Old 04-23-19, 03:58 PM
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from my test rides with my homebrew '1000W' ebike, I'd say 350 watts is plenty, will give you longer battery life at max power with the same battery pack. realistically, cruising level ground pedalling lightly in a higher gear at 20MPH, you'll be using around 200 watts about half the time. so a 360 watt*hour battery (10AH at 36V) would give you about 3 hours like that. 3 hours at 20MPH, you could go 60 miles of dead level. of course hill climbs will take quite a bit more pookah, you'll likely be running full 350W while pedalling in a middle gear doing 10-15 MPH.

IMHO, torque sensing mid-drive is much nicer than throttle based hub drive for actually riding. throttle based overpowered hub drive is great fun for going too fast.

btw, i've never heard of anyone in the US riding an ebike getting stopped and told they needed a drivers license. I've passed cops doing 30 on my 1000W beast, while faking pedaling, not even a blink.
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