E-trike

[Greg58]

My wife has become interested in buying a e-trike, we don’t want a strip down model but one with hydraulic disc brakes and enough power for a fairly good trip. I’m asking all of the electric guys to tell me what watt we need, thanks in advance.

 

[Tony01]

My wife has become interested in buying a e-trike, we don’t want a strip down model but one with hydraulic disc brakes and enough power for a fairly good trip. I’m asking all of the electric guys to tell me what watt we need, thanks in advance.

You’ll save and get a better product if you build it yourself. I would shop for a trike with the brakes you want then buy a fwd hub motor kit. Make sure you get the torque arms as well. Like This kit. For a battery you’ll get a bigger and better deal from this company called Amorge I’m hearing good things about. Ask for a price on a 48v 25ah. So I’ll assume you’re looking to go 30mph max, so something in the range of 1000-2000w is fine.

I normally don’t recommend fwd kits however, with trikes it is more complicated because they can only run a mid drive rear as they’re usually 1-wheel drive.

 

[Greg58]

Thanks Tony, we will be riding mostly in campgrounds which have a posted 15 mph speed, there’s a company called Lectric that makes a folding trike with rear wheel drive and had a differential, at 5’2” she has problems with most bikes.

 

[Greg58]

I will build mine, I just need to figure out the parts and pieces.

 

[curtisfox]

I looked it up, that a long way 60 mile for a camp bike, and with a differential both wheel will be turning, that I think should be perfect…………Curt

 

[Tony01]

Agree with Curt. If/when you buy it please post up that differential.

 

[fasteddy]

Here is a link to the Lectric Trike on YouTube. Looks interesting for the price.

Steve.

 

[Mossy]

Golden motor has a trike kit

 

[Jim C]

I have built a number of bikes and trikes using both gas and electric hub motors. I now have a Lectric 3 wheeler on order. It should ship this month (April) it had hydraulic brakes as well as a differential rear drive and the price is reasonable. If you do go the build it yourself route you probably will need a hub motor. I really don't like those due to wheel slip. The Lectric has rear wheel drive.