Thread: Ebikes for hunting

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also...is there solar trickle chargers that are approved/compatable yet???

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

also...is there solar trickle chargers that are approved/compatable yet???

Most E MTBs top out at 100kg fat arse. So that's a lot of us out of the equation already.

For solar recharging: take @25/08 IMP s 700 watthour battery. With a flash harry Kings 200 watt folding soft solar panel plus a regulator and then some form of charger you will be looking in reality about 8 hours of a sunny day to fully recharge it.

Originally Posted by XR500

Most E MTBs top out at 100kg fat arse. So that's a lot of us out of the equation already.

For solar recharging: take @25/08 IMP s 700 watthour battery. With a flash harry Kings 200 watt folding soft solar panel plus a regulator and then some form of charger you will be looking in reality about 8 hours of a sunny day to fully recharge it.

That's good to know cause it's always hard planning ride so you have enough battery.
Not normally an issue you can get battery extender but $$$

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Originally Posted by XR500

Most E MTBs top out at 100kg fat arse. So that's a lot of us out of the equation already.

For solar recharging: take @25/08 IMP s 700 watthour battery. With a flash harry Kings 200 watt folding soft solar panel plus a regulator and then some form of charger you will be looking in reality about 8 hours of a sunny day to fully recharge it.

I have a Haibike SDURO with Bosch electrics and a centre crank motor. Its a PedElec. Rated for 160kg when I bought mine, now posted online at 120kg but dealer and I reckon a 200kg load all up is gently doable

500Khw battery is a bit light now but had it 2and a half years. Hunting is my wannabe mode, mostly farm tracks. Really the bike is my fitness health machine. Recently did the Waihi-Te Aroha and return rail trail in just over 5 hrs, 90km and I'm not a little guy. Got 87.6km out of first battery. Lots of pedaling on lowest Eco setting on fairly flat inclines. Bike cost 7.2k extra battery $1200. You would need a large solar array and or half a week of sun to recharge one. 3.5 hours on mains from dead flat. The next day I did the Whakarewarewa Loop, 38km of entry-level technical MTB rack. I snagged a tree root with pedal just before half way and landed on heavy gravel, heavily! Thought I'd busted half the ribs and sternum on left side..road the last half with lots of Battery. Had 2% charge left when I hit the carpark.

I have soft pannier bags on the rear, a Thule rack with clip-on Thule waterproof touring bags on the front. Plus rifle racks a la quad bike style on handle bars. I can also have top bags front and back.

The best things about the bike are it is really quiet, limits where I go to get into trouble, and gives me a modest level of fitness.

Deer are smart. they get to know what the sound of a quad or trail bike really means.

I now have 1800km on the Haibike , mostly road work.