Bluemoon
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 02:06 PM |
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Anyone built an ebike?
Looking for thoughts Ideas on building an E bike using conversion kit anyone had a go at this?
[Edited on 16/9/11 by Bluemoon]
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spiderman
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 02:43 PM |
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"conversion kit"?
What do you want to convert, into what?
Spider
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Fatgadget
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 02:47 PM |
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I got a 10 year old Powabyke. 36V 15Ah lion batteries (salvaged outa duff laptop batteries!)The motor is a brushed 250W (legal!) It's got a
range of about 20 Km. Check out endless sphere
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 03:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by spiderman
"conversion kit"?
What do you want to convert, into what?
Push bike. e-bike read electric cycle
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spiderman
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 03:14 PM |
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Sorry no experiance of such thing at the moment, too many other projects on the go.
I do really want a ZERO MX bike though. Just wish I had the funds.
Spider
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big_wasa
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 07:28 PM |
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I like the idea but the price divided by the life span would buy lots of petrol/per year 
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Simon
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 08:04 PM |
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You can get 1000 watt hub motors, so two of them = about 2.5 bhp. Should be good for about 60mph
ATB
Simon
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 08:33 PM |
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http://www.ebikescotland.com/page17.htm They are in the next town.
http://www.alienbikes.co.uk/page15.htm
[Edited on 16-9-11 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 08:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Bluemoon
quote:
Originally posted by spiderman
"conversion kit"?
What do you want to convert, into what?
Push bike. e-bike read electric cycle
I was thinking like e-mail...
Sounds interesting, I guess you could do the really basic bit by having a motor pressing against the tyre and a push switch on the handlebars
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 08:37 PM |
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guy at work has a 1kW hub motor (on the front) and a massive pile of batteries so probably over juices it.
Claims he can do 40mph. He's a big bloke and it accelerates like mad and he doesn't seem to pedal at all so I don't doubt it.
I haven't gone down that route because the reason that I cycle is to burn calories.
Technically I suspect his bike is illegal and a bit dangerous, but its kind of cool.
I can get the details if you want, he's a proper enthusiast.
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big_wasa
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 08:40 PM |
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doing some reading and 15mph is the legal limit.
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russbost
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 09:30 PM |
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I think there is a bit of a weird technical glitch here in that anything outside of manufacturers approved conversions seem to be outside of any
obvious jurisdiction - arguably - basically I suspect it's a case of the "authorities" not wanting to get involved in individual
cases (ok, PROVE it's less than 250w max), hence if it's electric & not doing 0 - 30 in 3 secs & speeds of 40 + then they take no
notice - I read recently there has not been a single prosecution brought about in the UK - this may, of course be hearsay! ...................
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 16/9/11 at 09:39 PM |
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I do remember someone being clocked for speeding, not sure if he got a ticket or just a "slow down please" but he was pedalling at about
35mph.. Iirc you can get a ticket for speeding in/on any vehicle
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 19/9/11 at 07:56 AM |
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Thanks guys,
Thinking of keeping it simple, if you have to commute into Oxford (10miles) you may see the attraction (no parking, traffic is really bad, bit on the
long side for a normal daily cycle, public transport is not better mostly bus, taking nearly as long as cycling.. etc. ).. Anyway looks like it has to
be limited to 15mph with electric assist and 250Watt average power (but the "peak" could be much larger); also looks like there have been
few prosecutions about the illegal ones.
Cheers
Dan
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 19/9/11 at 02:47 PM |
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So how do them shopmobility scooters fall within legal limits? They're more of a danger to paying road users than a 20mph bike
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Simon
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| posted on 21/9/11 at 06:16 PM |
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A ten mile commute is perfectly feasible and should (once you're fit) take well under an hour (prob more like 40 mins, and I doubt a car would
be much more than 20 mins quicker). It might be wise to ask work to install some showers though
ATB
Simon
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