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best use for the full throttle is at traffic lights and at the end of the ride when your legs are pretty out. I suspect many suppliers will offer a torque sensor to deal with fast start at traffic lights but still no substitute for the throttle when you are too knackered to pedal though.

about 15? and a week later, still don't agree with each other. but we all learn a lot about lightbulb technology.

I tried that combination for 15 minutes. It was not stable enough (motor got warm more quickly, gearbox vibrated a bit differently), so did not pursue. I read somewhere that Bafang are fitting better FETs now.

that's a relief. You should still tell us the name of the guys in China though.

in that case, the kind of buyers you speak of would give a lot of attention to the mechanical bike. I would expect that they'd be more interested to have their ideal bike converted by a professional mechanic rather than buying a ready built. The only concession would be the shape of the battery...

In early January: woosh SWX02: picture of current test bike.

that it may be. Still, someone enterprising could run a course for bike shop owners.

I don't understand why not more bike shops take on conversions. They only need to keep two basic kits, the Oxygen kit or similar for people who like hub drives, BBS01/02 or woosh GSM for people who like crank drives. It's not like it's difficult to do. Fit them to £300 hybrids and they can flog...

the Big Bear is very good on most hills, but with up to 18st-19st to haul, then it would be about 10% hills where both bikes would be neck and neck, after that, it will start to struggle a bit while the Krieger can keep going a fair bit more.

or per 10,000 miles. This is the kind of mileage where writing off the old bike is not painful.

it's normally automatic, just squeeze the levers sharply a few times.

if you plan to sell a 2,300 Eur bike, most of your profit will have to come from the discount you get from the donor bike manufacturer, not from the kit, not from the assembly. Profit from the latter will be swallowed up by staff and premises costs. Therefore, such a plan would only work if the...

woosh cannot yet make the Karoo lighter because the whole bike has to be made in China. But most members can self build a 15kg e-bike. My current project is based on a £300 10.2 kg Giant D5. I intend to add a 2.3kg motor and a 2.5kg battery pack for approximately £500. @tillson: no wiring loom...

I still don't get it but it does not matter, the market has its own logic, products sell or die on their own merits at the end of the day.

Are we talking about Mark Searles of Modern Times Ltd, owner of the Electric Cycle Centre in Winchester? He was advertising on the forum up to about 2 years ago IIRC. I never understood why he puts a front motor on his beautiful Canondales.

This is the current Krieger: http://wooshbikes.co.uk/?krieger Woosh have a new Krieger with 650B wheels (27.5 inch) for taller riders in January. The new bike is fitted with the 15AH HL downtube battery.

it has 11:1 reduction ratio in the gearbox instead of 1:4.5 in the SWXes. That means it will keep high efficiency in low revs. Torque is 30NM, not great but good enough for me (75kgs + 15kgs bike, aiming for average 20mph) because I want to keep my legs as long as possible. Bafang because Bafang...

The $106 price includes the controller and LCD. I am currently converting a Giant Defy 5 and looking for a seller of this 2.4kg CST motor: http://www.szbaf.com/en/components/component/motor/rm-g01250dv.html

the Momentum has a nice, compact torque sensor. The cost of replacing a throttle with a torque sensor is about $30. https://bmsbattery.com/ebike-kit/689-b-b-torque-sensor-system-ebike-kit.html

The Coboc is built with Chinese parts. Lightweight motor, small battery to save on weight. Nothing special. I think it boils down to whether you believe in the dark art of the artisan bike builder. James claims that contrary to prejudice, single speed works. I just can't see the logic of that..