Signguy-Everett
1 mW
A year ago (and most of last year) I was walking with a cane because my feet hurt so bad. After getting a new Doc and new custom insoles I can walk fine (no running) but am 100% better and I'm only 53. I'm happy I can ride my bike again and start getting some exercise with the help of my ebike.
With the help of this and other forums I ended up purchasing the 48V1000 watt motor and got it hooked up with the 15Amp Calibike battery. Yeah the batteries are not cheap for these bikes and I didn't want to shell out a ton if it wasn't going to work very well but I have put 600 miles on my bike riding to work and back (10 miles each way - 20 total) and a SUPER HAPPY. I do notice a bit of drag pedaling with no juice but with it I can easily cruise at 18-22 mph no problem almost all the way to work. Some hills I drop to 15 even with me pedaling hard with full throttle but this has been a great investment for me healthwise and for just getting some mental stress relieving from traffic. On slight downhills and flats I can hit 32 mph, it's just amazing!
One thing I have done since I got it is to check the voltage at work and when I get home from work to see how I'm doing battery wise. I charge when I get home and have 55.3V typically after a charge. When i get to work I have dropped down to around 48.5 - 50 (that's almost all uphill 90%). Thursday I got to work and had 49.6 volt 9.8 trip, 17.47 Avs, 33:42 time 30.2 Max. When I got home I had 49.0 V 9.78 Trp 16.3 avs, 36:03 time, 32.3 max. I've done this for almost the entire 600 miles (I'm an Industrial engineer and all I do is numbers so I'm a nerd). When I get home I'm down to 47-49. You can see I barely use any battery on the way home because of the downhill nature. I still have some umph left but I'm sure if I lived where it was fairly flat I could easily double my distance with my set up.
Just wanted to let folks know that I'm extremely happy with my purchases and set up. If anyone has questions/comments let me know and I'll be happy to help answer questions.
With the help of this and other forums I ended up purchasing the 48V1000 watt motor and got it hooked up with the 15Amp Calibike battery. Yeah the batteries are not cheap for these bikes and I didn't want to shell out a ton if it wasn't going to work very well but I have put 600 miles on my bike riding to work and back (10 miles each way - 20 total) and a SUPER HAPPY. I do notice a bit of drag pedaling with no juice but with it I can easily cruise at 18-22 mph no problem almost all the way to work. Some hills I drop to 15 even with me pedaling hard with full throttle but this has been a great investment for me healthwise and for just getting some mental stress relieving from traffic. On slight downhills and flats I can hit 32 mph, it's just amazing!
One thing I have done since I got it is to check the voltage at work and when I get home from work to see how I'm doing battery wise. I charge when I get home and have 55.3V typically after a charge. When i get to work I have dropped down to around 48.5 - 50 (that's almost all uphill 90%). Thursday I got to work and had 49.6 volt 9.8 trip, 17.47 Avs, 33:42 time 30.2 Max. When I got home I had 49.0 V 9.78 Trp 16.3 avs, 36:03 time, 32.3 max. I've done this for almost the entire 600 miles (I'm an Industrial engineer and all I do is numbers so I'm a nerd). When I get home I'm down to 47-49. You can see I barely use any battery on the way home because of the downhill nature. I still have some umph left but I'm sure if I lived where it was fairly flat I could easily double my distance with my set up.
Just wanted to let folks know that I'm extremely happy with my purchases and set up. If anyone has questions/comments let me know and I'll be happy to help answer questions.