 50T what is the feel in resistance between a 6 tooth jump as opposed to 10 teeth. I will likely need a longer chain. Also being a 1X no front derailer to limit me, more so what looks like tight clearance in my chainstays. The bike works so well I am also riding at times on the flats with the system off PAS 0 and it feels like a regular bike with not much loss in the bike feel as opposed to a BBS setup where it feels weird pedaling power off.
I still need to shorten the waterproof wiring harness
Open to any advice.
Marc