What is the difference between the New
Pegasus Power System and the Popular Wilderness Energy
electric bike conversion kit?
I have been a Wilderness Energy dealer for near 5 years and I’m convinced that it is a great quality unit. I came up with the Pegasus so that I could offer some upgrades. Both ebike kits are good just different enough to each of your own liking.
Pegasus wheel will fit a narrower fork opening. In order to accomplish that, I had to increase the diameter of the motor from 7″ dia. to 10″ to maintain the power of the motor. This resulted in shorter spokes making them stronger by also increasing the gage of the spokes, for a very strong wheel.
Also to make sure there wouldn’t be any problem with the forks bending from too much torque which can happen to certain bikes, we added the torque safety lock system. The battery canvas bag is replaced with a molded hard plastic case to supply a water resistant housing for the controller, wiring and battery. Includes a heavy duty chrome rack with battery housing quick connect receivers, you just set the battery pack on the rack, slide it forward and it connects itself to the electronics. A new security key lock ignition switch and the key is also used to lock the battery case in place by a second lock to the bike.
A neat safety feature is that the Pegasus brake levers are wired to disconnect the motor when either of them is applied. This could help prevent panic mistakes of applying the throttle and brake at the same time, or twisting the throttle while dismounting just by holding a brake lever on. If the brakes are applied while the throttle is engaged, this could case serious damage to the wheel. The motor is trying to pull the wheel forward by the spokes and the brakes are trying to stop the rim, putting a lot of stress on the spokes, hub motor and rim. Problem solved.
Due to the larger diameter of the motor, it has a little more torque that helps with the hills and dead stop starts. The Pegasus also comes with an L.E.D. eight bulb headlight /horn combination. These are actuated by a separate switch located near your thumb so you don’t have to take your hands off of the handlebars to turn on the light or sound the horn. They are tied into the system so you never have to worry about buying new flash light batteries
Overall performance is not that much different. Most of those differences are provided by the battery power. We use, (3) 12 volt-12 amp/hr batteries to supply 36 volts to the system. We use this combination to reach what we think is a good balance of power verses weight You’ll find a few more details at http://www.pegasuspowersystems.com
Dale
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