Metallover
10 kW
Starting out the 2011 riding season right I want to replace my old tired Mongoose Blackcomb. That bike cost me $50 and last me 1000 miles. It is falling apart so I replaced it with a Novara Buzz mountain bike. It has 5" of travel in rear and a 120mm fork up front. It has Hayes 9 hydraulic disc brakes. I'll be running my 2.4" CST cyclops tires.
This is by far the nicest bike I have ever owned. I paid $525 for it and it is the best money I've ever spent on a bike.
<--- The old bike and Build Thread
And my new Novara Method
And starting the build off is the battery placement. I think I'll go with this configuration, everything doubled up. I'll have room for 12 batteries even though I only have 9 at the moment. I thought about fiberglass but I think I'll use some abs plastic to make the encasement. Probably 1/8" thick abs.
I'll be running a 12fet ecrazyman controller that has 4310 fets. I have modified it with usb programming, a temperature sensor/alarm, speed switches, and regen if I choose to do that down the road. I have two 60mm fans on the way to run off of an 18v power supply inside my 9c hub motor that has a temp sensor/alarm and cooling holes. I might run 88v 20c turnigy lipo but for now I'm planning on just 66v.
Parts will come next week and I'll update as progress is made!
This is by far the nicest bike I have ever owned. I paid $525 for it and it is the best money I've ever spent on a bike.
<--- The old bike and Build Thread
And my new Novara Method
And starting the build off is the battery placement. I think I'll go with this configuration, everything doubled up. I'll have room for 12 batteries even though I only have 9 at the moment. I thought about fiberglass but I think I'll use some abs plastic to make the encasement. Probably 1/8" thick abs.
I'll be running a 12fet ecrazyman controller that has 4310 fets. I have modified it with usb programming, a temperature sensor/alarm, speed switches, and regen if I choose to do that down the road. I have two 60mm fans on the way to run off of an 18v power supply inside my 9c hub motor that has a temp sensor/alarm and cooling holes. I might run 88v 20c turnigy lipo but for now I'm planning on just 66v.
Parts will come next week and I'll update as progress is made!