Hi all :)
I’ve just bought a Vitesse Force ebike. It was second hand, but brand new as the previous owner bid on two separate auctions and won both (he’s someone I trust, so I believe him). Other than a few tweaks, the bike is great, but I want to make it even better if possible.
The main thing I want to change is the walk assist speed. As I understand it, in the UK we can’t have powered ebikes, they can only move very slowly when you’re not pedalling. I tested the speed yesterday, and on a slope it’s barely fast enough to stay upright.
The main reason that I bought an ebike is because I’m disabled and overweight, and live in the middle of a load of hills. I’m hoping to get the walk assist speed up just high enough to get me up a hill to the nearest flat cycle path so that I can ride, or home again afterwards if I’ve overdone it. For now I can’t pedal continuously for long enough to get to the top, and the pedal assist stops when I stop.
The other thing I’m curious about changing is the number of gears. The bike is a seven speed, but I’ve never used an ebike before, so I don’t know if that’s enough for when I want to turn the pedal assist off.
The bike is here for anyone interested:
https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/16183641/vitesse-force-mtb-wm-electric-bike-16183641
I’d be grateful for any advice :)
Thanks for replying :)
Yeah, everything seems to be aimed at increasing the top speed, which is fair enough, it’s what I’d normally want to do. Most people either don’t use walk assist, or only use it right at the beginning and end of their ride, and the speed doesn’t matter.
I can change the size of the tyres in the settings, which should let me increase the bike’s speed, but I was hoping for a different solution first, rather than changing everything and throwing some of the data out. I might try that this weekend if the weather stays dry though.
I definitely won’t be building advanced electronics though, that’s a bit beyond me these days :p