Hi everybody!
My life has changed a bit suddenly, now I mostly live on top of a hill. Its only about 2km, but 15% average. My commute is about 20km/day with that climb the main obstacle, ohterwise its mostly flat.
I have a really strog touring bike with front and rear panniers, 26 inch wheels. I have normal gears (3x9) but the frame has an eccentric botrom bracket (in case I ever saved up for a Rohloff) so I imagine installing a mid drive or a torque sensor would be impossible.
I have NO desire for speed. Legal limit for ebikes is 25km/h here and I would like to stik to it.
But I do ride year round so a 2WD ebike is the end goal for snowy conditions.
Money is tight and I'm not rich enough to buy cheap components, so I'd like to do the conversion in two stages:
1. Front wheel geared hub motor with the CAV3 and a small battery that would get me through the Daily commute
2. Add a rear wheel motor (identical to the front one) and a huge, trailer mounted, 200km range battery.
With that I'll be able to go long distance touring with a trailer, so my wife can use only two panniers on tour.
What do you think of my plan?
ID like to buy as much as possible from ebikes.ca so ezee hub motors would be the Go-to it seems.
Could I use a 48V battery in those motor to increase climbing ability when full loaded?
Or should I just stik to 36V and get better traction (less wheel slipping)
Any advice, ideas very welcome!
Thank you!
My life has changed a bit suddenly, now I mostly live on top of a hill. Its only about 2km, but 15% average. My commute is about 20km/day with that climb the main obstacle, ohterwise its mostly flat.
I have a really strog touring bike with front and rear panniers, 26 inch wheels. I have normal gears (3x9) but the frame has an eccentric botrom bracket (in case I ever saved up for a Rohloff) so I imagine installing a mid drive or a torque sensor would be impossible.
I have NO desire for speed. Legal limit for ebikes is 25km/h here and I would like to stik to it.
But I do ride year round so a 2WD ebike is the end goal for snowy conditions.
Money is tight and I'm not rich enough to buy cheap components, so I'd like to do the conversion in two stages:
1. Front wheel geared hub motor with the CAV3 and a small battery that would get me through the Daily commute
2. Add a rear wheel motor (identical to the front one) and a huge, trailer mounted, 200km range battery.
With that I'll be able to go long distance touring with a trailer, so my wife can use only two panniers on tour.
What do you think of my plan?
ID like to buy as much as possible from ebikes.ca so ezee hub motors would be the Go-to it seems.
Could I use a 48V battery in those motor to increase climbing ability when full loaded?
Or should I just stik to 36V and get better traction (less wheel slipping)
Any advice, ideas very welcome!
Thank you!