March 27, 20215 yr Hi, I have only ridden non-electric up to now but I did convert my partner's Dawes Discovery 201 with a front hub kit from eBay several years ago. My own bike is a Dawes Galaxy and I really like it. I have just bought another Dawes Galaxy with a Sparticle front hub conversion fitted by an Electris Bike shop in Bristol. It has a Sparticle badged Bafang motor but it is hard to get information about Sparticle kit. It only has a thumb throttle and I am trying to find out if I can make it a true pedelec with a PAS. The motor control has lots of heat shrink over the wiring which is neat but makes it hard to know what connections are available. I am hoping I can find some information and advice on this site. Cheers to all.
March 27, 20215 yr Author As a newbie I would be very grateful for help with Search. When I do a search, I get lots of results but none of them are live links so I can't click on them and read about what was posted - what am I doing wrong? !
March 27, 20215 yr Depends on what device you're usingto view the website with, the live links are usually purple - I tend to use Google instead. You can search a specific site using Google with a search term like: Sparticle site:pedelecs.co.uk ...to get: https://www.google.com/search?q=Sparticle+site%3Apedelecs.co.uk Edit: I've just seen that this website throws a tongue sticking out face wherever it sees a colon followed immediately by a "p", which isn't helpful. The above search term should look like this, but without the space between the colon and the ""p": Sparticle site: pedelecs.co.uk
March 27, 20215 yr As a newbie I would be very grateful for help with Search. When I do a search, I get lots of results but none of them are live links so I can't click on them and read about what was posted - what am I doing wrong? ! Sparticle is just standard Chinese stuff. It's been around for quite a long time, so there are probably different versions. The only important thing is the connector on the motor. If it has the standard 9 pin, you can change the controller to a much nicer one. I'd be surprised if your present one doesn't have the connector for the PAS.
March 28, 20215 yr Author Sparticle is just standard Chinese stuff. It's been around for quite a long time, so there are probably different versions. The only important thing is the connector on the motor. If it has the standard 9 pin, you can change the controller to a much nicer one. I'd be surprised if your present one doesn't have the connector for the PAS. Thanks for that. At the motor hub the connector has 6 pins, 3 bigger pins and 3 smaller ones. Does that limit the choice/availability of controllers? I think there is a spare Julet connector tucked away under the controller. So I assume that is an unused PAS connector. If I buy an add on PAS sensor does it matter how many magnets - I see some Bafang ones on eBay with 12 magnets? The Sparticle display does not have any menu or settings except on/off and power level 1 to 8 and 0. The thumb throttle only works on 0. So I don't think I can change settings like number of magnets. Edited March 28, 20215 yr by derryvolgie
March 28, 20215 yr You have a sensorless motor and special connector, which limits your choice of controllers or you'd have to cut the motor connector off and solder all the wires. That's probably a PAS connector. Avoid any sensor with 12 magnets. 5, 8 or 10 would all be OK.
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