2018 Giant Anthem BBSHD

[PaulT]

[Zippy]

How's the mighty mini working out? Those are neat little batteries. I have been riding a bike a lot lately with an 8.5ah battery on it, it's suprising the range I'm getting with some pedaling thrown in, not running the battery down too low either.

[mtm408]

Nice stealthy build! Cover up that XT90 connector and strap the battery cable to the seat post and you wouldn't notice anything. Nice job.

[PaulT]

Thanks, yes there were a couple of challenges, I used the press fit 41mm bottom bracket adapter from Luna keyed with their custom Y bracket for the BBSHD. I drilled three holes in the underside of the bottom bracket and through the adapter and knocked in three roll pins then cut them off with a dremel. I figured that adapter will probably start to turn with 6kgs of motor hanging off it. The roll pins put a stop to that ever happening.
The Mighty mini battery is great.... I'll get a good 15-18kms out of it with some peddling and a few downhill runs. I also bought a 18.5Ah 52v triangle battery from EM3ev. Its a beautiful battery but in hind side I wish I'd just bought two more might minis instead. Throw those in a back pack and just swap them out if I'm doing a XC ride. Now I have to put 4.5kgs of triangle battery in a backpack and use a curly cord to the motor, which works fine but I think three mighty minis would've been better and lighter. Its so much fun out their on the Giant with the BBSHD I'm going to sell my Honda CRF450X as I don't use it anymore.

[artdrectr]

The Mighty Mini batt in a seat bag works well for me, too. I'm getting about the same mileage (BBSHD, 12 mile r/t commute with one 1/4 mile steep hill). Using throttle bursts only at stoplights and skirmishes.
Thinking about buying a second for loger weekend rides.
I hid the battery cable with some black 3/8" Techflex split braided sleeve wrap.

[PaulT]

Nice.... I put my MM in a topeak waterproof bag in case I get caught in a deluge, just have to cut a hole in it for the cables. That's cool water wont run up the cable.

[jaymz77]

I bought two of these guys and have been thrilled! I love having the second one in the pack just in case. What I wanted the most is the look of a standard bike but have enough power to commute or ride trails without a bulky battery.