I'm not sure if you bike motor configuration have the ability to regenerative braking, not really worth to charge the battery but so much for saving the brake pad on high speed braking haha. Also what a really beautifull scenery!
But the legal limit here is only 300 watts! How could you possibly get away with this heinous crime on our public roads?! lol ;-) jk of course. Thanks for taking us along for your trip in the NI countryside. Ps, I made a little Arduino based cruise-control button for my EB - very easy to emulate the throttle and now no more sore wrist.
Love seeing videos like this. What drew me to this channel is still alive and well in these latest videos. I am always fascinated by capacity and efficiency testing of modules, batteries, etc. You usually do a better job at keeping your tests qualified and scientific and it has always been helpful in testing preconceived notions and forming new theories in electronics. I would say that linearization of voltage could be dangerous info if someone doesn't realize that it was for (I assume) a very rough estimation. 1V change in resting V at higher SoC != 1V change at the lower SoC, but linearization can AT TIMES be close enough for "back of the napkin" guesses for those reading.
Yeah you're right. Overall I do like to use voltage as an indicator of charge remaining rather than counting amp-hours which seems less reliable. The problem is the voltage curve is never linear :)
I replaced my stock tyres with some vittoria mezcal tyres on my daily commuter eMTB - super smooth, less rumble noise, less effort to pedal, and uses less battery. all round win
Haha You should use your bike more often and take it on exploration trips :) I have a direct drive bionx and about 1kWh on board and i made a couple thousands of km's last two seasons. I also sometimes use panieers and take the charger on some longer trips. You can always charge somewhere by the restaurants You eat, or from the people of good will. Tires i use are schwalbe smart sam - very good on flat tarmac and also in terrain. I was searching for a long time and they seem like a sweet spot between rolling resistance/terrain performance/ price/ impierceability. Good luck :)
A great diversionary video. Fascinating to see what your ebike is capable of. Think it's nearing the length of travel that most human asses would hold up for, over a day of riding. The river trail looks to be a lovely area. It could also be a fun place to fly some FPV with those scenic river views.
Maxxis Hookworm tires are what I use on my electric bike. They are 2.5 x 26 with a tread pattern similar to a street sport motorcycle. Despite their width they fit into a MTB frame that takes a 2.1/2.2 size off road tire. Low rolling resistance with a smooth ride and the insane amount of abuse they can take make them worth the extra weight.
Have you considered putting slim road/gravel tires? I did it to the MTB I use to commute with and that's a "world" of difference in terms of how sweaty I get to work...
Wow you really do live in the middle of nowhere don't you lol. I live in a big city, but even when I travel out to the countryside I can't escape a constant flow of traffic. Jealous of the quiet open roads you have for sure!
i couldnt drive very long with the gas like this ! very much prefer the thumbgas like with quads...and now that i have to build my 2nd one i would only every try again with a fully- fuck hardtails lol
It's a mid-drive kit from Luna Cycle. Looks like they're not selling them anymore. It's supposedly rated at 3kW but my speed controller only allows 40A so that's 2.4kW with my 16S battery pack. In one of the earlier videos in this series I tried a high speed test with different gearing, I think it got to about 59km/h.
80km on a hunchback bike like that? 😵Chris is that really a 18650? looks a little big like 21700? and you don't mention the TOW of all this so all those calculation will be vary, because if I'm the one who driving it maybe 50% more efficient 😁
