Dillinger Hunter offroad

[chocolatemoose]

Hi guys. interested in getting back into using an Ebike around my hilly proptery. and im a big lad. 130kg

ive had a front hub 750w kit in the past and a 500w before that. both were poor to average for hill climb and speed.

wondering if anyone has seen or had much feedback on the dillinger hunter offroad

http://dillengerelectricbikes.com.au/featured-products/hunter-bbs-electric-mountain-bike-by-dillenger.html

running the bafang mid drive set up

that being said. would chucking on a further 1000w or 750w front hub kit for the awd approach help ?


cheers all

Moose

 

[Lurkin]

Larger DD, Mxus 3000 comes to mind.
BBSHD.

The speed you want to do it at will affect your decision. If you go slow and grind up hills, BBSHD will probably be better as it will be spinning faster due to the reduction gear set up. Hubs tend to prefer spinning faster to stay cool, so more appropriate if you are smashing it 8) . You know the terrain, so you'll need to make that call.

re AWD - yes, spread the load. But comes with the price of complexity.

Bike:
Ebike stuff seems ok, battery seems on the small side and your shortchanging yourself without going BBSHD if you're looking for power and a heavier duty model for ongoing greater stress.
Forks are rubbish.
With your weight, find out what the wheel set is. Smaller wheels will have less ground clearance but allow for greater torque and strength. You want a high spoke count, consider 36 spoke per wheel the norm.
Work out your battery requirements before deciding on a pre built bike. Nicest part about them is their user friendliness, including battery integration and management so if its undersized its.. less valuable.
For that money I would want full suspension and I would want to ride it first to check bike fit rather than buying something convenient off the internet. Cheapo suspension seatposts are a waste of time for light people - It won't do for you.
Seems a bit of a waste to buy a pre made bike and then want to modify it anyway for awd. Up to you.

Dillenger is kinda a one stop retail shop. Nothing wrong with that, but they do charge a premium for it - you'll find these things cheaper elsewhere usually.

The Bafang BBS series are designed to be a retrofitted kit, I would be deciding what frame suits you the best first if you are going down this route. Then decide what kit meets your needs the best. Similarly, an ebike specific frame might be ideal for varying your battery requirements, Q76R, Flux Beta, Flux Alpha etc.

You'll probably need to be ready to up the budget though. These days I try to identify what exactly I want first, otherwise I just end up finding the limitations of the stuff I buy early on (sounds like you have done a bit of that already too). Then work out how to get it cheap/pay for it.

 

[chocolatemoose]

so i have placed an order with dillinger for one of their hunter bikes.

i have been told as a promo that all pre orders will be fitted with the newer BBHD 1000w mid drive motor over the older 750w version. which sounds good to me

just need to get it here and test it out

 

[Lurkin]

Lunas doing BBSHD kits for USD699... just add better bike and battery....

 

[chocolatemoose]

one of my ideals was to have a bike that didnt look to e-bikey. a battery and bbhd kit was going to cos me over 1800 dollars AUS. so by the time i buy a decent frame. i would be up for 2800-ish dollars. plus time , effort, and not have it look as flash.

 

[chocolatemoose]

http://dillengerelectricbikes.com.au/featured-products/hunter-bbs-electric-mountain-bike-by-dillenger.html

here is the new hunter 1000w BBHD version with 50WA battery boost and gear sensor.

 

[KINNINVIEKID]

500 watt hours aint going to last long especially offroad.
It would last me about an hour and a half.

 

[chocolatemoose]

im only looking for 30 min sprints. interesting point though.

 

[drumnjim]

I bought a Dillenger Hunter Hub 2016, in summary, the 'bulletproof' hub motor broke after about 200 miles of gentle use not offroad. Dillenger took 2 months to diagnose the problem, then offered to deliver after a further 2 months or deliver faster for 150gbp. The bike is under warranty only 3 months old. The marketing proudly pronounces this bike is based on their popular and proven tried and tested kit, using exactly the same motor. However Dillenger say they cannot send a motor from the UK (where I'm based) from one of their kits which are in stock. So overall 4 months to send another 'bulletproof' replacement motor or pay alot of money. Sent tens of emails to sort it out, and had to take the bike apart for their diagnosis, in total messing about probably over a week's work