Watching TailHappy before i got my ebike gave me a good idea what i wanted from a machine with regards to battery size, motor etc. to suit what i was going to use it for. Southern's rides are more like the trails i ride around where i live though.
Thank you for watching Joe. This was just to see what I would get on a typical ride. Now I know pretty much when I can leave the extra battery at home. Enjoy your evening.
Thank you for watching friend. I’m not quite sure about the all-around her, but it does well on the type of rides that we take when we were videotaping. And that is the majority of the miles that I put on. Enjoy your evening.
LOL as I was doing testing on my Mars yesterday trying to run the battery dead. Last week it quit 3 times with the low bar on the voltmeter turned up around 44.5V. Found that turning everything off, waiting a couple minutes & back on & the eBike will make it a little further. Set the low bar at 41V & was surging a bit so lowered it to 39V & smooth again. Justin at Grin Technology claims draining Li-ion batteries doesn't hurt them but not fully charging except to balance the battery cells does more for longevity. I'm getting 20 miles a charge on 48V 12.5AH batteries throttle only on 80% (51.5V) & could push 30 out of them in a pinch maybe. Seems the biggest problem of running low voltage is then the amps increase to compensate & that generates more heat so cool the motor with a break every 15 to 30 minutes.
Thank you for watching Steve. I’m not worried about lowering the voltage to get any more. Remember I can go with the extra battery and have a bout a 100 mile range. My goal here was to find out what kind of mileage I would get on just a 17 amp hour. That way I can pretty much not worry about carrying the extra battery unless I’m planning on over about 40 miles. Again thanks for watching.
Good ride. I have a 14 ah battery that can only get 10 miles out of it with two bars left. I have some hills to get out to the main road, which takes 2 bars on fresh batteries.
Thank you for watching. It does seem to get pretty good mileage. The torque sensor helps her mileage. Quite a bit. Keep rolling on, you can definitely use E bikes to work on losing weight. Enjoy your evening.
@@southernebiking ebiking is doing wonders for my mental health too. ☺ My sister's other half is looking at ebikes and i've recommended he gets a torque sensor one.
I had the exact same issue with my light to a bit to figure out, we were going on a road section and wanted a flasher so I plugged it into my portable power bank I keep fo our phones and in 10 minutes it was fully charged and working. I did order a new light Butt I didn’t throw out the light I thought was dead!
Even though your not a throttle user, how about a range test throttle only. Using cruise control. Might be useful if your chain breaks or your body has issues.
Thank you for watching Gary. I think probably a better video would be on how to fix a chain. I hear this all the time and honestly have never had one break and the vast majority of miles i have riden I’ve been on a Middrive. It only takes about three minutes to fix a broken chain so that would probably be a better video to do. What good would it do knowing what throttle range I could get if the chain were to break. I would not know how many miles I had already put on before that could theoretically happen, so I would have to maintain less mileage than the lowest mileage that I could get. Well, that was a mouthfull, I don’t even know if that made sense to me. Enjoy your evening, been a long Monday.
Nice range test. So many reviewers combine their range tests with acceleration, top speed, and hill-climbing, all in one ride.
Watching TailHappy before i got my ebike gave me a good idea what i wanted from a machine with regards to battery size, motor etc. to suit what i was going to use it for. Southern's rides are more like the trails i ride around where i live though.
Thank you for watching Joe. This was just to see what I would get on a typical ride. Now I know pretty much when I can leave the extra battery at home. Enjoy your evening.
Good vid Blaine, and cool bike. Great all rounder
Thank you for watching friend. I’m not quite sure about the all-around her, but it does well on the type of rides that we take when we were videotaping. And that is the majority of the miles that I put on. Enjoy your evening.
LOL as I was doing testing on my Mars yesterday trying to run the battery dead. Last week it quit 3 times with the low bar on the voltmeter turned up around 44.5V. Found that turning everything off, waiting a couple minutes & back on & the eBike will make it a little further. Set the low bar at 41V & was surging a bit so lowered it to 39V & smooth again. Justin at Grin Technology claims draining Li-ion batteries doesn't hurt them but not fully charging except to balance the battery cells does more for longevity. I'm getting 20 miles a charge on 48V 12.5AH batteries throttle only on 80% (51.5V) & could push 30 out of them in a pinch maybe. Seems the biggest problem of running low voltage is then the amps increase to compensate & that generates more heat so cool the motor with a break every 15 to 30 minutes.
It's good to get real world data and not those wild manufacturer claims. i've got 50% more Ah and get around that more range than your 12Ah.
Thank you for watching Steve. I’m not worried about lowering the voltage to get any more. Remember I can go with the extra battery and have a bout a 100 mile range. My goal here was to find out what kind of mileage I would get on just a 17 amp hour. That way I can pretty much not worry about carrying the extra battery unless I’m planning on over about 40 miles. Again thanks for watching.
Good information, thanks, good distance
Thank you for watching Terry. I do like knowing that less than a 40 mile ride, I can leave the extra battery at home.
Good ride. I have a 14 ah battery that can only get 10 miles out of it with two bars left. I have some hills to get out to the main road, which takes 2 bars on fresh batteries.
That's good range. I'm getting average 30 miles on my 48v 18Ah cadence bike on a full tank of electrickery. I'm a bit overweight, but working on it. 😉
Thank you for watching. It does seem to get pretty good mileage. The torque sensor helps her mileage. Quite a bit. Keep rolling on, you can definitely use E bikes to work on losing weight. Enjoy your evening.
@@southernebiking ebiking is doing wonders for my mental health too. ☺ My sister's other half is looking at ebikes and i've recommended he gets a torque sensor one.
I had the exact same issue with my light to a bit to figure out, we were going on a road section and wanted a flasher so I plugged it into my portable power bank I keep fo our phones and in 10 minutes it was fully charged and working. I did order a new light Butt I didn’t throw out the light I thought was dead!
Thanks for watching owen. I wish I had figured it out before I threw it away LOL
Even though your not a
throttle user, how about a range test throttle only. Using cruise control. Might be useful if your chain breaks or your body has issues.
Thank you for watching Gary. I think probably a better video would be on how to fix a chain. I hear this all the time and honestly have never had one break and the vast majority of miles i have riden I’ve been on a Middrive. It only takes about three minutes to fix a broken chain so that would probably be a better video to do. What good would it do knowing what throttle range I could get if the chain were to break. I would not know how many miles I had already put on before that could theoretically happen, so I would have to maintain less mileage than the lowest mileage that I could get. Well, that was a mouthfull, I don’t even know if that made sense to me. Enjoy your evening, been a long Monday.