Thread: Off-road e bike

Ubco are seriously overpriced POS.

@Sika Seeker, how did the trip finish ? Battery last ok ?

When you were going up, were you pedaling or using battery only ?

@ebf it went really well. I had to pedal at times going up hill but mainly to get going after going through boggy bits. Definately nothing too strenuous. On the way back out I put the deer into the saddle bags and got back to my truck in record time (all downhill) battery was reading full back at the truck although had dropped one bar after the uphill climb in. I’m wondering if the cold nights gave it a bit of a re juice? All in all happy with the way it performed for the money

Awesome man. Will be interesting to see how the battery holds up over the long run

Originally Posted by ebf

Awesome man. Will be interesting to see how the battery holds up over the long run

the big issue with batteries at present is that everyone is claiming huge figures and cutting costs. lithium is nasty shit and ignites easily, bloody hard to extinguish too.

awesome to hear it went well.....the future looks bright.
I can see a trike version being VERY handy....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

awesome to hear it went well.....the future looks bright.
I can see a trike version being VERY handy....

Are the footpaths of Geraldine wide enough?

Originally Posted by Tahr

Are the footpaths of Geraldine wide enough?

You forget this is Geraldine we are talking about...

The trike will feature a full bullbar and set of lights, and possibly a train horn.

Yep I’m keen to give it a go through southern access corridor in March. That should be a good test for the battery for distance

I guess if you've loaded your bike up with a pack, and you have some meat on board, you could be well over a hundred kg. I have heard of one guy coming down a hill fully laden with brakes basically glowing. The other factor is that youd probably want to out some thought into weather-sealing your bike. The kits don't come with much. You'd hate for rain to cause an electrical failure when you are 20kms up a riverbed.

Here's another option coming soon. Impressive 'claimed' range...and that seat certainly has that East European design about it, but in the end its still a bicycle.

https://newatlas.com/bicycles/delfas...550cc-92034501

Looks good but very expensive!

@Sika Seeker

You still using the little e-bike ? How is the battery it holding up

@ebf yeah mate haven’t been on a lot of hunting trips with it lately been using my feet and helicopters but battery is still as strong as the day I got it. Will be taking it for another hunt in CNI in the next month or so

Yeah I think mine would be similar on a rough ride. Generally where I’m using it the ride out is downhill so the batteries not needed much at all