I have been interfacing with Falco for about two months now, flushing out their USA product line and options.
I'm looking to make a light commuter build, with Kepler's Supercommuter as the bar. I'd like the stealth of an Easy Motion Neo bike, but without the speed limits. 40lb or less is preferred, and 45lb max. Falco's 500W system appears to be their standard 350W system with more amps.
Battery options are flexible.
350/500W motor is 4.5kg, 750W is 6kg including controller inside.
The wireless controller keeps the wire count down. The system can be well integrated for stealth.
The rear rack battery is not my preference because of weigh imbalance. Nothing beats a center battery, IMO, and that starts to limit options. Falco has a bottle battery, 2.5kg.
My delima now is bike selection. I have a new Gravity, relaxed, road bike with Ultegra components, carbon fork, no disk brakes. The 500W system woul dmake that 35lb, but I'm a little uneasy on riding an ebike with hoods and caliper brakes.
Other options would be to buy a 29er with front susp, maybe a titanium. (23lbs) + 15 = 38lb bike. Maybe less with street tires. If I did that, I almost want the 750W motor for more torque.
Final mod would be a 52V, 7.8lb, 13 ahr Li-nmc from HPC.
Any comments?