Hello,
I am intending on building an electric trike and I'd be very interested in any feedback you have.
I'm planning to get a KMX Cobra and add a Bionx electric drive although I haven't decided which unit to get or infact finalized on the bionics.
The main purpose of my bike will be to provide me with a commuting/city run around but I would also like to do some off road as well. I live in Zurich so the area is quite hilly and I'm quite heavy (95-kg) so I want to make sure I get a unit that will give me plenty of assistance up hills.
The options on the electric engine system I must use are
1) Bionx PL 250 HT: I think this High Torque system will guarantee me good hill climbing capability and I like the idea of the bionx system.
2) Bionx PL 500 HS: I'm also quite tempted by this for the same reason as above but it gives speads >45 km/h and is street legal in Switzerland if I get a moped plate. My main concern is that the hill climbing ability will be compromised but never having had an electric assist I'm not sure quite what that means. Roads here don't tend to be too steep more usually you get long gradual gradients.
3) The third option is to get one from here. This is a local company and they work with the supplier of the KMX so I could get the whole thing from one place pre installed but I'm not really sure how there systems compare to the Bionx.
Any way that's as far as I have got.
I am intending on building an electric trike and I'd be very interested in any feedback you have.
I'm planning to get a KMX Cobra and add a Bionx electric drive although I haven't decided which unit to get or infact finalized on the bionics.
The main purpose of my bike will be to provide me with a commuting/city run around but I would also like to do some off road as well. I live in Zurich so the area is quite hilly and I'm quite heavy (95-kg) so I want to make sure I get a unit that will give me plenty of assistance up hills.
The options on the electric engine system I must use are
1) Bionx PL 250 HT: I think this High Torque system will guarantee me good hill climbing capability and I like the idea of the bionx system.
2) Bionx PL 500 HS: I'm also quite tempted by this for the same reason as above but it gives speads >45 km/h and is street legal in Switzerland if I get a moped plate. My main concern is that the hill climbing ability will be compromised but never having had an electric assist I'm not sure quite what that means. Roads here don't tend to be too steep more usually you get long gradual gradients.
3) The third option is to get one from here. This is a local company and they work with the supplier of the KMX so I could get the whole thing from one place pre installed but I'm not really sure how there systems compare to the Bionx.
Any way that's as far as I have got.