Is it mad to want two e-bikes?

[jeffpas]

@Garry Hallam my folder is 20" and looks very similar to yours.
Its not an expensive one but has a good solid build. I think its great. I still would like a full size for carrying heavier stuff back from the store, or to go about town.
As far as exercise, I have the self discipline to turn it off and pedal manually. Barely, when it has a throttle lever : P

The full size one I'm looking at is a Walmart Concord Commuter. Its also a budget model but I like everything about the feel of riding it. The battery has a 20 mile range.
They also have a Huffy Cadence for about the same price, that has a 40 mile range. However the Cadence to me feels cheap and it just doesn't ride as well.
It sounds weird, but I would rather have a bike I like riding with a 20 mile range, than one that I don't with twice that.
Also I wonder if maybe you could swap the battery out with a better one, and get a longer range? Thats one thing I'd like to find out.

 

[Waspy]

I have a 20" folder that I salvaged from a scrapyard. Shotblasted and powder coated. Fitted Sturmey AW 3 speed that I salvaged from a 700c town bike. My current favourite. I am tempted to swap the mid drive from the Voodoo over to this one but with a smaller battery.

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That is a tidy job. May I ask where you got it shotblasted and powder coated?

 

[Garry Hallam]

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Also I wonder if maybe you could swap the battery out with a better one, and get a longer range? Thats one thing I'd like to find out.
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Should be no problem as long as you can fit it somewhere.

 

[Garry Hallam]

That is a tidy job. May I ask where you got it shotblasted and powder coated?

My friend works at a Powder Coating company in Ashton Under Lyne. The cost per bike frame is £50.

 

[jeffpas]

Here is the battery for the Concord Commuter., the full size e-bike.
I'm interested in how common it looks. I am in the USA.... Illinois.... but its a Wal-Mart bike. Surprisingly, as I said it has a solid build and good welds as far as I can see.

I wondered first if this is any kind of a standard size that one can find generic replacements for. And also if you see the plug fitting, if that looks standard...... would it be possible to swap it out with a better grade battery.

This bike only has a 20 mile range- however there was a more cheaply built Huffy e-bike in the store that had a 40 mile range.
Thats what started me thinking, why can't I keep the bike with the better build, and just upgrade the battery? Maybe a better battery that would fit the bike, would get me a more comparable range to the Huffy.

What does anybody think?

 

[Peter.Bridge]

Here is the battery for the Concord Commuter., the full size e-bike.
I'm interested in how common it looks. I am in the USA.... Illinois.... but its a Wal-Mart bike. Surprisingly, as I said it has a solid build and good welds as far as I can see.

I wondered first if this is any kind of a standard size that one can find generic replacements for. And also if you see the plug fitting, if that looks standard...... would it be possible to swap it out with a better grade battery.

This bike only has a 20 mile range- however there was a more cheaply built Huffy e-bike in the store that had a 40 mile range.
Thats what started me thinking, why can't I keep the bike with the better build, and just upgrade the battery? Maybe a better battery that would fit the bike, would get me a more comparable range to the Huffy.

What does anybody think?


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Or just buy a different battery and connect it up to your existing controller ? If you don't have aesthetic objections to having a battery mounted on the down tube, can swap over the battery connections to the new one, and there is no comms between the battery and controller

 

[Chainmale]

Despite having been manufactured ages ago in April 2006, my Dahon Helios P8 BBS01B 20" wheeled mid-drive attracts too much attention. I think screeching magpie banshees are attracted by the shiny aluminium frame, or it's unusual shape. Usually, it merely makes groups of women burst into laughter simultaneously as I pedal by, I've no idea why. Attracts groups of people when left locked too,

The reason your Dahon attracts attention in certain areas is that the oiks see a man on what they perceive as an old ladies shopping bike. Add to that your bike has more add ons than a 1960s mod's scooter plus the full face helmet and leather jacket. I have an old Dahon and if I ride that in my local area it gets a few second glances if I'm wearing everyday clothes but no helmet, add a helmet and I get a lot more attention, add something that resemble cycling clothing even more attention. Ride the same area on my hybrid, no attention at all, just a bloke on a bike.