August 23, 20178 yr Hi all. Can anyone recommend the most up-to-date and trusted suppliers of the 8-fun BBS02 kit? Is it best to buy from UK or can overseas suppliers be trusted and a saving made after import duty?
August 23, 20178 yr Em3ev.com would me my most trusted supplier. they helped Bafang with some of the development. UK suppliers are catching up now, so there's a few to choose from. One kit worth considering is the 25 amp 36v 250w kit. it's basically a 500w BBS02 stamped 250w. You can get it from Em3ev.com, and I think maybe one or two of the UK suppliers might have them. That particular motor is legal as it's stamped 250w. 25 amps is 20% more than the best OEM Bosch bike, so should be plenty of power for ant circumstances.
August 23, 20178 yr www.eclipsebikes.com Have bought a BBS02 and battery from them, plus another battery on a separate occasion. Both purchases were quickly delivered and reasonably priced. Edited August 23, 20178 yr by Fordulike
August 23, 20178 yr EM3EV very well regarded located in HK andrun by an expat. UK try Woosh, Eclipse and Darren @ Brighton ebikes. Darren has the 36v BBS02B.
August 23, 20178 yr Author Em3ev.com would me my most trusted supplier. they helped Bafang with some of the development. UK suppliers are catching up now, so there's a few to choose from. One kit worth considering is the 25 amp 36v 250w kit. it's basically a 500w BBS02 stamped 250w. You can get it from Em3ev.com, and I think maybe one or two of the UK suppliers might have them. That particular motor is legal as it's stamped 250w. 25 amps is 20% more than the best OEM Bosch bike, so should be plenty of power for ant circumstances.Very helpful, thank you. My daily commute is 12 miles each way with 7 hrs charging time in the middle. I have a steep incline stretching about a mile at the end of each journey. Would the Em3ev.com 25 amp kit be up to it would you know? Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk
August 23, 20178 yr Very helpful, thank you. My daily commute is 12 miles each way with 7 hrs charging time in the middle. I have a steep incline stretching about a mile at the end of each journey. Would the Em3ev.com 25 amp kit be up to it would you know? Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk I can get around 15 miles with a 48v 12Ah battery. Mine is programmed for more performance, so with factory standard settings, 12 miles will be easily achievable.
August 23, 20178 yr Author I can get around 15 miles with a 48v 12Ah battery. Mine is programmed for more performance, so with factory standard settings 12 miles will be easily achievable.Cracking, many thanks. Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk
August 23, 20178 yr Wherever you buy your kit from, aim to buy a battery pack containing decent cells. The BBS02 is power hungry and can shorten the life of cells not up to the job. I swapped an 11.6Ah battery pack containing Samsung 29E cells, to a 12Ah pack containing Samsung 30Q cells. I've found the 30Q pack to be vastly superior to the 29E pack. On Eclipse Bikes anyway, the 30Q pack is only 50 quid more than the 29E pack. At the time of buying my 29E pack, the 30Q's weren't available.
August 23, 20178 yr Author Wherever you buy your kit from, aim to buy a battery pack containing decent cells. The BBS02 is power hungry and can shorten the life of cells not up to the job. I swapped an 11.6Ah battery pack containing Samsung 29E cells, to a 12Ah pack containing Samsung 30Q cells. I've found the 30Q pack to be vastly superior to the 29E pack. On Eclipse Bikes anyway, the 30Q pack is only 50 quid more than the 29E pack. At the time of buying my 29E pack, the 30Q's weren't available.Any idea what this would be?: 36V Frame Pack Options - 36V 15.5Ah High-Energy Pack (10S5P-33G) From Em3ev.com Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk
August 23, 20178 yr I`ve dealt with Eunorau a couple of times for Bafang motor kits and wouldn`t hesitate to do so again https://eunorauebike-2.aliexpress.com/store/group/BBS02/705369_509341560.html?spm=2114.12010608.0.0.2995e5c07bRKu7 The price of that 36V 250W seems to be around £320 but i`d pay the extra for the 850C colour display. Last one took 14 days and FedEx will bill you for approx £30 import duties.
August 23, 20178 yr Is it best to buy from UK or can overseas suppliers be trusted and a saving made after import duty? I would recommend you buy from a UK suppliers, especially if this is your first conversion. If you have a problem with the kit, it's not easy to send it back to China.
August 23, 20178 yr Author I would recommend you buy from a UK suppliers, especially if this is your first conversion. If you have a problem with the kit, it's not easy to send it back to China.Do you guys do the kit? Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk
August 23, 20178 yr Author I`ve dealt with Eunorau a couple of times for Bafang motor kits and wouldn`t hesitate to do so again https://eunorauebike-2.aliexpress.com/store/group/BBS02/705369_509341560.html?spm=2114.12010608.0.0.2995e5c07bRKu7 The price of that 36V 250W seems to be around £320 but i`d pay the extra for the 850C colour display. Last one took 14 days and FedEx will bill you for approx £30 import duties.Prices look very attractive on aliexpress, any risks apart from the returns issues? Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk
August 23, 20178 yr Do you guys do the kit? Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk yes, I offer the BBS02B with either 15AH or 17AH HL downtube battery. http;//wooshbikes.co.uk/?cdkit They are marked as 500W though.
August 23, 20178 yr Author yes, I offer the BBS02B with either 15AH or 17AH HL downtube battery. http;//wooshbikes.co.uk/?cdkit They are marked as 500W though.Any rough idea of range on the 15ah battery at a steady pace with "yorkshire" hills? Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk
August 23, 20178 yr All those mentioned above including my own would be virtually risk free, it`s the unknown ones with no feedback you need to be careful of. As regards the battery, it`s the most important part of the kit, i`d purchase that here in the UK, and at Insat in particular. Having said that my first BBS kit from China came along with a quality Samsung celled battery. However if anything goes wrong with the battery you`ll be entering a world of pain in getting it shipped back and replaced/repaired! Buy that in the UK.
August 23, 20178 yr Any rough idea of range on the 15ah battery at a steady pace with "yorkshire" hills? Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk hills are not a problem for power consumption because you burn a bit more going up, then a bit less on the way down. The BBS02B is a high performance motor, it can burn twice as fast compared to a bike like the Woosh Rio MTB that would be equally at home in your neck of the wood. What I am saying is you can get 60 miles out of a 17AH battery or 25 miles, depending on your speed and pedal input.
August 23, 20178 yr Author hills are not a problem for power consumption because you burn a bit more going up, then a bit less on the way down. The BBS02B is a high performance motor, it can burn twice as fast compared to a bike like the Woosh Rio MTB that would be equally at home in your neck of the wood. What I am saying is you can get 60 miles out of a 17AH battery or 25 miles, depending on your speed and pedal input.Fair enough. I have a hybrid bike already so I chose the bbs02b as this seems to be the ideal solution to give me a commuter boost and still work for me when I go on the trails. Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk
August 23, 20178 yr Author All those mentioned above including my own would be virtually risk free, it`s the unknown ones with no feedback you need to be careful of. As regards the battery, it`s the most important part of the kit, i`d purchase that here in the UK, and at Insat in particular. Having said that my first BBS kit from China came along with a quality Samsung celled battery. However if anything goes wrong with the battery you`ll be entering a world of pain in getting it shipped back and replaced/repaired! Buy that in the UK.Do you have any links to UK batteries at 36V, bottle? Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk
August 23, 20178 yr Insat International , Unit 1A , Gateway Mews , Bounds Green , London , N11 2UT Tel : 0208 361 1790. Just ask to speak to Jimmy, he will sort you out with whatever battery you need.
August 23, 20178 yr Author Insat International , Unit 1A , Gateway Mews , Bounds Green , London , N11 2UT Tel : 0208 361 1790. Just ask to speak to Jimmy, he will sort you out with whatever battery you need.Many thanks! Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk
August 23, 20178 yr Fair enough. I have a hybrid bike already so I chose the bbs02b as this seems to be the ideal solution to give me a commuter boost and still work for me when I go on the trails. Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk which hybrid bike are you going to use as donor bike? Also, there is a relevant piece of information relating to the BBS02's battery consumption that I did not mention before. The yield of the motor depends very much on your cadence. It's bad under 30 rpm, If you don't have the habit of spinning your chainring reasonably fast (80+ rpm), you should consider a geared hub kit.
August 24, 20178 yr Eclipse bikes have some nice batteries with Samsung 30Q cells. You can be sure that any battery from Em3ev is top quality. Don't buy a battery from Aliexpress. If you want a light hybrid type bike for commuting, I would have thought that a Q128 hub-motor would be much better than a BBS02.
August 24, 20178 yr I have a BBS02 500w with 42 tooth Bling Ring. With the power backed off to 20 amps, for the sake of longevity. I live in Nelson so similar riding conditions to Bingley. At the moment the motor is in a Giant Revolt cyclocross/ all road bike, with 35mm Schwalbe CX Comp. tyres, flat bars & bar extensions to help to get a bit more aero. It weighs 18.5 kilo's It is very stable on the road & can descend at 70 kpm. without feeling the least bit "Squirrelly" It hauls my 100kg ass up any paved road I've been able to find. It has a Woosh supplied 15 ah hl. Battery. I can do the "Grand Tour of Pendle" route ( find it on Pendle tourism site) it's 35 miles with no real flat bits on a charge. So a bike like that would do what you want ON THE ROAD. Off road it's nowhere near as good. The lack of suspension & relatively narrow tyres do not make for a pleasant ride. So I plan to put a rear hub motor (Probably a SWX02) in the bike & keep it for road use. The BBS02 I will put back into a hardtail mtb to use for trails & bridleways. I had thought that the one bike would do everything reasonably well, but it does seem that "You can't have your Kate & Edith too"
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