Improve Your E-bikes Range!
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2024
- In this video I go over tips I have used to improve my e-bikes range and how I get longer distances without having to upgrade or add a new battery. If you have any questions please leave a comment and I'll get back to you!
Bike I use: @WildewayEbike11668 KW 26
door dash - very good tip about the 30 min battery cool down before charging. That's one battery tip I had not heard.
Glad to help!
Great tips about battery cooling, Door dash, thank you. Love your POV and running commentary. Keep recording and posting.
@@tomreece1058 thanks for being here!
Highly recommend you get a suspended seatpost for your bike. Game changer for comfort.
Those 3\4 £$ orders are usually short so can get in 4 or 5 an hour at least if they come in and keep us ticking over quite well.
as long as the pickup is quick and easy, if you have to wait, you are shafted.
@@Simqer I know my town really well and know who to avoid 😂😂
Wow didn't know there was an X marks the spot for JFK. Not sure if that's weird or not 🤔
The city doesn’t do it. People put them there
IF.......I.....FALL...🖤
Watched that video while going to work on my e-bike. Those are some interesting tips, I would also recommend "kickstarting" the bike, what I mean by that is starting to move with your pedals, not just gas, since this first second of movement is very hard for your power consumption (it's hard to move all that mass from the stop, so helping with your muscles decreases the battery usage).
I work in company called Samokat (Scooter) in Western Siberia and it's a darkstore (basically a supermarket that you can't go inside, but you can purchase goods in the app and they will be delivered to your house / office). about 60 percent of our guys are using MTB's, 20 are on e-bikes and other 20 are using anything else. I have 500w e-fat bike that is custom build and sometimes I have around 6 to 8 hours of working time from my battery, but if something goes wrong and I should go 25MPH constantly to catch up, it can drain the battery in like 4 hours.
Doordash, appreciate the good info
Thanks brother 🙏
Tire inflation and tread pattern matters. I had tires which were 20 PSI knobby tires on my bike; they were typically filled to 15 PSI. The tires were swapped out with Innova Hybrid tires, which are 30 PSI with a street tread. They were filled to 30 PSI. My range increased. The rolling resistance is much less on the newer tires, which are running a higher pressure. Knobby tires also have more rolling resistance than street tread patterns too.
A simple coasting test can validate this. Get on a level street and take your eBike to 20 MPH, then at a specific point let off the throttle and coast. Note how far you coasted. Repeat this test when you have gone to a higher pressure street tread pattern. You will notice you coast further. This means your motor has to work less hard to move your bike.
Door dash... All great points. Another thing you can do, if you cut your charging about 1 volt before it's set to cut off, you'll increase your battery's lifespan ten fold. Letting the battery cool is a very good point. I popped the lid on my scooter after a long ride and the battery was warm. I hooked up both chargers to it for fast charging and it never got as warm as discharging the battery got it. Also, if you have dual chargers, just stick to one. Fast charging will shorten the lifespan, and also cause the cells to go out of balance.
That’s a great tip thank you!
(You'd think the BMS would prevent cell imbalance, but that wasn't the case for my scooter. Cheap Chinese hardware does not always stack up.)
I live in Europe, mode 5 gives me 25kmh (15.5 mph), so mode 5 it is, most of the time
I'd imagine a higher capacity battery would also not heat up as much in general because of its capacity is used for the same distance travelled. Door dash.
It doesn’t get like piping hot. Just a rule of thumb. Thanks for watching!
what about the manual shift, is it draining more power on which gear its in , i leave it on 7th gear the whole time riding and in mode 3, first day on a e bike, any input on this would be great
Door Dash! Hey man, great video! Can you say what distance you make in a day on everage?
Thanks for watching it all! And yes I can 🙏
Door dash
I’m curious about your bike: I’m interested in this model but can’t really find reviews (positive or negative). What made you decide to get this bike?
Thanks for watching the entire video. And I watched a few videos and found a really good deal on fb marketplace. It’s been a really fun bike
Hi, I was curious about what is that U shaped bike lock you use?
How do you store your batteries / safely charge them ?
I keep the battery in the bike and charge 30 mins after cool down
door dash!
My man!
Doordash. Thanks for info.
Thanks so much!
Door dash!
dash door
Thank you 🙏
Door dash
Thanks so much!!
door dash
Doordash
Big respect!
If you REALLY want to extend the life of your battery, never charge it above 85% or below 15%.
Always accelerate with your legs only. Acceleration is very hard on the battery in terms of range.
Cops on ebikes is dumb. The battery would never last a whole shift. The bikes are already extremely expensive. Trek markets a police bike for $9999.99. That was before covid. It's probably 14,000.00 today.
Good points on the battery
Ebikes and battery size has evolved over the past couple years. There are multiple bikes in the 70 to 100 Amp hour capacity today. There is even a couple that claim 200 miles of range, if you ride them slowly and pedal. My Motor Goat v3, with the factory dual battery setup (45 Amp hour capacity) will go 100 miles if you are cruising throttle-only at 20 MPH.
@@addertooth1 I seriously doubt you will go 100 miles throttle only even at 20mph.
@@tarstarkusz Total Watt hours stored in the dual battery setup is 2700 Watt Hours of energy. It requires 500 watts for a 20 MPH cruise. This means you get over 5 hours of cruising at 20 MPH. 5 hours times 20 Miles per hour is 100 miles
@@addertooth1 If you were driving down a 100 mile perfectly flat highway nonstop with no wind at 20mph with a 100lb rider.
If, however, you were driving outside of utopia-ville in the real world where the wind blows, traffic stops and starts and where there are hills, the the real world mileage would be much worse.
Add in the fact that it takes more than 500 watts to go 20mph even on flat ground without wind and this mileage is being greatly exaggerated.
2700 watt hours is a good sized battery, but these ridiculous range claims are nonsense. Aside from the above mentioned problems, nobody rides these things at 20mph.
DoorDash
Thank you!!
Doordash
You’re amazing
DoorDash
Doordash
Respect 🫡