Hi everyone,
I'm Christian and new to the whole world of ebikes. Living in beautiful Vancouver BC, I started some research on ebikes last Monday, went for a test ride on Wednesday, and bought an ST1 Elite on Friday. I got hooked immediately and for commuting it's just perfect. In less than a week I put 200km on the bike with a huge smile in my face. Right now I am taking the charger with me every day and try to figure out the range I can get out of a full charge in all different modes. I did some reading here as well and yesterday I bought the Planet Bike fenders (saw images of them on another thread here) and installed them. It doesn't look that pretty but it's working fine! Thanks to cable ties ;-)
After riding for a week I just have some general questions and hope that someone here takes the time to give me some answers:
- the bike doesn't have a cover for the charging port on the bike. Does it usually come with one? If not, what's the best to cover it?
- where the cables from the handlebar go into the frame to the battery compartment.... do I have to worry when water gets in? Driving without fenders would surely get a lot of water in there and the battery would get soaked. Or am I wrong here? Should I cover that up too in any way?
- any difference in charging the battery in the bike or taking it out to charge? Is any of these methods faster/slower or better/worse for the battery?
- I try to keep my charge always at or close to 100%. I mean, I'm trying out how far I can go but over night or at work I charge it up again, instead of leaving it at 30% and then just start charging it when down to 15-20%. Is that good or should I let it get to a lower % once in a while?
- Recuperation mode: I had it set to 50, which really slows you down a lot. I set it back to 15 which still slows me down a bit, but not too much, so I can still have a fast descent on a steep road while charging the battery.
Am I correct in saying that I can regenerate the same energy when I am set to 15 on a 500m downhill road as when I am set to 50 on a 200m downhill road, for example? Trying to figure out what regenerates most and fits my style of driving the best.
I think that's it for now, thanks for any advice ;-)
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I'm Christian and new to the whole world of ebikes. Living in beautiful Vancouver BC, I started some research on ebikes last Monday, went for a test ride on Wednesday, and bought an ST1 Elite on Friday. I got hooked immediately and for commuting it's just perfect. In less than a week I put 200km on the bike with a huge smile in my face. Right now I am taking the charger with me every day and try to figure out the range I can get out of a full charge in all different modes. I did some reading here as well and yesterday I bought the Planet Bike fenders (saw images of them on another thread here) and installed them. It doesn't look that pretty but it's working fine! Thanks to cable ties ;-)
After riding for a week I just have some general questions and hope that someone here takes the time to give me some answers:
- the bike doesn't have a cover for the charging port on the bike. Does it usually come with one? If not, what's the best to cover it?
- where the cables from the handlebar go into the frame to the battery compartment.... do I have to worry when water gets in? Driving without fenders would surely get a lot of water in there and the battery would get soaked. Or am I wrong here? Should I cover that up too in any way?
- any difference in charging the battery in the bike or taking it out to charge? Is any of these methods faster/slower or better/worse for the battery?
- I try to keep my charge always at or close to 100%. I mean, I'm trying out how far I can go but over night or at work I charge it up again, instead of leaving it at 30% and then just start charging it when down to 15-20%. Is that good or should I let it get to a lower % once in a while?
- Recuperation mode: I had it set to 50, which really slows you down a lot. I set it back to 15 which still slows me down a bit, but not too much, so I can still have a fast descent on a steep road while charging the battery.
Am I correct in saying that I can regenerate the same energy when I am set to 15 on a 500m downhill road as when I am set to 50 on a 200m downhill road, for example? Trying to figure out what regenerates most and fits my style of driving the best.
I think that's it for now, thanks for any advice ;-)
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