Orange P7 e-commuter

[The History Man]

You also have a new conversation darling.

 

[Captain Stupido]

This has got me thinking. Could also bolt something up by setting a star nut in the bottom of the steerer tube. Or use one of those expanding plugs that do the same job.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224560531563https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164993521133
Good, lots of options.

 

[Captain Stupido]

Looks like a great bike mate. I remember following this thread a while ago, been thinking of doing something like this with a bafang mid drive. Only thing putting me off is cable management, which I despise. Yours looks pretty neat though.

The tongsheng kit makes for a pretty neat installation. Neater still (albeit with slightly reduced functionality) would be to swap the display/controller for one of these:

https://ebikechoices.com/tongsheng-tsdz2-vlcd6-display-manual/
Also on the to-do list is to have a play with the open source firmware. Apparently there's a mod in it that improves the power delivery at higher cadences.

https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/th...source-firmware-on-the-tongsheng-tsdz2.39384/

 

[Captain Stupido]

New bits arrived:



So I set about improving the battery connections and mounting:



Added a blob of hot melt glue to limit water ingress to the battery pack


Also put some heat shrink wrap around the motor connectors to hopefully keep things dry:

 

[Captain Stupido]

Removed this little control as it seems to be causing problems (possibly due to it having got wet). Fitted a bell instead - more useful as the controls are duplicated on the main panel.



Fitted a temporary rear mudguard. Hopefully it'll help - I've got a plan for full- length mudguards once I fit the disc brakes shown in the previous post.



And I reckon it's now commute ready (ish). I think pretty stealthy. Plan to wrap much of it in self amalgamating tape to hide and protect the wires but I want to properly road test and convert to discs first.

 

[The History Man]

Battery is neat. What’s the range?

 

[Captain Stupido]

Battery is neat. What’s the range?

Am ashamed to report that I haven't quite worked that out yet. It's supposed to be a 10Ah 36v model - was cheap from China on eBay but seems OK.

 

[albash82]

I'm really glad someone on here has done what I'm considering! My commute is a hilly 13 miles, I rarely pedal it, mainly due these days, to getting back home for my lads bath and bedtime... Ebike commute might make this possible. I'd love to ditch the car where I can.
Be interesting to see how it'd be up a really steep, savage road climb out of the village I work in... Gets up to nearly 20% for a while . It's always fun when you've not even warmed up yet!

I'd imagine a battery pack like the one you have would easily do the round trip of 26 miles or so...

 

[rwm1962]

My home built ebike saved me 15-20 minutes on the ride home. About 7 miles with a long hill. https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/orange-c16-r-e-bike-1996.427655/

 

[albash82]

Yeah I did the road commute on a modern MTB ebike from my old gaff. It was about 20 mins in the car, took 35mins in full boost mode.
Cyclepath/quieter lane commute is a couple of miles longer.