AdrianKe
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I need some help with whether my plan will work. I have not purchased a bike yet but am thinking either a relaxed position bike (dutch style) or ladies urban bike like a specialized sirrus or alike. The bike will be for my wife.
I live in the Netherlands currently and it's mostly flat bike lanes, asphalt and cobble. The only challenge is that we have a steep hill between our home and my daughter's school, incline is about 5deg/8% over a stretch of 350m, the total commute is short 3km in total per round trip. My wife needs to travel that route twice a day with both our kids in a thule kid trailer (trailer total weight of +-40-45 kg loaded). Going up the hill I would like to have her cycle with minimal effort on high support level and flats she can drop the support level and have more own effort. On other days we will just have casual longer trips but the hill incline is not a big issue then, those trips will not easily exceed 35km.
The Netherlands have a 25km/h assistance limit legally but my need is more torque than speed.
This is what I was thinking of doing:
- I have not purchased a bike yet, looking for a second hand bike with a relaxed riding position
- Bafang BBS02
- Brake sensors
- Shift sensors
- 500c display
- Battery, not sure of voltage and ah rating
So my questions:
1. Will the Bafang BBS02 achieve my goals? (the hill must feel like a flat at worst)
2. What battery rating and size would you suggest?
3. Is it a bad idea to use internally geared hubs in this application?
I live in the Netherlands currently and it's mostly flat bike lanes, asphalt and cobble. The only challenge is that we have a steep hill between our home and my daughter's school, incline is about 5deg/8% over a stretch of 350m, the total commute is short 3km in total per round trip. My wife needs to travel that route twice a day with both our kids in a thule kid trailer (trailer total weight of +-40-45 kg loaded). Going up the hill I would like to have her cycle with minimal effort on high support level and flats she can drop the support level and have more own effort. On other days we will just have casual longer trips but the hill incline is not a big issue then, those trips will not easily exceed 35km.
The Netherlands have a 25km/h assistance limit legally but my need is more torque than speed.
This is what I was thinking of doing:
- I have not purchased a bike yet, looking for a second hand bike with a relaxed riding position
- Bafang BBS02
- Brake sensors
- Shift sensors
- 500c display
- Battery, not sure of voltage and ah rating
So my questions:
1. Will the Bafang BBS02 achieve my goals? (the hill must feel like a flat at worst)
2. What battery rating and size would you suggest?
3. Is it a bad idea to use internally geared hubs in this application?