Would love your wisdom on the fastest/strongest ebike for under $2000???

[wcsarno]

Hello friends,

I just bought an ebike with a 500 w motor for around $810. It will work great for my two teenage sons. Now I'm looking for a bike for myself. Yesterday I tried riding the 500w ebike up a fairly significant hill in my town and it couldn't push me up. What ebike would you recommend that will go 25-35 mph without pedaling and take me up any hill for under $2000?

Thank you for your time.

 

[gkgeiger]

I don’t believe there is such a bike.

 

[wcsarno]

I don’t believe there is such a bike.

Ok thank you. That was something I forgot to ask...Does such a bike exist?

 

[harryS]

25mph and any hill w/o pedalling? The ones that can, I wouldn't classify them as bikes.

 

[wcsarno]

25mph and any hill w/o pedalling? The ones that can, I wouldn't classify them as bikes.

Ok, thank you. I am new to the ebike world, so thanks for helping me. I have owned a fairly powerful dirt bike and sea-doo so I may be thinking something like that exists.

 

[indianajo]

Measure your hill with a 6" level & a ruler. My stiffest grade is 7/8" rise in 6", or 14.6". My 1200 W geared hub motor will pull me & 60 lb groceries up it (310 lb gross) from a dead stop. Top speed 23 mph though: on flat. I can go 35 downhill.
My bike with bags & 2 leg stand was $1900, the motor $221 from ebikeling, Battery $620 from luna, mount accessories $80. Ebikeling quit selling 48 v geared hub motors probably because Californians/Oregonians try to run them from the sea to the the park at the top of the sierra in one run. Burns them up. We have rolling hills in Indiana, I've got 4000 miles on mine.

 

[rich c]

Most eBikes are electric assist, NOT electric powered. Especially in that price range.

 

[wcsarno]

Measure your hill with a 6" level & a ruler. My stiffest grade is 7/8" rise in 6", or 14.6". My 1200 W geared hub motor will pull me & 60 lb groceries up it (310 lb gross) from a dead stop. Top speed 23 mph though: on flat. I can go 35 downhill.
My bike with bags & 2 leg stand was $1900, the motor $221 from ebikeling, Battery $620 from luna, mount accessories $80. Ebikeling quit selling 48 v geared hub motors probably because Californians/Oregonians try to run them from the sea to the the park at the top of the sierra in one run. Burns them up. We have rolling hills in Indiana, I've got 4000 miles on mine.

Thank you. This is very helpful. Can you give me the link to Where I could buy this bike?

 

[indianajo]

The bike left is a yubabikes.com bodaboda. I added the geared hub motor from ebikeling.com because I didn't like the bosch geared hub motor they were selling in 2017, which drags like an anchor power off. They changed this year to shimano esteps mid-drive motor, which does not drag power off. I like 26" both wheels, we have potholes here in Indiana. I also like the full step through frame for small people, as my muscles are stiff at age 69, hard to lift foot over a bar. I think yuba quit selling the drop frame shown. I ride unpowered most of the time, had my pulse to 132-144 today for 40 minutes twice building up my lungs for pneumonia. Motor is for 25 mph headwinds which can run my 3.5 hour 30 mile commute to country property up to 6 hours of pulse 144. TOO MUCH exercise. Otherwise it just rides along unpowered.
You can get 500 W 48v geared hub motors in a 26" wheel from luna.com, which is where I bought my battery. I bought a Mac12 geared hub motor from him, extra windings for more torque at lower speeds, since I carry groceries 5 gal weed killer pickup tires & tractor battery. I haven't installed the MAC12 yet though, the ebikeling motor didn't wear out yet. Plastic gears looked great when the cover came loose this winter; I added some oil.
I think the ebikeling 1200 W 48v geared hub motor is still sold in china, but US sellers won't sell it because mountain climbers burn them up under warrenty. MAC says 12 minutes max at full power uphill.

 

[wcsarno]

The bike left is a yubabikes.com bodaboda. I added the geared hub motor from ebikeling.com because I didn't like the bosch geared hub motor they were selling in 2017, which drags like an anchor power off. They changed this year to shimano esteps mid-drive motor, which does not drag power off. I like 26" both wheels, we have potholes here in Indiana. I also like the full step through frame for small people, as my muscles are stiff at age 69, hard to lift foot over a bar. I think yuba quit selling the drop frame shown. I ride unpowered most of the time, had my pulse to 132-144 today for 40 minutes twice building up my lungs for pneumonia. Motor is for 25 mph headwinds which can run my 3.5 hour 30 mile commute to country property up to 6 hours of pulse 144. TOO MUCH exercise. Otherwise it just rides along unpowered.
You can get 500 W 48v geared hub motors in a 26" wheel from luna.com, which is where I bought my battery. I bought a Mac12 geared hub motor from him, extra windings for more torque at lower speeds, since I carry groceries 5 gal weed killer pickup tires & tractor battery. I haven't installed the MAC12 yet though, the ebikeling motor didn't wear out yet. Plastic gears looked great when the cover came loose this winter; I added some oil.
I think the ebikeling 1200 W 48v geared hub motor is still sold in china, but US sellers won't sell it because mountain climbers burn them up under warrenty. MAC says 12 minutes max at full power uphill.

Thank you. This is helpful. I'm not sure how you got your for $1900 because the bodaboda shows $3200 on the yubabikes.com website. Any idea?

 

[indianajo]

The electric bodaboda is $3200. In 2017 the pedal powered bodaboda was $1500 + 2 bags + 2leg stand + breadbasket total $2058 + use tax. $200 in accessories got me free freight from California. Motor battery & mount prices listed above.

 

[wcsarno]

The electric bodaboda is $3200. In 2017 the pedal powered bodaboda was $1650 + 2 bags + 2leg stand + breadbasket. $200 in accessories got me free freight from California. Motor battery & mount prices listed above.

Ok got it. Thank you.