Seems more and more people are getting electrified. Figure I would start a thread where we can post our reasons. Our likes and dislikes. Here are a few of the pro’s and cons and please ad to this
pros
I live in a condo and need to keep bike indoors. Gas in condo don’t go over to good with the wife (yes she wears the pants in the family)
My knowledge of working on gas motors is minimal
No maintenance on electric motors. They either run or they don’t
Quit. Only noise I here is the tires on the pavement. Don’t wake up neighbors
Can be installed on any bicycle. No restrictions or modifications needed to install.
Clean. what I mean by clean if there is something I need to do you do not get all greasy doing it.
Stealth. What I mean by that is it looks like a bicycle with a big hub and most didn’t know it was electric looking at it.
Starting. Just hit the throttle and go. No rope to pull or don’t need to pedal to start
Gas tank between my legs. That just makes me nervous lol
No mixing gas or spilling it every time I fill up tank
easy to fix a flat. just like a regular bicycle
Cons
Initial expense is way higher than a gas motor however if I added up all I did to my 2 stroke price was about the same.
Modifications. At least with the kit I have there is not much you can do. Some kits you can get 60 mph plus with bigger batteries. Mine is restricted to 48v but 27 mph out of the box is faster then any 2 stroke inexpensive kit I have had.
Weight heaver then gas motor
Range. At least with mine I figure I can get 25 to 30 mile range. Still need to do tests. I live on an island that is only 28 miles long and 8 miles wide so range not a big issue
So far it is hard to come up with much negative about then. As you can see I like electric. These kits have come a long ways over the years. Mine has a usb plug you can hook up to computer and change perimeters. It has regin brakes which charge the batter when you use them like the new hybrid cars. They cost more as I said but what you get for the extra expense is more than worth it to me
pros
I live in a condo and need to keep bike indoors. Gas in condo don’t go over to good with the wife (yes she wears the pants in the family)
My knowledge of working on gas motors is minimal
No maintenance on electric motors. They either run or they don’t
Quit. Only noise I here is the tires on the pavement. Don’t wake up neighbors
Can be installed on any bicycle. No restrictions or modifications needed to install.
Clean. what I mean by clean if there is something I need to do you do not get all greasy doing it.
Stealth. What I mean by that is it looks like a bicycle with a big hub and most didn’t know it was electric looking at it.
Starting. Just hit the throttle and go. No rope to pull or don’t need to pedal to start
Gas tank between my legs. That just makes me nervous lol
No mixing gas or spilling it every time I fill up tank
easy to fix a flat. just like a regular bicycle
Cons
Initial expense is way higher than a gas motor however if I added up all I did to my 2 stroke price was about the same.
Modifications. At least with the kit I have there is not much you can do. Some kits you can get 60 mph plus with bigger batteries. Mine is restricted to 48v but 27 mph out of the box is faster then any 2 stroke inexpensive kit I have had.
Weight heaver then gas motor
Range. At least with mine I figure I can get 25 to 30 mile range. Still need to do tests. I live on an island that is only 28 miles long and 8 miles wide so range not a big issue
So far it is hard to come up with much negative about then. As you can see I like electric. These kits have come a long ways over the years. Mine has a usb plug you can hook up to computer and change perimeters. It has regin brakes which charge the batter when you use them like the new hybrid cars. They cost more as I said but what you get for the extra expense is more than worth it to me
