skyungjae
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http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=46164&p=674028#p690597
Hey Y'all,
My name is John, and I'm from sunny Southern California. Like most people, I've been on and off a bike my whole life, and this time I want to get on an e-bike. In the past several weeks, I've been lurking around thinking about whether to turn my old 90's performance bike into a hub driven e-bike, buy something built, or simply start over.
Anyhow, I just picked up a Kona Stinky DH in the past week as it seems to be a known platform to build on. Well, like all new comers, there's simply a lot that I don't understand by searching threads.
As many of us know, mission drives equipment. I ride my bike about 6 miles round trip per day to the train station and back for work and live in a hilly area. That being said, the trails I want to climb are very steep as well.
What I intend on doing is using a Crystalyte Phoenix II running a 72v system for torque from electricrider.com. I did read up that someone did break their Stinky DH's dropouts. I've read up on a handful of people fabing up torque arms or modifying popular ones. Somewhere on this forum another person is using the ones from ebikes.ca but didn't specify if he had to make any modifications (still awaiting a reply). I would like a bolt in option that wouldn't require permanent modification of my swing arm.
Also, I want to run the batteries in the frame (don't need crazy Ah), so I'm most likely going to have to put my own battery pack together. This is where I spent hours on end searching and really... just got more confused. Any help here would be great. I'd love to use those Zippy LiFePO4s, but I need help with a BMS, so I don't destroy the controller that comes with the kit.
Again, any help or suggestions would be great.
I'll be posting pictures and progress.
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=46164&p=674028#p690597
Hey Y'all,
My name is John, and I'm from sunny Southern California. Like most people, I've been on and off a bike my whole life, and this time I want to get on an e-bike. In the past several weeks, I've been lurking around thinking about whether to turn my old 90's performance bike into a hub driven e-bike, buy something built, or simply start over.
Anyhow, I just picked up a Kona Stinky DH in the past week as it seems to be a known platform to build on. Well, like all new comers, there's simply a lot that I don't understand by searching threads.
As many of us know, mission drives equipment. I ride my bike about 6 miles round trip per day to the train station and back for work and live in a hilly area. That being said, the trails I want to climb are very steep as well.
What I intend on doing is using a Crystalyte Phoenix II running a 72v system for torque from electricrider.com. I did read up that someone did break their Stinky DH's dropouts. I've read up on a handful of people fabing up torque arms or modifying popular ones. Somewhere on this forum another person is using the ones from ebikes.ca but didn't specify if he had to make any modifications (still awaiting a reply). I would like a bolt in option that wouldn't require permanent modification of my swing arm.
Also, I want to run the batteries in the frame (don't need crazy Ah), so I'm most likely going to have to put my own battery pack together. This is where I spent hours on end searching and really... just got more confused. Any help here would be great. I'd love to use those Zippy LiFePO4s, but I need help with a BMS, so I don't destroy the controller that comes with the kit.
Again, any help or suggestions would be great.
I'll be posting pictures and progress.