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Old 01-12-2020, 11:29 AM   #1511
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Originally Posted by ken0042 View Post
In that price range I haven't seen hydraulic brakes nor mid-drive motor. I had been looking at either one of these:
https://calgaryebikes.ca/collections...e-350w-36v13ah
https://calgaryebikes.ca/collections...rain-48v14-5ah
Or maybe stepping up to this:
https://calgaryebikes.ca/collections...ar-wheel-drive

The first two seem to be the battery being the big difference.

Looking more at Sliver's link, the promo code doesn't work, and you have to pay $150 for assembly. So leaning less towards those.
The one thing with batterys is range is determined by total watt hours so Volts times amp hours so a 36 V 13 has 468 WH whereas the 48 14 has 672WH. It takes about 10-12WH per km at 30km/h. You also have to consider that at end of life your battery might have 80% of the range and that charging before their empty extends life. My thought is you want a battery 20% larger than your round trip commute

So the battery on the 48V in your link is significantly larger.

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