http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id ... 635&size=o
http://www.peltzer.net/ebike/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aminorjour ... 363137710/
The top and bottom are photos only. The middle one is a lengthy blog entry (keep scrolling down).
The biggest issue appears to me to be how to keep the batteries on the bike. Honkin' huge batteries.
Homemade electric bikes for the playa
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unjonharley
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Re: Homemade electric bikes for the playa
phil wrote:http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id ... 635&size=o
http://www.peltzer.net/ebike/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aminorjour ... 363137710/
The top and bottom are photos only. The middle one is a lengthy blog entry (keep scrolling down).
The biggest issue appears to me to be how to keep the batteries on the bike. Honkin' huge batteries.
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Mount it on a adult trike. The scoot would not haul my fat and those batteries. I added a set of batteries by stacking one set on top of the other. I have some midsize deep cells that I want to replace the two sets with. That way I can keep up with the drunken Santa Convention in Portland Or. Nov 9th. Starting from Saterday Market mid aftenoon and on into Portland and the night.
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MikeVDS
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There are bike rims sold with motors in the middle of them in small hubs. They were about $200 each. They could not propel a 200lb man up a hill but worked fine on flat surfaces and aided in up hill peddling. The guy who donated them for our solar boat project ran a site, solartree.com but it's been down for a couple years. I'm not even sure if he still has a store in Pomona California. I know he was not the manufacturer so they might still be available somewhere.