I’m 57 so I’m not sure if I’m young…… or just young at heart. Yes I love power and speed. I’m certainly very happy with my 60v Canbus Ultra motor on my Frey Beast which is quite well behaved. It does run a 28A controller rather than the typical 30A controller, yet the importer quotes it as having 240nm of torque on their webpage. I’m assuming more volts and less amps makes for a more efficient motor with less heat that will last for many years to come.
I run a 48T chainring for less use of the smaller cogs, better chainline and for less shifting on the 12 speed cassette. Despite the bigger chainring I do love to spin the cranks for some exercise plus I also find this motor performs its best at higher cadences. I have removed the throttle to clean up the cockpit and as I wasn’t using it anyway.
Awesome bike and aptly named... and don't think I didn't day dream about that for a moment myself. But reality is that I would never use that bike these days to it's potential so I went more suited to my actual riding. Good to hear that it's programmed better than the standard CANbus motors as there's been more than a few complaints on here and some have even gone through the process of converting to UART.
That said I do love the personal customization of the UART motors. You can tweak power output/acceleration curve as you desire and each PAS does exactly what I want. I ride mostly for exercise so trimming it's stock aggressive delivery in lower PAS makes for a much more natural feel. But you still have the power when you want/need... so there's no downside.
I really don't see the need for throttle, at least with the ultra motor. I guess some like to start off from a dead stop with it. I'd also like to fit a 48T chainring. Mine is 44T and my cadence is pretty high at 25mph. Not sure if it would clear the chain stay and I'm having a hard time finding a good steel one along with the spider to fit. I did buy a 6 dollar 48T chainring that was of such poor quality it immediately got tossed out.
Dude you're still struggling with the chainring?!?! Well if you went 48t that would add some load to the motor.. and with the same results as I suggested starting one gear up.
As for the $6 chainring.. You should have at the very least used it to test fitment as it works with the stock spider.
The 44t one I bought now has 2250 US MILES on it without a single drop and without a sound. The chain has 2500 MILES on it and the chain guage 0.75 side still sits on its tip. I have a brand new steel Bafang 44t ring.. but I see no reason to fix what ain't broke. But who knows maybe, the 48t rings had a production flaw. Wanna laugh.. Since the tariffs many sellers stop selling it and those that are want >$25 for it now.
But here again is why I like the programmability. Since my low PAS are tame for exercise I found the larger rings were also more tiring as sometimes downshiftting took me out of a cadence sweet spot. So adding a few watts to each lower PAS made it/me behave as it did with the 40t ring.
Another Pashley Prospero will be arriving from England for me to convert. That customer is putting in the order today. It is getting custom rims, fenders, and a custom paint job, Amethyst, in other words it is purple. Nobody has a bike like that. I will paint the motor, chainguard, and cranks. The lady has money and likes purple.
This is why I break your balls!!
The Amethyst color is available on the Pashley website... So anyone that can click a mouse can order it.
And some how a higher capacity battery for a handicap trike just isn't the same as one for a long hilly ride with off road excursions.
You put together some really nice bikes..but you don't understand it's for a bit of a niche market. So drop the car salesman approach with the "it's better than anything made" and "it's the only one like it in the world" bullshit. Most of us aren't nice ladies with deep pockets blinded by childhood color schemes.
