Pedropete
Guru
- Location
- West Sussex, UK
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UPDATE: FWIW and on the off chance anyone's interested, I went with the torque-sensing 48v TDSZ2 unit and 17.5Ah 48v LG-celled Hairon pack from PSWPower. The cells in these packs are confirmed as being decent quality 3500mAh M1Js, so pretty good value.
Also, if buying from a seller like PSWPower who lists in USD and offers Paypal, don't let Paypal force you into paying in GBP and accepting their ripoff exchange-rates. Instead, in the Paypal confirmation window, click on the text link next to the price and choose to pay in USD and use your confirmed debit or credit card to pay. Ideally use Mastercard as their rate is massively better than Paypal's. I saved around £35 over Paypal's rate by doing this. Obviously you'll want to pay off the balance so the interest doesn't eat up any savings you've made.
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Morning all,
Was fortunate to bag a mk2 Kona Ute for a good price last weekend and now need to convert it to a mid-drive daily runabout & load-lugger and weekend family fun-wagon.
I'd be very grateful for people's experiences of mid-drive conversions, especially on long-tail cargo bikes.
It will be covering between 10-30 miles a day with occasional family weekend trips of 20-50 miles, moving me (95kg), child and their seat (15kg + more every day) and between 5-30kg of shopping, camping gear or other assorted gubbins on some reasonably hilly routes. I'll probably use it for local work meetings too when they start happening again.
I'm a strong cyclist without assistance and not interested in silly top speeds, especially on a loaded bike with a passenger and a relatively flexy frame. I'm far more interested in hill-climbing ability with a load, reliability, durability and range, and being able to do the school/shopping run without needing a shower afterwards. Don't want much, do I.
Narrowed it down to the 48v TDSZ2, the BBS01b-ETM (an undercover BBS02 ?), or just a straight 48v BBS02.
On batteries, I'm thinking the bigger the better (17Ah+) with the best quality cells I can find. I'm aware that the ideal is to keep the pack charged to 90% and to not discharge below 10-15% in order to prolong usable lifespan, so a bigger pack will help me stay in that range.
I'm also aware that the TDSZ2 can offer a better chain-line out of the box, whereas the Bafang may need an aftermarket chainring and possibly even cranks to deal with chainline and Q-offset.
Any particular pitfalls to look out for, or recommendations for suppliers?
Was looking at PSWPower for the TDSZ2 and quite curious about the quality of their 48v LG-celled 17.5Ah pack.
Many thanks in advance,
Pete.
UPDATE: FWIW and on the off chance anyone's interested, I went with the torque-sensing 48v TDSZ2 unit and 17.5Ah 48v LG-celled Hairon pack from PSWPower. The cells in these packs are confirmed as being decent quality 3500mAh M1Js, so pretty good value.
Also, if buying from a seller like PSWPower who lists in USD and offers Paypal, don't let Paypal force you into paying in GBP and accepting their ripoff exchange-rates. Instead, in the Paypal confirmation window, click on the text link next to the price and choose to pay in USD and use your confirmed debit or credit card to pay. Ideally use Mastercard as their rate is massively better than Paypal's. I saved around £35 over Paypal's rate by doing this. Obviously you'll want to pay off the balance so the interest doesn't eat up any savings you've made.
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Morning all,
Was fortunate to bag a mk2 Kona Ute for a good price last weekend and now need to convert it to a mid-drive daily runabout & load-lugger and weekend family fun-wagon.
I'd be very grateful for people's experiences of mid-drive conversions, especially on long-tail cargo bikes.
It will be covering between 10-30 miles a day with occasional family weekend trips of 20-50 miles, moving me (95kg), child and their seat (15kg + more every day) and between 5-30kg of shopping, camping gear or other assorted gubbins on some reasonably hilly routes. I'll probably use it for local work meetings too when they start happening again.
I'm a strong cyclist without assistance and not interested in silly top speeds, especially on a loaded bike with a passenger and a relatively flexy frame. I'm far more interested in hill-climbing ability with a load, reliability, durability and range, and being able to do the school/shopping run without needing a shower afterwards. Don't want much, do I.
Narrowed it down to the 48v TDSZ2, the BBS01b-ETM (an undercover BBS02 ?), or just a straight 48v BBS02.
On batteries, I'm thinking the bigger the better (17Ah+) with the best quality cells I can find. I'm aware that the ideal is to keep the pack charged to 90% and to not discharge below 10-15% in order to prolong usable lifespan, so a bigger pack will help me stay in that range.
I'm also aware that the TDSZ2 can offer a better chain-line out of the box, whereas the Bafang may need an aftermarket chainring and possibly even cranks to deal with chainline and Q-offset.
Any particular pitfalls to look out for, or recommendations for suppliers?
Was looking at PSWPower for the TDSZ2 and quite curious about the quality of their 48v LG-celled 17.5Ah pack.
Many thanks in advance,
Pete.
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