After a lot of reading and buying spurious parts I have acheived a modicum of success and I am so far very please with the result. Parts were from this forum and ebay. I had to change the bottle battery shown as it came cracked but the seller refunded the money so I got a slightly used 15ah 36V BMS Battery from ebay (£180) which meant a rack was required (£15).
Motor and controller, throttle and brake cutouts are from "Amped bikes", direct drive (36 volt but power unspecified) £105 from this forum.
Either I have d8veh's throttle loose magnet problem, or there is a cruise control function (which is stated on the controller - but Amped Bikes deny!). If I cruise on a constant throttle for a few seconds it locks to that speed until I nudged the trottle again. Not sure if this is intentional but it suits me just fine allowing cruising at any speed I want.
I have not fitted the brake cut outs yet (but I am not sure they are required as I have the off switch, then throttle and ultimately the key to kill the power if in emergency) as it would require new gear changers. I have had to limit the gears to prevent the lowest being selected to stop the deraileur fouling the motor but this is not a problem. There is an 8 gear changer on the bike but the motor free wheel only has seven but changing gear works fine although seems to be largely a thing of the past now.
I just did my first motorised ten mile ride (that used to take me 53 minutes unassisted) and it took 32 mins. I used the motor most of the way but with hard pedalling, mainly in top gear. Still all battery lights lit - and I am tired but happy. You feel like an Olympic cyclist pumping away in top gear !!
I did not join the jumper provided to limit to 15.5 mph but will try this next.
Pictures attached if I can fathom out how !!
PS: thanks for all help and advice you guys have given me in getting this far.
Motor and controller, throttle and brake cutouts are from "Amped bikes", direct drive (36 volt but power unspecified) £105 from this forum.
Either I have d8veh's throttle loose magnet problem, or there is a cruise control function (which is stated on the controller - but Amped Bikes deny!). If I cruise on a constant throttle for a few seconds it locks to that speed until I nudged the trottle again. Not sure if this is intentional but it suits me just fine allowing cruising at any speed I want.
I have not fitted the brake cut outs yet (but I am not sure they are required as I have the off switch, then throttle and ultimately the key to kill the power if in emergency) as it would require new gear changers. I have had to limit the gears to prevent the lowest being selected to stop the deraileur fouling the motor but this is not a problem. There is an 8 gear changer on the bike but the motor free wheel only has seven but changing gear works fine although seems to be largely a thing of the past now.
I just did my first motorised ten mile ride (that used to take me 53 minutes unassisted) and it took 32 mins. I used the motor most of the way but with hard pedalling, mainly in top gear. Still all battery lights lit - and I am tired but happy. You feel like an Olympic cyclist pumping away in top gear !!
I did not join the jumper provided to limit to 15.5 mph but will try this next.
Pictures attached if I can fathom out how !!
PS: thanks for all help and advice you guys have given me in getting this far.
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