My OneMotor review

[Lin B]

Usually I make purchases with my credit card only by phone as once I was hacked. I do not find any business phone contact. I did email One Motor so I am hoping to purchase via phone. Thanks again Lin about the Hilltopper weight, I sent back a LEED 350 Watt front hub kit for that reason, too much weight.

I'm sure Jeff and Grace will find a way for payment you are comfortable with - give them a few days as they get tons of emails. The only weight on the bike if you want to ride unmotored is the mount (less than 200 grams). Even with the battery and motor it is 4.5 or 6.5 lbs (depending on which battery you get). If you've got a nice lightweight bike, I can't imagine throwing 15-20 pounds worth of "electric" on it; that is basically doubling my bike's weight. Keep us posted on your adventure =).

 

[Tan]

I would think you will get the newest software but you can always ask them (phone/email/facebook chat). I initially was not going to get the PAS either - they convinced me to try it. Now I cannot imagine riding without it. The joystick is quite tiny and imo not comfortable to hold for more than a quick boost. The PAS works quite simply and very well - the assist starts when you pedal and stops when you stop pedaling. You can turn it off (pause it, actually) with one button press on the handlebar controller and then resume it the same way. Here's my routine, maybe it will help you decide or maybe not. Turn on battery (press button), turn on handlebar controller (press button), turn on PAS (press face of PAS unit). Start riding. At that point, I can either up the assist level or pause the assist until I need it for a hill. Approach the hill, resume PAS with one button press -- or if you didn't have PAS, you would push and hold the tiny joystick. You do have fewer settings for power with the joystick (25, 50, 75, 100%) which is 4 levels; with PAS you actually have 9 levels of assist to choose from. I don't know if that will matter to you. Since you said you might want to use the motor on flats as well as hills, I highly recommend the PAS. If you are just going to use it for hills, you can probably get away with just the handelbar controller and joystick, but as I said, it's not something you are going to want to hold for distances on flats. There is a bit of a learning curve with the 1M, but several of us have had them now for a bit and are more than happy to help walk you through it.

Hi Lin ,
May I ask you some question ? You said the handlebar controller just has 4 levels of power but wireless PAS has 9 levels. Does it mean when I only use handlebar controller , it will only display 4 levels on the screen , but if I connect handlebar controller with wireless PAS , the display on the screen will automatically change to show 9 and I can choose any level of from 1 to 9 ? Thanks

 

[Lin B]

Hi Lin ,
May I ask you some question ? You said the handlebar controller just has 4 levels of power but wireless PAS has 9 levels. Does it mean when I only use handlebar controller , it will only display 4 levels on the screen , but if I connect handlebar controller with wireless PAS , the display on the screen will automatically change to show 9 and I can choose any level of from 1 to 9 ? Thanks

Using "throttle" on the handlebar controller, you can preset 25, 50, 75 or 100% power. You can also tweak the power by the thrust of the little joystick so that gives you further control within the limit you select. The "PAS" does indeed have 9 levels and there are 2 different places on the display screen for power settings - one corner is PAS (P1, or P1 or whatever you choose shows up and changes as you change the level) and there is a smaller center display with the % of power selected for throttle max. There is no display which shows how much power you are using on "throttle" other than the max percentage. Throttle is all about the feel of the power as you manipulate the joystick (similar to pressing a button on other systems). Does that answer your question? Feel free to ask anything....