I am running 48v and am happy with the results
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The Toseven sort of officially unofficially communicates on the high voltage discord server. But to answer your question always go 48v/52v unless you want something pedestrian (36v) or insane (72v).
I believe they have multiple display/controller options and I believe they officially sell through their AliExpress store or some of the larger US distributors like Johnny Nerd Out, High Voltage, and Golden Motor.
Discord here: High Voltage Light Electric Vehicles
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What Grin set up is that? Iām sure I could scroll up to find out but
itās an all axle with the superharness. smitty has a similar setup.
I was completely anti hubmotor in my head at first but now that I have some time on it, I have no regrets. grin is super easy to work with (they decided the superharness they sent me was defective and sent me a replacement for free unsoliciited) . the hub motor is cool because it is not using your bike drivetrain to move the bike so you are stressing your chain or gears with the action of the motor. and now that I have it the weight distribution is just not an issue.
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I also have a Grin all axle front hub motor, just with their Cycle Analyst instead of the superharness. It has like 500 miles of use on the Lorry before moving it over to a mini velo earlier this year (havenāt put many miles on that yet). Works pretty well, but not the cheapest setup.
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Pretty sure Iād opt for their rear hub motor if I did it again. The front hub motor makes the front of the bike heavy. Their rear motors didnāt exist when I bought back in 2020.
The hub motor came in real handy once when the chain broke about a mile from home. I picked up the chain, threw it in the crate, and used the throttle the rest of the way.
Anyone got a suggestion for an ebike saddle? I usually run Specialized power saddles on my regular bikes but the fact Iām riding slower and putting less weight through my feet on my e-cargo bike is making my lower back not so happy, even with the squishy seatpole.
Saddle about level with the bars. Also never have gotten a long well with Brooks, the nose always kills me.
Thatās a really good question. So much more weight on your ass when ebiking. Something a lot of people never think about.
I foolishly joined an FB group for fast ebikes. What a bunch of complete jerks. I really enjoyed building my 500 watt bafang kit-bike but it was too dangerous for my wife. Sold it to a guy at work. Light as hell too.19 kgs without much work.
The throttle only e-devices are really starting to become a problem here. Iām glad we are getting cars off the road but itās moving the unsafe behavior to the MUPs and bike lanes now.
Combine that with the explosion of the delivery driver 49cc scooters and itās starting to feel like parts of Asia where everyone is on two wheels but itās just absolute chaos on the roads
What is it about the nose on the Brooks saddles that doesnāt work for you?
Iāve been sitting on a C67 on ebikes for a year or so now and really like it, which probably doesnāt help you. The nose is wider than a B17 and I find that it doesnāt need to be angled up quite as much as a leather Brooks so it feels less intrusive to my soft underbits.
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To be fair Iāve never found a saddle Iāve really jived with and Iāve probably tried 20 at this point. Iāve found I need to set a brooks very high nose up to not slide off the front and then I really feel like my sit bones are at the rear edge of the saddle and not in the nice hammock area.
Iāve had a fitter note that I look āstrangeā sitting on saddles. I suspect I need to roll my hips forward instead of just bending at my back back, but that puts a ton of pressure on my loins or requires a saddle tilted more down causing a ton of upper body strength to stay out. Maybe a core strength issue maybe a body shape issue? I have insanely long legs (and maybe a tall pelvis too?) for my height. Iāve also had multiple fitters put me on a zero offset post for what thatās worth.
A big part of my wife actually tolerating her ebike is that I gave her my new B-17, which she really loved, and a dropper post. But saddles sure are a personal thing.
Yeah, Iāve spent probably multiple bongs over the years trying to find saddles that work for me on various bikes. It sounds like we have similar body geometry and Iāve had similiar issues with finding a saddle for sporty cycling. Took me years and I donāt even remember how many saddles to end up on a Romin, then a Romin Evo on the road bike. Flat-ish side to side and curved front to back seemed to give me enough of it.
B17s have mostly worked for me for more casual bikes but the angle Iāve had to set some of them recently has just been too much. Maybe thatās just some variation in their saddles, not sure. Even though I can feel that my sit bones are not on the frame (by reaching under with one hand to feel where the sit bones are as I continue to pedal), I think they were so close to the frame that they wouldnāt ever break in for me, even on the first B17 that Iāve had since 2016. After a week of commuting, like only 35-40 miles, Iād often have sores/irritation at my sit bones and have to take the weekend off from riding a bike so theyād heal up by Monday. But they were still the best Iād found so far.
In late 2023 a local shop was doing a 30% off moving sale and I took the opportunity to try a C67 and it was immediately comfortable. Then I tried the B68 after those got reintroduced to the market (and didnāt require buying a full bike from Riv) on a bike that had a B17 and it was also immediately comfortable (but required more nose up than the C67). Now two bikes have C67s and two other bikes have B68s. No sores or irritation since switching. All those bikes are pretty upright.
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B17 is like a 2/3rds the length of team pro.
I wonder if a persons āsubstantialnessā can make it harder to find an appropriate saddle? A lightweight like myself might have a lot less weight on the saddle. I found I could tolerate some pretty shitty saddles over the years, but it was only during long bikepacking events that I realised that I was kidding myself .
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All of my normo bikes have Brooks C17s w/ cutout, but my e-homercar has the wider C19 and my ample bottom loves it:
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Lol this is like my exact experience. I donāt think Iād want the Hungry Man C19 on a bike I lean forward on but I do like it on an upright bike
This is awful and I love it
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Yeah I aināt light at almost 190 pounds.
wtf LFG
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