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I built myself an ebike with a Bafang BBS02 18 months ago, and use it constantly. The main problems are: - No safe parking anywhere. So far so good but it's on
by bambax 7y ago
I built myself an ebike with a Bafang BBS02 18 months ago, and use it constantly. The main problems are:
- No safe parking anywhere. So far so good but it's only a matter of time before my bike gets stolen.
- Range. Much too short (less than 40km in my experience).
Yet, it's fantastic. It changed my life. It almost totally replaced my motorbike for every trip except the longest ones (I live in Paris so most trips are short).
- agumonkey 7y agoAny clubs of diy ebikes nearby ?
- bambax 7y agoDon't know of any but if you're just looking for instructions to make one, Youtube has plenty of videos and it's not very hard. I started from a Decathlon VTT 540 and it was pretty straightforward. (Or you can use a 520 instead: no hydraulic brakes, which makes it much easier to replace brake levers.)
- agumonkey 7y agoYeah I've sniped these videos for a while but I'm highly demotivated on my own and don't have much space to tinker with bikes. Alas, thanks anyway, I hope to run into you (collisionless-ly) one day. The sight of ebikes (and even lime scooters on river decks) pleases me a lot.
- whamlastxmas 7y agoI also have a BBS02 about 1.5 years old. I get about 15 miles range which is plenty for me, I've only ever run out once and that's because I was still trying to figure out its max range. I will say that I don't especially recommend it unless you want to pedal a lot (or live in a very hilly area). If you're lazy like me I'd recommend a hub motor - having to change gears constantly and every time I come to a stop gets really old really fast.
- touisteur 7y agoJust purchased a cargo bike, and with full load (1 adult, 2 16kg kids and lots of 'cargo') we get 80km autonomy in 'normal' (no effort, light speed) mode. Even the 'high' mode (ridiculous) we get 50km range. This tech is amazing...