I guess I have tried so many things, that I have lost my way. There are so many issues with ebikes that my poor old brain can not comprehend them all. For instance, I have been riding my bike a couple of miles to the mall and it does great. I am running 600watt 24 volt system on 36v battery pack. It is only two miles there and two miles back total 4 miles. I always come in with a lot of reserve juice.
So yesterday I decided to ride to the marina. The round trip is only 6 miles. It is up and down hill and those hills are steep. Even with the gasoline bikes, there was risk of stall. The ebike didn't get to that point, until I had exhausted the batteries. They just did not have enough reserve to handle all those steep hills. I was running the equivalent of 19ahs but couldn't even get 6miles without the batteries getting flat. The bike did not shut down at all. It didn't even appear to want to shut down. What happened was that it just went flat. After five and 3/4 miles I actually had to get off and push it up the last hill, but once it got to the level ground again, it took right off at a snails pace.
I am really disappointed in the battery performance. I prefer this drive system over any gasoline powered bike that I have ever ridden. The batteries are making me crazy though. Today I am going to test the bike back on 24v as it is supposed to be. Maybe the 36volt is causing the batteries to drain more quickly, since I can climb big hills with lots of power. It is hard to get the bike slow enough so that I can pedal along. That might be the real problem with the quick drain. It might be that I am relying too much on the motor and not doing any helping at all with the battery stress situations.
I also have a bike set up with a 36v controller. After I get this 24v checked out for range, I will try the 36v over the same distance and see how it fairs.
So yesterday I decided to ride to the marina. The round trip is only 6 miles. It is up and down hill and those hills are steep. Even with the gasoline bikes, there was risk of stall. The ebike didn't get to that point, until I had exhausted the batteries. They just did not have enough reserve to handle all those steep hills. I was running the equivalent of 19ahs but couldn't even get 6miles without the batteries getting flat. The bike did not shut down at all. It didn't even appear to want to shut down. What happened was that it just went flat. After five and 3/4 miles I actually had to get off and push it up the last hill, but once it got to the level ground again, it took right off at a snails pace.
I am really disappointed in the battery performance. I prefer this drive system over any gasoline powered bike that I have ever ridden. The batteries are making me crazy though. Today I am going to test the bike back on 24v as it is supposed to be. Maybe the 36volt is causing the batteries to drain more quickly, since I can climb big hills with lots of power. It is hard to get the bike slow enough so that I can pedal along. That might be the real problem with the quick drain. It might be that I am relying too much on the motor and not doing any helping at all with the battery stress situations.
I also have a bike set up with a 36v controller. After I get this 24v checked out for range, I will try the 36v over the same distance and see how it fairs.
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