philsmusic2000

Just wondering if you would have to have a good credit rating to be accepted o the bike to work scheme. I'm not o a great wage especially for the length of time I work. But if I could get a bike discounted through the scheme it may be affordable. ??? Thanks

I don't fancy that to be honest my bike weighs a ton already. What is the difference between the various types of the bottle battery that you directed me to? Is the Panasonic better for a particular reason? How much is the bafang 750w mid kit weight? Just working out what my bike will weigh. My life cycle must be about 25kilo so if I get down to 20 and well balanced it should be nice to ride and hopefully get my 18 mile journey down to 50 mins I have a couple of hidden cycle paths which I can get a bit of speed up but obviously stick to legal limit in the village and past police station.

So the cheaper one is the better option? But 2 of them. Yes I was hoping the fit the battery in the triangle somehow. And the Controller underneath the bottom tube just above the mid drive motor. My thoughts are that if it's. All close to the middle it would be well balanced.

I want to build a new bike. I have a pretty light frame tourer. It is to commute to work and home. The reason I want a bigger capacity is its 18.2 mile each way. With down hill and a lot of uphill and flat. I am going to use it initially on my life cycle and the hub I'm buying off d8veh. But when I have a little more money I want a 48v mid drive kit for my other 700c bike. So I want to be able to swap the battery over to the new one. My preference is to only charge it once a day so I'm not charging twice a day and only getting a year out of a battery.. From what I have read on the lithium ion vs Lifepo4 is lithium are lighter slightly but only get 800 cycles like I say I'm just after ideas what is best. the reason I want to want a mod drive is they are a little less obvious than a huge rear motor that is a struggle with 700c wheels that I want disc brakes on and I'm looking at a 48v 750w kit. Any other info please ask and I will try to answer.

Hi there. I am wondering where is the best and cheapest place to get a 48v 20 25 30 ah battery from? Do the Lifepo4 batteries really do 1200 cycles more that lithium ion? Anyone have a good used one with plenty of life left in it? Thanks Phil

I'm glad I asked. I ended up cleaning it at work and using a full blue roll to do so. It just gets bad round where the battery sits. Here is what it looks like if anyone is interested.

Are these bikes ok to jet wash as long as I miss the Controller and take off the battery? Or will it screw up the motor or something?

I came to work this morning and put it on the 15 mph limit. I didn't pedal at all and it got me 16.6 miles But that was just on electric. I think the manual says it should get 20 -22 miles on a charge so with it being hilly I am assuming that it was not too bad. The down side is it too 1 hr and 40 mins and I was freezing because I didn't pedal. So my bike must just drink the electric when I am going as fast as I can even when I Pedal full too. At least I know I can say it does 16 miles on one charge when I put it up for sale.

If I got my boss to join the bike to work scheme can you recommend a good place to get a new bike near Macclesfield or Manchester? Also does credit rating make a difference to this?

I have just looked through my watch list at the ended auctions and the bike d8veh was selling was in there that would have done perfect. I will just keep looking for the bafang motor that d8veh mentioned. If Im Looking good at a new battery.motor and controller I will see what I can get for my life cycle then get a lighter and better bike altogether. For a bike that costs £1799 New it seems a bit of a let down even though it was 14 months old when I got it. Rushed decisions. Always bad.

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Sorry for the delay in replying. I got a bit snowed under with work. When you could empty the battery going max speed is this the return trip or just one way? I take it It's better to stick to the bafang make rather than the Chinese kits on ebay? There is an identical bike to mine on ebay but is faulty. The hub motor has packed up. This has the same battery as mine. Is it worth me getting to use both batteries and spares off it to make mine right? I will post the link in a second.

I bought it off gumtree and paid cash so not a great start to be honest. I'm relatively happy with it but I would a little faster and more push up hills. I thought about getting another battery from life cycle and swapping half way but still going to be Low on help up the hills. This is why I end up asking 10.000 questions. Sorry if I p****d anyone off.

Hahah . It doesnt get me there. I am happy to charge it at work. But it runs out after 14 miles.so the worst bit is without power and like pulling a tank. I asked about the motor as would like it to get me to work if my hip is bad and I can't pedal. But I'd like it to get up hills without the power dying before hand. I would really like the commute to take less than a hour. That 20 mph is pedaling too. And without power just 17mph. And up hills 2mph.

I weigh just short of 16st. I am 5'10" up until 6 years ago my legs were very strong. I have arthritis in my spine,hip and knees. For the most part it doesn't make much difference to me but some days I find pedaling extremely difficult. As with walking etc.im 31 years old so the rest of me is OK ish. In the summer I used to use my dawes giro for work. Which is a road bike. 11.4kilo this is why I looked into the mid drive kit as I couldn't find a Hub motor for my wheel at the Time. Is is 18 miles the first 2 miles are slight incline then pretty flat until the last 4 miles then depending on the route either a constant slight incline but like being in a wind tunnel. Or the other way is like vertical hills and some down hills.although this is steeper I prefer it as going against the wind is a mega task. On my dawes I could get to work in under 1 hr 20 and 1hr 5 on return. On my ebike I make the journey in 1hr on average. And have managed 47 mins on the return. I think the biggest problem is having the hardest incline on the last bit of the journey when battery is lowest or dead.then it is not nice to pedal. The reason I got the bike was over xmas when no trains are available but I have a horrible feeling that what money I had saved was wasted on this life cycle bike. This is because I thought because it's not a kit or conversion made and it was made as a electric bike that it would be better.i was wrong immediately as they left pedal and crank came loose. Headset was loose and screws for the Controller are missing. Now I'm feeling like I just lost £800 what could of been better spent. Now I have to save again. I look on ebay and the adverts have lots of conflicting information. This is why I asked about the mid drive as there is a gt road bike on there that says it will go fatser/further than others. In regards to how fast I want to go the bypass (flatter) route has a cycle path off road so faster the better. If I could do the journey in under a hour without being knackered at the end I would be happy. Does it look like I should sell the life cycle?