This is my 1000 th post here,so better make it a good un.
My recumbent is fast however I am slowing down. Athsma and 4*4s see to that so how do I keep going
I have has a few bikes and appreciate the assistance for the hills that slow an old fat man.
Which kit to fit hub or crank drive?
Well having had a both I have been spoiled by the Panasonic crank drive. It's natural feel and efficient drive felt good to me.
Compared to the crappy hub drive I had it left me feeling that was the way.
As far as power and efficiency goes the small hub could have been an option but doubt over setting up a disk braked wheel concerned me.
So when eBay gave me a special discount I bought a BBS01 kit £300.
Fitting was simple gear puller to get the cranks off.
Slotting the BBS into the bottom bracket required a bit of dremeling to remove a band of proud material.
Then slotting was easy.
I have hydraulic brakes so time to order a cutout switch along with a speed extension cable.
Well my bottom bracket is out front and the standard won't reach the magnet on the wheel.
So extension and cutout switch sorted what about battery.
I have a few liposuction so a pair of 3ah 5s gave me a test rig.
The standard conectors were andersons on the BBS but the lipos have xt60's no problem and a quick solder job jobbed.
Test run time with 3ah batteries I hoped to get 10 miles. Er the battery meter didn't go down until 12 miles and didn't cut out until 20+ miles...
That was good and HK had some 16 Ah 4 and 6s for £100 delivered.
Time to buy.
The bike is now set with factory power settings 15 amp but without the throttle I should only draw 10a (60%)
What's it like to ride.
Well top speed is down with only a 46 on the front 30mph is spin out time.
It crushes at 17 on the flat and the power delivery is on/off. Not good for slow speed manuver and when it finally comes in its all or nothing. Right gear required to start on a hill or forget it.
However I the right gear it pulls beautify despite the low power.
I left a decent cyclist for dead this morning accelerating to 16 and then the recumbent cut through the wind and he disappeared I'm my mirrors.
The speedo works but over 35mph. I think the anti bounce ccts cut in and the recorded speed falls to 17 ish and as I continue down hill I know I'm doing 40+ but the speedo lies.
With the 16ah battery I h
ave done 105 miles and my battery meter still hasn't dropped the first segment.
But the tester says I have around 50% left. We shall see how accurate that is by the end of next week.
Power has been left on max with cut out at 25kph. My average speed is around 15-18 mph. It's just traffic slowing me down.
My recumbent is fast however I am slowing down. Athsma and 4*4s see to that so how do I keep going
I have has a few bikes and appreciate the assistance for the hills that slow an old fat man.
Which kit to fit hub or crank drive?
Well having had a both I have been spoiled by the Panasonic crank drive. It's natural feel and efficient drive felt good to me.
Compared to the crappy hub drive I had it left me feeling that was the way.
As far as power and efficiency goes the small hub could have been an option but doubt over setting up a disk braked wheel concerned me.
So when eBay gave me a special discount I bought a BBS01 kit £300.
Fitting was simple gear puller to get the cranks off.
Slotting the BBS into the bottom bracket required a bit of dremeling to remove a band of proud material.
Then slotting was easy.
I have hydraulic brakes so time to order a cutout switch along with a speed extension cable.
Well my bottom bracket is out front and the standard won't reach the magnet on the wheel.
So extension and cutout switch sorted what about battery.
I have a few liposuction so a pair of 3ah 5s gave me a test rig.
The standard conectors were andersons on the BBS but the lipos have xt60's no problem and a quick solder job jobbed.
Test run time with 3ah batteries I hoped to get 10 miles. Er the battery meter didn't go down until 12 miles and didn't cut out until 20+ miles...
That was good and HK had some 16 Ah 4 and 6s for £100 delivered.
Time to buy.
The bike is now set with factory power settings 15 amp but without the throttle I should only draw 10a (60%)
What's it like to ride.
Well top speed is down with only a 46 on the front 30mph is spin out time.
It crushes at 17 on the flat and the power delivery is on/off. Not good for slow speed manuver and when it finally comes in its all or nothing. Right gear required to start on a hill or forget it.
However I the right gear it pulls beautify despite the low power.
I left a decent cyclist for dead this morning accelerating to 16 and then the recumbent cut through the wind and he disappeared I'm my mirrors.
The speedo works but over 35mph. I think the anti bounce ccts cut in and the recorded speed falls to 17 ish and as I continue down hill I know I'm doing 40+ but the speedo lies.
With the 16ah battery I h
ave done 105 miles and my battery meter still hasn't dropped the first segment.But the tester says I have around 50% left. We shall see how accurate that is by the end of next week.
Power has been left on max with cut out at 25kph. My average speed is around 15-18 mph. It's just traffic slowing me down.
