Too many projects, not enough time, just became an understatement!
While I was tooling around on the net today doing my usual Saturday, all day R&D, I came across a bunch of disk break equipped bikes that I would like to use for the same sort of project I posted about yesterday using the Sixthreezero bike. It came down to this or a Motobecane. The bike I decided to use is the Poseidon 'Atlas' Hybrid Urban bike.
What made my decision was the Hydraulic disk breaks vs mechanical. Then I noticed the quality of the front crank set. You can change sprockets on the Poseidon, but I can't tell if it's possible with the Motobecane because of the plastic cover. I'll guess probably not. The fact that the Moto comes with a suspension set of forks made it a contender, but it's not like they are made by Rock Shocks! I can always add the same forks to the Poseidon as an option for less than changing the breaks on the Moto to Hydraulic!
That one cable mount on the back of the seat tube is a PITA! That's where I would like to mount a controller for a 1-wd setup! And then I would be stuck with the two on the backbone tubing to remove. It's either that, or upgrading the 3 sp crank to a better one, along with hydraulic breaks. Too much work and money to keep the price down where it should be.
Then as another consideration was the cable routing. With the Moto, I would like to swap the generic 3 speed front sprocket set with a single 36T, but then I'm left with cable holders to dispose of, then touch up paint. Forget that! The more work I have to do to make the bike, the more expensive it will be. I want to make nothing but bad ass affordable ebikes, so the Moto is out of the equation!
Yeah, having multiple sizes to choose from instead of one size fits all is a BIG DEAL!
Unlike the Sixthreezero bike that only fits riders between 5’4” - 6’, (I'm 6'-2" and it fits me just fine) the Poseidon comes in several sizes to fit everyone! This is a bit of a game changer for me when considering bikes to build for customers. With ebikes, bike fit isn't as big of a consideration because the motor does most of the work, but it is still a consideration. A good fitting bike, even with a motor, is something that's hard to describe. It's like comparing night and day, or hard apple cider and orange juice with pulp added.
I think this bike will do fine. I'll offer it with one wheel drive rear hub motor, or two wheel drive with 1000W, 1500W, 3000W motor options.
Poseidon in the other color option of Blizzard with a better view of controls and room for much taller and wider tires for more comfortable ebike riding.
The Poseidon may loose the front 3 sp crank set to make better room for a thumb throttle? The above photo shows what room you have for ebike stuff on the bars.
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