dickselectrictoys said:
first of all...the bearings/front & rear, have to be heavy duty/heat bearing/not let available for bicycles that can handle 20 to 35 mph. very unsafe in that respect, (as they will explode after long runs, so immagine what will happen if ur the rider."
And here I am all worried about LiPo, when it was those darn exploding bearings I should have been focusing on. :lol:
Seriously dude, you need to get out and explore this website a little. Since 2007 I've run tens of thousands of miles on ebikes at 35 mph plus, not a single bad bearing yet, let alone the explodey kind. There are hundreds if not thousands of folks here with similar experience.
Of course, I wouldn't try it on a Prodeco like the ones you are selling - the quality on those bikes is terrible, they are basically just short-lived toys, so I would expect problems like that on a phantom x2 x, storm, genesis 500, stride, etc.
dickselectrictoys said:
second of all, at 15 mph its very hard to stop....try 25,..i did-just to see...u do not stop, just slide forward, destroying the tires, generally goofing the brakes up & balancing.
That has nothing to do with ebikes, but everything to do with Prodeco's poor build quality. I wonder if the problems you are seeing with braking is the reason Prodeco bikes are so underpowered - they aren't fast enough to reach normal ebike speeds, and they can't climb hills tall enough to cause a fast descent, so the brakes aren't stressed.
I can't think of any other reason they would put such a weak motor and short-range battery on it Instead of the 50% higher 750w Federal limit. I am still confused as to why it weighs a whopping 60lbs despite the tiny motor/pack, it should be 3,000w-5,000w with that bulk.
Spend an hour or two building a real ebike, and your perceptions will change.
