Himiway cobra 1000w hub drive power

[Codybfatty]

Yes me and my wife purchased some himiway e bikes hers a zebra with 750 hub motor and mine a cobra with suspension 1000w motor.

The problem is my wife's seems to have more power and speed I even changed my controller went and adjusted the top speed yet hers goes right past me. Am i missing something how can I even tell if I got the 1000w motor

 

[DieselTech]

Yes me and my wife purchased some himiway e bikes hers a zebra with 750 hub motor and mine a cobra with suspension 1000w motor.

The problem is my wife's seems to have more power and speed I even changed my controller went and adjusted the top speed yet hers goes right past me. Am i missing something how can I even tell if I got the 1000w motor

What battery voltages are each bike? Also what amp controllers are in each bike?

 

[Annieolnie]

What is your wife's size compared to your size? You also have super fat tires and full suspension two things that can slow you down. I think your bike might also weigh about 9 lbs. more than hers. If you lock out the suspension and put on narrower tires, the bike might speed up. There are some interesting threads regarding the weight issue on Endless Sphere.

 

[Codybfatty]

I have no idea what controller is in our bikes how would I find out? I did add a different lcd screen to mine it was supposed to help with the power but I am not sure it did

 

[Codybfatty]

What is your wife's size compared to your size? You also have super fat tires and full suspension two things that can slow you down. I think your bike might also weigh about 9 lbs. more than hers. If you lock out the suspension and put on narrower tires, the bike might speed up. There are some interesting threads regarding the weight issue on Endless Sphere.

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[Cybersnow]

I have somewhat of the same issue. My wife rides an Aventon bike with a750watt motor and I ride a hardtail MTB with a 1000 watt motor. She can easily pull away from me and we typically ride about 17-18 mph on the roads. This bothered me until I looked at the weight issue. Her bike weighs about 50lbs and she weighs 110. My bike weighs close to 85 lbs and I weigh 200. So she is pushing about 160 lbs on her bike and I am at 285 lbs. On our mountain roads she out climbs me but but on the down hill I easily catch up and have to brake. On the flats, I have adjusted the gearing so that at a cadence of 75 I can easily do 20mph.

 

[Annieolnie]

I have no idea what controller is in our bikes how would I find out? I did add a different lcd screen to mine it was supposed to help with the power but I am not sure it did

I found the manual for your display. I think your controller is set for 20 amps max and is probably set now at 15. Have you switched bikes with your wife to see how fast she is on the Cobra. As Cybersnow says, it may be the size difference.

 

[darthdanny]

I opened my cobra up and noticed the controller is 750watts... even though its a 1000 watt motor... Not sure if this is the cause - same frustrations here.

 

[Annieolnie]

Do you have the Standard Cobra with the rear hub motor or the Cobra pro with the midrive?

 

[darthdanny]

Rear hub 1000 watt edition

 

[BiggKidd]

I opened my cobra up and noticed the controller is 750watts... even though its a 1000 watt motor... Not sure if this is the cause - same frustrations here.

Not sure if this is normal but my (2)x1000w bike motors and it's controllers are questionable as well and I think that's par for the course. I "think" the actual continuous power on my bike for each motor is somewhere around 550-600w with a peak power around 1000w. Look in your display controller adjustments mine has sever types of "power" adjustments. First the amps are at 12 not 20 or 28 @ 48V which is the controller's peak power. I can turn the amps up to 20 in / on the display. BUT the real power is in the acceleration adjustment it came from the factory set on 3 on a 1 to 5 scale. When I turned it up suddenly the back tire brakes loose / looses traction anytime I'm not in perfect conditions. Since a lot of my riding is off road often in muddy conditions I turned it back down to 3 where it feels more stable, controllable and safer. YMMV

 

[kmccune]

why does that even bother you,you can outrun her on the downhill,your ego should be intact-now one that really should bother you is this on identical acoustic bikes she can probably smoke you,women naturally have a good power to weight on the bottom end,I watched this woman cyclist smoke this guy and she wasn't even breathing hard and he was barely able to keep up on an ebike( she was riding a standard bike) just my take,like some others I dropped out of the hp race long ago.

 

[Annieolnie]

Rear hub 1000 watt edition

The only 1000 watt edition is the midrive model. The hubdrive model is 750 watts. It may have a peak of a thousand watts but it is only suppose to be 750w continuous. I have a Velotric cargo bike and it has a 500w continuous motor. My display has a watt meter and charging up a hill it will be hitting 1200w peak for a short bit of time, but it is a 500w motor.

 

[darthdanny]

The only 1000 watt edition is the midrive model. The hubdrive model is 750 watts. It may have a peak of a thousand watts but it is only suppose to be 750w continuous. I have a Velotric cargo bike and it has a 500w continuous motor. My display has a watt meter and charging up a hill it will be hitting 1200w peak for a short bit of time, but it is a 500w motor.

It really is a 1000w geared hub motor - or they are lying... See attached screenshot of their site.

It is also printed on the motor.

 

[BiggKidd]

It really is a 1000w geared hub motor - or they are lying... See attached screenshot of their site.

It is also printed on the motor.

I'd be willing to bet that's 1000 watts peak power much like my bike.

 

[darthdanny]

It peaks around 1300 according to display

honestly - circling back to the point of the thread by @Codybfatty - it just seems suspicious on the top end of the speed - I also replaced display and got a little faster but it just stops giving power at about 26mph with our without load - no matter if flat or downhill. My wife's 750W fat tire is notably faster - though probably 10lbs lighter total

 

[Annieolnie]

I think it is 1000w peak. We can have dueling website specs, just for fun. The motor is going to cut out at 20 and 28 mph respectively and you have monster tires on there. Are your tires really 4.8 inches wide? You could put some 3 inch wide tires on there and literally wipe out a third of your current road resistance. I'm glad you have a watt meter it will help you compare resistance if you change things. What model of bike is your wife riding?

 

[BiggKidd]

I wish the power / watt meter on mine worked but it doesn't. 48V battery X 28A controller = 1344 watts so I guess it could truly be 1000 watts nominal and 1344w peak on each motor.

 

[Annieolnie]

I wish the power / watt meter on mine worked but it doesn't. 48V battery X 28A controller = 1344 watts so I guess it could truly be 1000 watts nominal and 1344w peak on each motor.

What is your nominal amp number on there? That's probably where you would have to start your equation. Luna cycle has this meter that plugs into your battery.

 

[BiggKidd]

What is your nominal amp number on there? That's probably where you would have to start your equation. Luna cycle has this meter that plugs into your battery.

Nominal amp number on where? The controller just has 28A