Quote from: Banjopete on April 28, 2024, 08:02:17 AMI'd start there with an multimeter and a coffee.I agree with this, I see CrappyTire puts it on sale frequently. A simple multimeter will help you isolate where to concentrate your troubleshooting.
How is your riding style? Do you use mainly the throttle? Granted I have very little experience with an e-bike but I assume it will take a lot of effort to burn up a motor.
I may be misreading it but you said you hired a professional to install the upgrade. Therefore when they were done I assumed everything worked fine.
Now that I have a few kms riding my City+, I can comment regarding the hills of Burnaby. I grew up near the Royal Oak hills. And I used to work near BCIT on Canada Way. I have ridden my bicycle on those hills a lot. I now lives in Calgary and have ridden hills comparable to Burnaby and I must say that they are doable with the combination of PAS and the right gearing. I do not mean to compare myself to you but I said it to help understand where the problem is. There is a big area to troubleshoot between the battery and motor.
I liked the guys suggestions to an 80 year old rider re: hills.
Quote from: JoeUtah on February 11, 2021, 08:25:07 AMSitka glad to hear you're still riding at 80!!! As one of the early Rad Riders since 2017 I must tell you that unfortunately the Rad Rover is not a powerful off road hill climber, the hub drive motor cannot compete with mid-drives on the hills. That said I have taken my Rad to some high places which required lots of pedal assist from me with eventually using the "walk assist" function. I'll offer up my best advice to reach the summit and not fry the Bafang rear hub motor (easily done if overheated).
1.Always use the lowest gear! Take your time and enjoy the experience.
2.Any pedal assist from YOU is beneficial and almost mandatory, using throttle alone will overheat on steep hills.
3.When you do use throttle, watch your display, if you are exceeding 500 watts under full load and bogging down, the internal hub is heating up and bye bye motor.
4.When it gets real steep, get off and use the walk function.
5.What goes up must come down. Steep downhills on the way back can literally be your downfall, lower seat and make sure you periodically adjust your breaks (very easy to do with the mechanical, its just a turn of the allen wrench.)