I'm curious about your charger.
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How many amps is it and how long does it take to charge your full drained battery?
Like:
How many amps is it and how long does it take to charge your full drained battery?
The charger is 6 amp, and a totally drained battery takes 3 hour 15 minutes to charge.I'm curious about your charger.
Like:
How many amps is it and how long does it take to charge your full drained battery?
I was about 1 3/4 till the green light came on. This battery is pretty consistent. A full charge takes 3 1/4 hour. A half charge was about 1/2 that.The weather was glorious today, and I just got back from a 42 mile ride. I kept my speed down all day to roughly bicycle speeds. Max speed recorded was 24.6 mph, and the average was only 12.5 mph. Most of the time I was riding about 13 mph. I used 9.45 ah total. That works out to 4.44 mile per ah. That would yield a total range of 80 miles on a charge if I used all 18 ah at those same speeds.
I put on the charger as soon as I got home, and it's charging now. I expect it will take about 2 - 2 1/2 hr.
The regen works well if you're going over 25 mph when you use it. Using it at low speed has almost zero effect. The actual amount of power I recoup from using the regen is very low though. Almost nil. Some people claim 7%, but I never even get 1%. The problem is not the equipment, it's the environment. Dallas is mostly flat. The regen acts like a rear brake when you use it. It's so effective as a brake that at 25 mph it slows you down right now, so there's not much time for the regen to generate much power. Even at higher speed it still stops too fast to help much. Maybe it would help more if there's a lot of hills where you live.Sounds like an awesome bike biknut! I was wondering if you have figured out the percentage of regen charge. I probably said that wrong...LOL How much battery life do you get back from braking / slowing down? You do slow down...right? LOL
I think it seems very practical too, once past the initial cost of the bike. For a small town even more so, but for my purposes, in consideration of how spread out Dallas is, I know I'll be happier with a back up battery carried on the bike. I think that would allow me to be a lot less concerned about always trying to balance speed and range.Sounds like a blast! I can't wait to see how many miles you put on that bike. It actually sounds quite practical . You get lots of mileage on a charge , it goes fast if you want to , and it charges fast. Totally awesome!
I am thinking the Stealth Bomber would be like a million times more fun to ride.For those that think my bike is expensive, how about this $12,500 Felt? 15 lbs, you got to pay to play.
http://www.feltbicycles.com/USA/2014/Bikes/Road/AR-Series/AR-FRD-Di2.aspx