California98Civic
I decided (
about 2 hours ago) that I an going to cut out 'gills' on the sides of the battery box. I'll do it soon.
6/25 update
I took the ebike out for about 1 1/2 hours. I rode a total of
23.75 miles, 4 miles of that was 10-15mph "testing". Average speed of
16.3mph. I was maintaining an average straight line speed 20mph-21mph. I had a few occasions where I was using 800-900 watts to contend with traffic. I didn't want to exceed 500w-600w because (
at this time) I only have one torque arm installed.
Battery voltage
before ride: 53.2v
Battery voltage
after ride: 52.6v
Assuming very little wind (if any) and a frelitivly flat road I was using about 375w to maintain 20-21mph.
I can tell that this motor (
1500w) has
A LOT more power than I am using. I had a few occasions where I accidentally twitched the throttle and the bike wanted to rocket down the road. No... It's not as fast as a 1000cc sport bike, but it's not a motorcycle, it's a electric bicycle! For what it is, (a 1500w eBike) it's like having 10x Chris Froomes power the bike.
I LOVE IT!