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The thing that will increase range most is to keep it in eco wherever you can; that will usually give 70% or so extra range over tour according to the assistant.

Eco means you do 2/3 work and it does 1/3: tour means the work is split 1/2 each.

Enjoy your rides when the better weather comes.

The advertised range is 'up to' in ideal conditions. And the difference between 'up to' figures and real figures is much greater than you might expect. Responsible advertising does not push this 'up to' figure. If you look on https://www.bosch-ebike.com/en/service/range-assistant/ you will see how d...

Throttle is often a weak spot for water, also the LCD. I've seen mention of heat shrink tubing over vulnerable joints. Regular shrink wrap can help a tiny bit, but can also collect water and make things worse if not very carefully applied. You'll get lots more hands-on advice at https://www.pedelecs...

Have you checked that its all working as designed and that the firmware is all up to date? A quality ebike should have progressive reduction in assistance around 15.5mph with no serious kicking in and out such as you describe. I usually go slower than that (different age, different type of bike, Mot...

I just re-registered (different id) using 'pedelec' ... after failing a few times with 'pedalec'. I wouldn't bother to follow up on the confirmation email; but should work for you with luck. (For the technical I checked the code for the form: pattern="^pedelec|Pedelec|Pedelecs|pedelecs$") ...

You should say what sort of bike; and the exact issues/symptoms. The major problem is probably there, even if E Bikes Direct have been poor on chasing up the issues for you. If you post a question on https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/forums/electric-bike-general-discussion.2/ giving details of the bi...

As you'll see from other posts here, and lots on the pedalecs forum, Woosh are very highly rated for customer service (both pre and post sale). They'll give good advice as to the best bike for your needs and won't try to push something unsuitable just to get a sale. Unless you live near Southend you...

I'd certainly agree with kwackers for road and relatively sedate offroad riding. I'm not sure it there are any cadence sensor bikes in that price range for more adventurous cycling which most Haibikes seem to target. It might be worth looking at Woosh RIO; https://wooshbikes.co.uk/?rio-mtb. May be s...

You can get an idea using https://www.bosch-ebike.com/en/service/range-assistant/ Designed for estimating with Bosch motors/batteries, but the differences between different bike types will be pretty much the same. With lots of settings left at default a difference of 37 miles (hub gears) to 41 (dera...

Looks a neat and potent (if completely illegal) unit. They themselves advertise 40 amp 48-72v Sinewave Tiny Controller $25.00 at https://lunacycle.com/luna-deluxe-mini-cyclone-kit/ (presumably the $25 is if ordered with the unit instead of the standard controller). It's going to need a pretty hefty ...

She's probably going for the BBS01, which matches what you suggest. See the extensive parallel thread at https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/getting-me-my-child-and-4-bottles-of-beer-up-a-mountain.36904/ (I'm sure she'd welcome any suggestions of cheap ways of get it shipped with battery to Tur...

Beware the cheap nominally high power motor kits. They are mostly direct drive, fast on the flat, very bad at hills, require a very potent battery, and are very inefficient. It may be the 250w one you tried was wired more for speed than torque; there may be suitable ones. (See woosh's reply on your ...

Makes a Gtech look sensible.

The TSDZ2 can probably draw 600w or even more peak in either the 250w or 350w versions. The nominal rating is for continuous use over a period of hours. Looking at https://www.ebikes.ca/tools/simulator.html does not have the TSDZ2, but the BBS02 is shown as max output 500w for battery draw over 700w...

hmm - I made a post and it has disappeared, so repeating. Another thing to consider on batteries is number of discharge cycles. The reference you want is probably Jimmy at https://bga-reworking.co.uk/product-category/all-products/e-bike-batteries/ I've never used him but everyone who has seems enthu...