Juiced Riders - Cross Current with 48V 24Ah battery!!

[Ravi Kempaiah]

Juiced just announced this info.
Next year, they will be releasing a 48V, 24Ah pack for the hybrid styled Cross Current. Holy molly...!

More info can be found here

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[one4torque]

I could get into something like this! ...

 

[George S.]

It looks like a bike. Hydraulic disk brakes, always a plus. Not sure about the bike paths. Like to see how the plus size batteries mount. It seems like a lot more bike than what BH and Currie announced at IB, though I think Currie had a mid-drive for a bit more.

 

[Ann M.]

Ummm, folks, it's still a 350 watt hub motor, no matter what the windings but with a nice battery. A 350 watt mid drive produces more torque and power than this hub motor so its not a one-to-one match with the Izip Dash. Hydraulic brakes, nice upgrade. If you have extreme downhills in your ride, needed. If people would maintain the components and take the time to learn how to adjust their brakes, standard disc brakes work great and are less sensitive to extreme temperatures. It's no fun to work on a set of hydraulic brakes where the owner has left the bike stored somewhere hot for months on end or has to leave it in the direct sun all the time, then the fluid is goo in the lines and the brakes practically frozen. More expensive for the customer, too. Remember, hydraulic brakes have more components that can fail (a small master cylinder just like in a car's brakes)

 

[George S.]

Ummm, folks, it's still a 350 watt hub motor, no matter what the windings but with a nice battery. A 350 watt mid drive produces more torque and power than this hub motor so its not a one-to-one match with the Izip Dash.

I don't know. The equation for power needed to propel a bike at a certain speed is mostly calculating the aerodynamic drag, which rises by 4x as speed doubles. At 28 mph, the power is around 750 watts. The speed pedelecs that Haibike is going to sell seem to have 350 watt motors. If you have 350 watts available, I'm not sure how they will get the 750 watts they need to go at the SP limit. Not too many riders can supply 400 watts for very long. A race frame would help.

When someone says they are designing a 30 mph bike, it makes a lot of sense to use a 1,000 watt motor. That is what Bafang is offering, a 1,000 watt mid-drive. It would be very easy, and pretty cheap, for JR to provide a 750 watt motor. Several things on their web page for this bike need fact checking.

At some point I think you need hydraulic disks. If you need a lot of watts to get to a high speed, you need a lot of braking power to slow down.

But, if Juiced Riders bumped the rear hub to 750 watts and their brakes are solid, their tires and wheels sturdy and reliable, etc, they have a 28 mph bike that is reasonably engineered for a very decent price. You don't need fancy electronics to make a bike that will hold up for, say, 5,000 or 10,000 without major overhauls. What do you need, if you are now going 28 mph? Does anyone know? It's unfortunate that a lot of the people with 2,000 watts and 35 mph capabilities are relatively inexperienced with bikes and bike weaknesses. Maybe there is a glaring fault with what JR is doing. Certainly Court or Ravi could do an evaluation. Why do I feel something like this would make more sense?

It would be fun to know which design path is better. Do you want a basic mid-drive like the Curry, which will probably do well on hills? Do you want motors with the raw watts to go faster? A 20 mph bike is around a 350 watt bike, but getting to 28 mph doubles the power requirement.

 

[Cameron Newland]

Ummm, folks, it's still a 350 watt hub motor, no matter what the windings but with a nice battery. A 350 watt mid drive produces more torque and power than this hub motor so its not a one-to-one match with the Izip Dash. Hydraulic brakes, nice upgrade. If you have extreme downhills in your ride, needed. If people would maintain the components and take the time to learn how to adjust their brakes, standard disc brakes work great and are less sensitive to extreme temperatures. It's no fun to work on a set of hydraulic brakes where the owner has left the bike stored somewhere hot for months on end or has to leave it in the direct sun all the time, then the fluid is goo in the lines and the brakes practically frozen. More expensive for the customer, too. Remember, hydraulic brakes have more components that can fail (a small master cylinder just like in a car's brakes)

Good point about the maintenance on the hydraulic disc brakes, Ann. There's certainly a trade-off there. My S-pedelec with mechanical disc brakes is screaming for a set of beefier hydraulic discs, and it seems like all the s-pedelecs are going hydraulic because customers want that stronger braking feel.

Regarding the 350W Bafang geared hub motor, keep in mind that because the Juiced Riders CrossCurrent has a geared hub motor, it will likely be very zippy up hills even though it's not a mid-drive. A direct drive hub motor like the 2015 E3 Dash doesn't have the mechanical advantage/leverage that comes with either a mid drive (using the rear derailleur's gearing) or the hub motor gears, but this bike does. We'll have to see how it compares against the 2015 Dash with a battery of tests.

 

[opimax]

George , the original Specialized Turbo was "only 250" watts, this should be even faster ...honestly makes a great "spare" compared to 6999 for a Stromer, even w/just 10.4 amp which isnt out til 2016. I am a little surprised they dont mention the huge ass battery since they mentioned the slightly larger battery here. Also hope they make a quicker charger than 2 amps for a 24 amp battery. as othres have said whereis the 24 amp battery going to reside? I need a water bottle holder and a good rear rack

 

[Cameron Newland]

The equation for power needed to propel a bike at a certain speed is mostly calculating the aerodynamic drag, which rises by 4x as speed doubles. At 28 mph, the power is around 750 watts. The speed pedelecs that Haibike is going to sell seem to have 350 watt motors. If you have 350 watts available, I'm not sure how they will get the 750 watts they need to go at the SP limit. Not too many riders can supply 400 watts for very long. A race frame would help.

When someone says they are designing a 30 mph bike, it makes a lot of sense to use a 1,000 watt motor. That is what Bafang is offering, a 1,000 watt mid-drive. It would be very easy, and pretty cheap, for JR to provide a 750 watt motor. Several things on their web page for this bike need fact checking.

It would be fun to know which design path is better. Do you want a basic mid-drive like the Curry, which will probably do well on hills? Do you want motors with the raw watts to go faster? A 20 mph bike is around a 350 watt bike, but getting to 28 mph doubles the power requirement.

Good point about power requirements. I've often wondered how those Bosch S-pedelecs hit 28mph. I'm not certain, but I think that you don't need as much power to get to those speeds. I think 400W-500W would suffice to reach 28mph with some average pedal input, and that's quite doable with a 350W (nominal) motor. My 500W (nominal), 750W (peak) rear hub motor bike can hit 32-34MPH on flat ground with heavy pedal input and a low, aerodynamic body position, but if I were using your assumptions about power and speed, then I would need 1,000W+ to hit those speeds, and I just don't think my bike has that much power, even at peak output. Perhaps there are more variables here that complicate things...perhaps my aero body positioning gives me more speed that isn't factored into your power/speed model. And I'm also pedaling quite hard to reach those speeds, and one cannot maintain that forever.

 

[Tora Harris]

The motor is "350W" but can hit 650-700W peak and get to 28-30mph with no problem. The watt number stamped on the motor is just a reference capacity and not a dyno reading. On the CrossCurrent the power is more limited by the battery's continuous output, not the motor really. We tune the controller so the bike can give a satisfying ride without draining the pack immediately and giving it a short life. Its a balance.

A mid-drive produces more torque for better hill climbing since you can use the bike's transmission, but has some drawbacks at the moment for the scope of the CrossCurrent's objectives. In exchange for pulling trailers and flying up steep hills, the CrossCurrent returns you a relatively light bike for assisting you at 24-30mph comfortably.

 

[Kaldeem]

@Tora Harris Price = on point, Specs = on point! Keep it up, great looking bike, great specs, great price! If I don't settle for one soon, I think the xcurrent has swayed my mind.

 

[George S.]

The motor is "350W" but can hit 650-700W peak and get to 28-30mph with no problem. The watt number stamped on the motor is just a reference capacity and not a dyno reading. On the CrossCurrent the power is more limited by the battery's continuous output, not the motor really. We tune the controller so the bike can give a satisfying ride without draining the pack immediately and giving it a short life. Its a balance.

A mid-drive produces more torque for better hill climbing since you can use the bike's transmission, but has some drawbacks at the moment for the scope of the CrossCurrent's objectives. In exchange for pulling trailers and flying up steep hills, the CrossCurrent returns you a relatively light bike for assisting you at 24-30mph comfortably.

Hi,

I can see that. I have a '350 watt' MAC motor, but I get 800-900 watts out of it on hills all the time, using a watt meter. It's like you say, the controller has to be able to put the watts into the motor, and the battery has to have the discharge rate. We'd all be better off with 'real world' watt numbers from the specific battery and controller. Thanks for clearing that up. I think this bike has a lot of potential.

@Cameron Newland -- I'm using a very rough aero drag calculator based on an upright bike with MTB tires. Actually, if you can put 300 watts into the drivetrain, you could hit 30 with a 500 watt motor that peaked a little higher. The details are things like efficiency of the motor. I wish they put watt meters on bikes. It's very educational. As long as this bike is closer to 500 watts, they are in the ball park for a good 'theoretical' speed, just based on a fit rider adding 200 watts to the mix.

 

[Tora Harris]

We have been doing the range testing with the production spec CrossCurrent to get the real range figures. We attached the GPS and battery power meter (Cycle Analyst) so we can record the information. Here the CrossCurrent is tested in SPORT mode up to the top speed of 28mph. It does require some pedaling to help it achieve top speed, but the motor has fast winding so it does not start to work against you at those speeds like other bikes. The controller is tuned to hit the S-Pedelec performance targets with some assistance from the rider. After those speeds, the wind really slows you down and you need to dump much more amps to get any little bit faster.

Sorry for the video but trying to do this with one hand pedaling and changing gears.

 

[George S.]

We have been doing the range testing with the production spec CrossCurrent to get the real range figures. We attached the GPS and battery power meter (Cycle Analyst) so we can record the information. Here the CrossCurrent is tested in SPORT mode up to the top speed of 28mph. It does require some pedaling to help it achieve top speed, but the motor has fast winding so it does not start to work against you at those speeds like other bikes. The controller is tuned to hit the S-Pedelec performance targets with some assistance from the rider. After those speeds, the wind really slows you down and you need to dump much more amps to get any little bit faster.

Sorry for the video but trying to do this with one hand pedaling and changing gears.

It's easy to make out the numbers if you pause the video. It was clearly running around 27 mph with over 600 watts going through the system at the start. So the Bafang is capable of delivering what you need for that Class 3 California standard.

The price seems fair. You could do what I did, buy a $400 Bikes Direct bike. Then buy a 350 watt MAC motor and controller for around $400. The battery I use is primitive, a LiFePo, for around $300. I had to replace a couple of things on the installation, and I have mechanical disk brakes. I would have looked at your bike, for sure. I think you are locked into the California rules for Speed Pedelec, where you can't have a throttle. I notice a lot of attention to detail on the web page, and a commitment to parts and service, plus the two year warranty. JR has refined the original bike over and over. People with limited experience seem to run into quality control problems. Hopefully JR can avoid that stuff.

 

[Bike_On]

Juiced just announced this info.
Next year, they will be releasing a 48V, 24Ah pack for the hybrid styled Cross Current. Holy molly...!

More info can be found here

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If the 7.8 ahr /48V pack is 5lb, the 23 ahr will add 10 lbs and won't look as slick. Just sayin'.

An 1100 Whr pack can do some major range! Or juice up the motor a bit to 750W continuous and you have a nice speed pedelec.

 

[opimax]

it is a speed pedelec!

 

[Bike_On]

It's a 350W speed pedelec, not a 750W speed pedelec. The 23Ahr battery would support the higher C needs for 750W and make it a BETTER speed pedelec??

 

[opimax]

much better!!