Shanghai Bike Show

[Deleted member 4366]

Just waiting for my last flight back to Birmingham, so I thought I 'd start a post on what was there.

Lots of bikes with the new Bafang Max Drive system. The motors are more than double the cost of a hub-motor, but they should still be a cheaper alternative to Bosch.

Quite a few bikes with Shimano Steps, but I wouldn't expect them to be cheap.

I didn't see any exotica this year. It was mainly tried and tested stuff with slightly better quality developments.

Smart BMSs in the battery are a new feature, which is pushing forward. They transmit their data by bluetooth so that you can check it on a smart phone. Some were bundled with other apps like GPS navigation and power usage recording for journeys.

I had a go on one of the new Wispers that wasn't bad. I probably saw the new Kudos models as well, but they were in plain clothes, so I couldn't say exactly which ones they were out of a large range.

Expect to see a lot of bikes with the latest style like Bosch bottle batteries and also a lot of bikes with rectangular in-downtube batteries - sort of long and thin that just pretrude above the surface of the frame.

For myself, I had one result with a new programmable sinewave controller. I'll post more about it when I've tested it.

 

[shemozzle999]

probably saw the new Kudos models as well, but they were in plain clothes, so I couldn't say exactly which ones they were out of a large range.

They would be the ones with the UK nameplate on

 

[SteveRuss]

Just waiting for my last flight back to Birmingham, so I thought I 'd start a post on what was there.

So just some incremental increases rather than anything ground breaking then? I suppose that kind of what i'd expect.

Did they have the Copenhagen wheel there?

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I saw one bike with a fully integrated hub. I don't know who's it was. It was the smaller one with spokes, maybe 220 - 250 mm diameter.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Here's a few photos of things I thought were interesting:

Typical electric bikes parked on the street. Note the battery locks.


43v Bafang CST!!!


Traditional road bike with saddle bag battery. The battery was supported by a rather nice alloy cantilever

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Very tidy lever throttle that takes no space on the handlebars

Crank motor in the crank. Huge torque claimed??





1000w bike with 20Ah 48v battery for £1000. Its battery was a bit saggy though. They said that they could upgrade it for extra cost

 

[Deleted member 4366]

A rather nice Benelli, except that it was only a prototype. We asked questions about the battery and motor, but the engineer in charge of it struggled with the answers. I'm not sure that they had thought it through, but to be fair to them, this was the low power version, which was working. We were asking about the high power version, which I think was just a figment of their imagination, even though it was in the catalogue.



This speaks for itself:



and this



Finally, a new crank motor. I'm going to get a sample of this one. I'm hoping for good things from it: Small, light and beautifully formed.

 

[gbsbikes]

can you show a picture ? I can find for you if you like.
Thanks
catherine

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Hello Catherine. Were you at the Shanghai show? I saw the bike from your other thread there, so maybe I met you briefly.

 

[gbsbikes]

Hello Catherine. Were you at the Shanghai show? I saw the bike from your other thread there, so maybe I met you briefly.

Hi,Yes,we met in the fair,I bring 2 ebike models with me by the airplane only to show to my other customers.And met you 3 people,Grzegorz.And talking about magnesium alloy motor wheel.
Catherine

 

[Deleted member 4366]

You have a good memory. The third guy was Andre from Oxygencycles.

 

[gbsbikes]

You have a good memory. The third guy was Andre from Oxygencycles.

Haha,glad to meet all of you.May I know your name and your esteemed team ? Thanks
catherine

 

[Deleted member 4366]

You have us all now: Grzegorz (Greg) from Ecobike Poland, Andre (Andrew) from Oxygen Bicycles and me (Dave) from here.

 

[gbsbikes]

Dear Dave,
Thanks so much for your introduction.May I know your website ? so to know more about your team,haha!
Follow is our new website www.gbsbike.com . still not finished.
Thanks

 

[jonathan75]

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Finally, a new crank motor. I'm going to get a sample of this one. I'm hoping for good things from it: Small, light and beautifully formed.

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Do you know how much it weighs, who is selling it, and how much it costs?

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Yes, yes and no. It's not in production yet. It's made by a well known motor manufacturer and IIRC is about 3kg.