apollo transporter speed limit

[shaunhj]

Hi
New to e- bikes, bought this Apollo Transporter from Halfords. and probably in the very near future will upgrade. In the meantime is there anyway to remove speed limit on this bike. I have from the internet included some images from someone else who dismantled controller, apparently the white wire is often the limiter ?
Thanks in advance
Shaun

 

[saneagle]

The white wire in the motor cable is a standard feature, and it carries the signal from the speed sensor if your motor has one. Generally, if you bike doesn't have an LCD with speed shown, there is no speed sensor in the motor, so the white wire does nothing.

 

[Nealh]

Pedal harder then you will go faster.
Plod are cracking down on illegal ebikes so stay on the right side and you will keep your bike.

 

[shaunhj]

Pedal harder then you will go faster.
Plod are cracking down on illegal ebikes so stay on the right side and you will keep your bike.

Thanks for reply : Pedal faster
Im 65 and my legs are not in great shape due to a disability. My E bike has transformed my life and enabled me to travel freely to the extent I go everywhere on it. It uses the cadence system which can be frustrating as round town its perfect but where I go everywhere on the open road its a little restrictive. My son recently bought an ADO which has a torque sensor which I find better and he has a discreet throttle which gets him upto about 21/22 mph which whilst not night and day is still significant. The other thing with my bike is as its very basic it doesn't attract thieves or court attention from police, hence why I enquired if there is a simple way to remove restriction for that extra 4/5mph on the open road.

 

[AndyBike]

Even a couple of miles over the legal limit will or can result in the police taking the bike off you, but yes it probably can be done, only nobody here is going to tell you as it brings all of us into disrepute

As to 'Im 65 with knackered legs. Well, join the club. Many here are also older with health conditions, myself included, and ive got asthma and copd, as well as vascular issues in the legs and can top that off with Achilles tendinitis in both tendons, the right being acute.

2 ebikes, one mid drive, one hub drive and spent the last 4 years of riding them.
But quite frankly cant for the life of me make any sort of connection between health, age and the need to increase the speed.
There is no benefit between health,age and speed, so forgive me if im wrong, but that sounds like a whole bunch of dingos danglies

 

[Sparksandbangs]

It's a 20" wheel. You'd maybe squeeze a couple of miles per hour more out of it but I doubt you'd manage to top 20mph.

 

[cyclebuddy]

...a discreet throttle which gets him up to about 21/22 mph which whilst not night and day is still significant.

As @Sparksandbangs says above, my own 20" folder ebike - which I can derestrict - achieves at best 18mph. The poor little motor is already spinning very fast in a smaller wheel just to achieve 15.5mph.

Then there's the gearing - your 14/28 freewheel is geared for 15.5mph. Even at 18mph with that same gearing your legs are spinning very quickly, and by 20mph, you'll be spinning out.

And then there's your battery... it's just a 24-volt system and rated at 209Wh. That's really not very big/capable in the scheme of things and not really suited to being hammered, at least not by a throttle.

It's really not the best bike to try and make go faster unless you make big changes.

 

[Sparksandbangs]

I was being optimistic. Mine did 17.5mph when I set it up. Biggest change that I made was swapping out the 48t front crank for a 52t one and getting a freewheel with 11t instead of 14 on the smallest cog. Meant that it would actually go somewhere without assistance when I pedalled it. It has 7 speeds and the first is still pointless.

To be honest 17.5mph felt far to fast on 20"wheels. I was glad to set up the speed limit.

I didn't realise your bike was 24V. Mine is 36V.

 

[guerney]

I was happily zooming about faster than 20mph on my 20" wheels, but my conversion is a Bafang BBS01B mid-drive with 52T>11T. Loved it, such a sense of freedom, could keep up with slow moving traffic, quicker to get from A to B. Then I found this forum. The main reason I restricted speed, is because I didn't want to be divested of my house by ambulance chasing lawyers post-accident, when my bike is likely to be very closely scrutinised.

 

[StuartsProjects]

The other thing with my bike is as its very basic it doesn't attract thieves or court attention from police.

If your speeding, 20mph++, then for sure it will attract attention.

I am older than 65 and my legs are not in great shape either but the 15.5mph limit is fine by me. Not sure why having legs 'not in great shape' would mean speeding is a solution.

 

[saneagle]

Hi
New to e- bikes, bought this Apollo Transporter from Halfords. and probably in the very near future will upgrade. In the meantime is there anyway to remove speed limit on this bike. I have from the internet included some images from someone else who dismantled controller, apparently the white wire is often the limiter ?
Thanks in advance
Shaun

If you show us a picture of the battery, I can confirm. I think it’s thesame as one of my little folders, in which case the 36v version slots straight in and costs about £130. I didn't test whether it works directly with your present controller. They normally do, but if it blows, you can get a cheap replacement for about £20, or you can get a decent controller for about £80 and get a really deluxe ride. Going up to 36v is a massive improvement. It gives 30% more power and speed. With a new controller at 36v, you can release the speed limit, to get speeds in the mid 20s mph, but I wouldn't recommend it because the brakes aren't up to it and if you get checked by the police, they'll seize it.

A simple controller swap would cost about £20 and let the motor reach its natural top speed, whatever that is, but you don't have enough power at 24v to get more than 15 mph, so not really worth it.