I came across an old review from a customer with a KX3 on their e-bike
I found this post while doing some website touch ups, I thought this was a pretty cool setup, looks really well done.
I'm still trying to figure out where the antenna coax goes, it's well hidden.
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It’s a remote setup, says so last line of the review.. still insanely cool ;)
I saw that but there's still the antenna they've got on the back of the bike! I bet it's a great setup for going up some hills and getting some contacts haha
I've been tempted to get an optibike, but for the deal to really be clinched for me, the bike needs a bi-directional 12V power-supply/charger. That way I could charge it via a car/solar, and power my radio kit.
That's something we would love to offer, there's actually some solutions that are mostly off the shelf that might work when combined with a bit of extra work, but we're a small company so side projects move rather slowly sometimes :)
Would 12V @ 30A or so be about what you'd expect from a 12V output? I think my FT-450D draws around 22A on full power but lots of headroom is good.
There's certainly the possibility of doing something custom for you as well.
That would be cool. 13.3V@30A would be plenty, but what would be really great is if it was bi-directional, so I could charge the bike with a 12V solar panel / car-charger while out in the field. The trick would be to find/design a buck-boost converter that can do this efficiently.
I looked very hard at Optibike, I really like your drivetrain tech (way superior to Bosch chain-drive motors), the one thing I didn't like is that you all seem to be behind-the-times on the UI side of the equation. The Chinese OTS bike computers y'all use are better then the old design (a couple of switches and some LED lights), but it's hard not to go with someone like R&M when they have a full Bosch offline-navigation system built into their bikes.
Unfortunately, you can't use the Nyon without using a Bosch drivetrain AFAIK.
If Optibike offered a bike with a Nyon on board, rigged to their motor, with 12V power/charging capability, I would buy one tomorrow.