what bike best fits my needs

[Norman11]

Currently have a Velecbike R48 with48v- 750Watt hub motor and 17amp hour battery that I want to replace . Live in Ohio so have hills to deal with on my 16 mile daily commute to work (8miles one way ) . I have about 3500.00 budget . The only reason I am looking for a new brand is they only make 500watt and 14AH anymore . Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
My needs are 750 watt motor minimum and no less than 17AH battery .
Also Class 1 bikes not an option .
I cant be taking to bike shop for repairs all the time as it is my transportation for work in rain snow sleet hail or sunshine so quality parts matter .
I regularly bike 34 mile trips in summer so need to be able to do the distance too .
Cruise control would be nice but not a must ( I love my cruise setting!)
My bike has 13000 miles and is 2 1/2 years old as of now with little issues and I need something that I can repeat this with .

 

[WattsUpDude]

Seems like DOST KOPE with additional battery pack fits your requirements. I've no idea if it has cruise control, though.

 

[indianajo]

What's wrong with your existing bike? when my first battery turned out to be trash, I got my money back from Amazon & bought something else. When my geared hub motor stripped a gear at 4500 miles, I had another one installed in 2 afternoons. I'd ordered the spare motor/wheel/controller kit a year in advance of wearout. Why put a frame in the trash?
Yeah, the nannies have convinced most of the state legislatures that 750 w ebikes are really motorcycles requiring a license, insurance, a moto helmet, blah blah. My motor was 1300 w until the gear wore out. I used it to blaze at a supersonic 8 mph on my 27 mile trip to the country. Well, I could push it to 12 if I used all 840 watthours on the downhill trip.
BTW since I got a good battery, in 6000 miles my home build has shorted out the throttle in the rain thrice, and worn out a hub motor. It is rideable by pedaling with either a wet throttle, or a stripped gear, so no calls to my Mommy were required. No trips to the bike shop either. The throttle responded to a hair dryer. Oh, the motor clicked 3 times, caused by the cover screws coming loose. After I figured out the noise wasn't the bearing, repaired the next two times on the road with a phlllips screwdriver I carry. BTW the bearing was industry standard, available from MSCdirect. I'm retired so no time-clock but I don't run a car, so this bike better work. Electrically when the headwind is too high or the distance is >25 miles, or by pedaling for exercise other times.
My seat comes loose more often than the drive system has problems.

 

[Dewey]

Juiced Bikes offer models with large 52v 19ah battery (two on the Hyper Scrambler), cruise control, long range, and fall under your budget. They come configured as Class 2 but can be changed to Class 3 plus throttle, but are also capable of being set as an electric moped - If you activate the >30mph R or S setting on most Juiced Bike models the bike would then be legally considered a moped on streets, but because they have no VIN number (only a frame number) this may make them unlikely to be able to be insured or registered at your State DMV so I recommend checking before you buy. The HyperScorpion and HyperScrambler models are heavy at >100lb because they use a mix of ebike & moped components - if you decide to buy you might want to upgrade the brakes https://www.juicedbikes.com

 

[Norman11]

What's wrong with your existing bike? when my first battery turned out to be trash, I got my money back from Amazon & bought something else. When my geared hub motor stripped a gear at 4500 miles, I had another one installed in 2 afternoons. I'd ordered the spare motor/wheel/controller kit a year in advance of wearout. Why put a frame in the trash?
Yeah, the nannies have convinced most of the state legislatures that 750 w ebikes are really motorcycles requiring a license, insurance, a moto helmet, blah blah. My motor was 1300 w until the gear wore out. I used it to blaze at a supersonic 8 mph on my 27 mile trip to the country. Well, I could push it to 12 if I used all 840 watthours on the downhill trip.
BTW since I got a good battery, in 6000 miles my home build has shorted out the throttle in the rain thrice, and worn out a hub motor. It is rideable by pedaling with either a wet throttle, or a stripped gear, so no calls to my Mommy were required. No trips to the bike shop either. The throttle responded to a hair dryer. Oh, the motor clicked 3 times, caused by the cover screws coming loose. After I figured out the noise wasn't the bearing, repaired the next two times on the road with a phlllips screwdriver I carry. BTW the bearing was industry standard, available from MSCdirect. I'm retired so no time-clock but I don't run a car, so this bike better work. Electrically when the headwind is too high or the distance is >25 miles, or by pedaling for exercise other times.
My seat comes loose more often than the drive system has problems.

Mine is still working but I need to buy another one for family . So I am looking at replacing mine for me and using the one I have now for my son . We currently have 3 Velecs and 2 Bionx . We have 4 children so I need 1 more . My 2 eldest also commute to work with an ebike so I need reliability . All five of our bikes had over 4500 miles in less than a year . I cant spend 2 afternoons replacing a stripped motor ( times 5 bikes ) every year . I need durability .

 

[indianajo]

If I had used the same brand replacement motor, replacement would have been 3 hours. The new controller had much shorter wires, so I had to move the controller mount from under the seat to under the battery mount, on the front. Mac may be a more durable motor than an ebikeling.com