How fast do you like to ride? Speed versus range!

[BiggKidd]

Just a curiosity question. I mostly like to ride around 18-23mph even though I often ride at 13mph to get the most range out of my battery. Today I was in a hurry and rode 6-8 miles at 33-35mph. Which is about the fastest my current bike can go as it is. It is amazing how much faster the battery levels drop when holding those higher speeds! I haven't done a long high speed run to see just how many miles I can go on a full battery at high speeds. I have found I can go 50ish miles at 13mph, my lowest PAS setting. My 5 settings are roughly 1) 13mph 2) 18mph 3) 23mph 4) 28-29mph 5) 34-35mph depending on battery levels.

 

[HumanPerson]

oh just wait until you get big batteries then experience the voltage sag of the voltage sag lol

 

[BiggKidd]

oh just wait until you get big batteries then experience the voltage sag of the voltage sag lol

When running both motors up a steep hill you can see some serious sag! IE: from resting at say 50V to 44V but I am talking 2kw at WOT up real hills! My current battery is 23AH at 48V

 

[HumanPerson]

My biggest battery so far is the 72v 50ah battery.
The best one i use most is the 60v 45ah battery with the 1500w direct drive hub motor.

The Bafang (Luna) 2400w mid drive is another beast but I only use a 48/52v 45ah battery for that one

Just remember...voltage sag has it's own sag when down to low..make sense brother?
It's weird this stuff but very interesting

 

[HumanPerson]

Ya ever git up here to Staunton let me know and we'll meet up for a coffee or sumthin!!

 

[Mysery]

Retired and not in a hurry to get anywhere so PAS 1, 13 mph ish, 34 miles off a full charge using the throttle sparingly.

Peace

 

[Unit59]

I mostly ride about 15-17 mph and in PAS 1. But my bike seems to have a strong PAS 1 setting compared to other bikes I have ridden, as the motor stays on up to at least 20 mph. For distance I try to ride maybe 20 miles or so, and usually have 70% battery left at that point.

 

[Smaug]

On the Level.2, usually PAS1 and 13-18 mph. For range, this will get me 50-60 miles on a charge, as this bike rolls efficiently.
On the Lectric XP Lite, usually PAS3 and 14-16 mph. This yields about a 20 mile range. (small battery)
On the Tracker2, usually PAS1 and 10-13 mph. I think this is about 50 mile range, but can be a lot less when I run the tires soft for better traction & ride. (big battery, but high rolling resistance)
On the Wabash RT, usually PAS2 ("Eco") and 13-30 mph. (as I ride this one on bike club rides sometimes) This gives about a 70 mile range. (big battery, low rolling resistance, great aerodynamics)

For faster than 20 mph on two wheels, I'll usually just hop on the scooter. As you found out, you're not doing much of the work at higher speeds anyway. Might as well have even more speed & comfort. ;-)

 

[BiggKidd]

On the Level.2, usually PAS1 and 13-18 mph. For range, this will get me 50-60 miles on a charge, as this bike rolls efficiently.
On the Lectric XP Lite, usually PAS3 and 14-16 mph. This yields about a 20 mile range. (small battery)
On the Tracker2, usually PAS1 and 10-13 mph. I think this is about 50 mile range, but can be a lot less when I run the tires soft for better traction & ride. (big battery, but high rolling resistance)
On the Wabash RT, usually PAS2 ("Eco") and 13-30 mph. (as I ride this one on bike club rides sometimes) This gives about a 70 mile range. (big battery, low rolling resistance, great aerodynamics)

For faster than 20 mph on two wheels, I'll usually just hop on the scooter. As you found out, you're not doing much of the work at higher speeds anyway. Might as well have even more speed & comfort. ;-)

I have regeared my bike to the point I can add a decent amount of pedal power at 28MPH. On the bike I'm gathering parts to build I'd like to take that a little higher but I'm not sure there's much if any need! If I have the math correct this build should easily surpass 100mph not that I'll ever actually ever ride it that fast on the road!

 

[any name you wish]

On the Level.2, usually PAS1 and 13-18 mph. For range, this will get me 50-60 miles on a charge, as this bike rolls efficiently.
On the Lectric XP Lite, usually PAS3 and 14-16 mph. This yields about a 20 mile range. (small battery)
On the Tracker2, usually PAS1 and 10-13 mph. I think this is about 50 mile range, but can be a lot less when I run the tires soft for better traction & ride. (big battery, but high rolling resistance)
On the Wabash RT, usually PAS2 ("Eco") and 13-30 mph. (as I ride this one on bike club rides sometimes) This gives about a 70 mile range. (big battery, low rolling resistance, great aerodynamics)

For faster than 20 mph on two wheels, I'll usually just hop on the scooter. As you found out, you're not doing much of the work at higher speeds anyway. Might as well have even more speed & comfort. ;-)

On my D2 I usually ride in PAS 1 and I have gotten 70 miles using it. Recently I did a 30 mile ride on PAS 3 and I used 48% of the nattery power (started out at 100%). The same 30 mile ride on PAS 1 used only 40% of the battery power.

I did notice that using the torque sensor the bike keeps providing power all the way up to 20 MPH in PAS 1 but switching to the cadence sensor the bike cuts out at around 10 MPH making me the sole power provider if i keep it over 10 MPH on PAS 1.

I agree with you that if I want to go faster than 20 MPH I'll get on the mototcycle.