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Can I ask what dates you were cycling? I am also planning to go starting August 5th and am wondering if thats about the time you were cycling

Mine just crossed 3200 miles and the motor is in great shape. I've pulled it apart every 1000 miles the replace grease.

Extremely useful video! Well done!👍👍👍

250w gets you 20KpHr which is well under the allowable speed limit of 25 KpHr and it look like you were going down hill huh! Edit: and oh look! A slight uphill gradient required 500 Watts….Well that isn’t 250 is it, and only 12 KpHr..half the limit. You see…these small legal motors are fine for skinny fitties who can already cycle well and just want to enjoy some assistance…but the elderly, obese and damaged folk NEED much bigger motors to get up hills. Unless the aim of the authorities and cycling aficionados is to exclude these people from enjoying getting out and about and keep cycling, assisted or not, as a pass time for snobby elites huh!

I added a Bafang front hub motor to my Bullitt recently. It works great but the top speed is limited on a 20" wheel, because the controller limits the max rpm of the motor. The simple type of controller supplied with the kit does not allow any advanced tuning, so I am stuck at around 22.5 km/h with actual assist. This is ok since I didn't ride the Bullitt much faster anyway. Hills and headwind are a day-and-night difference, flat is more like dusk vs evening.

so even if it was rated 250W it does go beyond that? I'm a but confused. now I have to double check the thickness of my nickel strip that I was using to repair a certain bike that runs with the same brushless motor.

Thanks for the video. How does the front hub motor do on steep hills in the summer ? Do you get enough power for a moderate assist?

Should grease them every 1000 miles i bet they will last much much longer!

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I got a Christiana Ebike, 36v 15Ah and 250W hub motor. I bought a new battery (same specs) and I can reach 36 to 40 Km with it. I have to say, my pedal assist is broken, so I can only use the throttle. Do you think that this range is enough for a new battery? Our load is always ca. 130 to 160 kg

😢 i need this video, now is to late...

Nice video. Thank you 😊 I see a lot of comments about the low power, but there's also the legal issues with motors above 250 W. Although, to be fair, I haven't seen anyone inspecting these, as long as you pedal and don't use throttle, which also isn't lawful here. So, 250 W / < 25 km/h / no throttle is the legal limit for class 1 ebikes. But it never ceases to amaze me why a bike can't have a throttle, while very similarly specked escooter can. What's the difference?

Looking at the voltage I'm guessing this was a 36v 250w with a 7 Ah battery. Bumping up to a 10.4 Ah battery will be doubly amazing 👏

This is great, exactly the video i needed. I was debating getting a 250w front hub bike.

What is the part no. Or name to the thru axle adapter?

I can't tell you how many times I've watched this video. It falls into some sort of ASMR / Meditation venn diagram for me. Though you haven't uploaded in years, thanks for all your videos and I hope yourself and your family are doing well.

Thanks for this video useful to me 🍻

There is lot of significance to this vid. The 250 watt Bafang geared hub kit is the best kept secret in the e-bike world. I'm an e-bike conversion builder and e-bike enthusiast. My first build was a 350watt/36volt-10ah (rear Hub), then a 3,000 watt/52volt-40.8ah (mid-drive), a 750w/52v-27.2ah, and finally a 250whub/36v-20ah (front hub) on a Trek Single Track 930, with 26" wheels. On this last 250w bike, I've disconnected the PAS and use throttle only. It's a 3x8 speed with 44t-32t-24t crankset against a 46t-11t cassette. This gear combination on a good bike like the trek allows 20mph top speed, but climbs any hill up to 15 degrees. Of all these builds, my favorite and the best by far is the last one - the 250w. This is because: a) Bike reaches max legal speed of 32km/h (20mph) easily b) Climbs any hill with ease c) With the 20ah 36volt pack my range is 90 miles!!! d) Even if I do run out of battery, the gearing and pedaling is easy that I can still get anywhere, even climbing up to 10-12 degree inclines without e-power) e) weighs only 48 pounds! Easy to lift, maneuver, and move around f) by taking off the removable battery, I put it on bike rack for transport g) FUN!!! It's really fun to blast around with minimal pedaling (average speed of 27km/h) yet have literally no range anxiety. This 250w is so frugal with battery consumption, and the bike invites you to pedal. Pedaling is engaging and super fun, no stress at all! Sure, I can keep up with car traffic and reach 40mph on my Cyclone 3000 watt mid-drive. But in this motorcycle mode, my big 2kwh 52volt 40.8ah pack is drained in less than 30 miles. Plus the bike is 65 pounds. Pedaling is almost pointless. The 250 is the way to go.

Hi, I have mounted 2 addidional rows of spikes on a Schwalbe Winter and You see it, if a spike is not mounted properly. Check the spikes one by one and You're unlikely to lose many spikes. A hard stop on a loaded cargo bike - of course - might be a bit much for the spikes. On winter tyres You don't want to run a race.

brick fence haha

Thank you very helpful, I appreciate the effort you’ve made to make these videos. You have helped me 🙏

Great real world example!

Ouch!! I have a planetary failure and your video might have saved me!

Thank you for the review.

I may have missed it in the video, but what fenders did you use?

You removed the wrong cover

What an amazing morning. What country is this? Thanks for the video man! :)

ive never tried an ebike but 250w sounds pretty low for a person of my size, im 6 foot 280LBS, must be over 300LBS including bike weight how can a little 250w pull all that weight along up a hill? 250w wouldnt even power the fans inside my pc theres a 750w in that.

Interesting, 6 years later, to see what the beginnings of e-bike power was.

Thumbs up for being able to rip it off through the screws.

I appreciate you using kilo😊

350 to 450 is my sweet spot

What brand of bike do you have?

thanks man very useful

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I'd say about as powerful as the SATURN V 🚀 😂

Good man we all make mistakes you were kind enough to post and maybe save someone else form making the same mistake. God bless you.

Just over volt the motor it wil give you more speed I think you use a 36v battery in this video next time upgrade to 48v or even 52 it wil be much quicker

This is one of the best reviews

Volts?????

Take that bike someone threw to sideways omg 🙂🙃

Clever!

Off topic, but, By The Way that is not a Bicycle. If it has 3 wheels, in English we call it a Tricycle. Hope that helps.

What is your weight

I need a 47000 watt motor, definitely.

Extremely useful and informative video 👍👍👍 Thank you so much

What failed?

Thank u for video :)

Nice review man, thanks! But how come the bike never reached 25 km/h as it's maximum speed and was only 20 km/h? Thanks.

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