AussieRider's beach cruiser

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AussieRider

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G'day folks.
I'd like to share my latest project with yous. A beach cruiser based on a Mongoose Renaissance alloy frame.
I was aiming at a 1950's Chevy style. Big whitewall tyres, lots of chrome & shiny bits.
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Fibreglass panniers give a bagger style to it. Made them myself.
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Made the 4 speed T-bar shifter & headlight to keep the style I was after.
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Power is from a 24V 250 watt Elation ( Cyclone ) mid drive through a Shimano Nexus 4 speed hub.
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I'm running 7S / 2P 6000mAH Lipos giving me a range or about 30km & a top speed of 35Km/h unassisted. I've still got a bit of fine tuning to do.
Hope you like it.
AussieRider.
 
im too also using 7 cells x 2p for cyclone kit. is 10amps lipo so i run about 10km then i go for charging. i have another set of batteries 6cells x 20amps. 4p. 4p 6cells is slow by 3km/h but i havent find out the range. im sure it can go more then 15km or 20km.

going 7cells look better feeling for speed , at least you can see 28kmh.
 
AussieRider said:
I was aiming at a 1950's Chevy style. Big whitewall tyres, lots of chrome & shiny bits.
Hope you like it.
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I do indeed!
Color and all the whole look is outstanding.
The hard panniers are perfect - they look like they were born for that bike - details?
 
spinningmagnets said:
Beautiful work! May I write about it for electricbike.com, and do you have any more pics, particularly from the process when you built it?
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Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately, one of my kids borrowed the camera, needed more memory & wiped the build photos I'm very sorry but yeah, feel free to write about it. It's how we get inspired.
 
teklektik said:
AussieRider said:
I was aiming at a 1950's Chevy style. Big whitewall tyres, lots of chrome & shiny bits.
Hope you like it.
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I do indeed!
Color and all the whole look is outstanding.
The hard panniers are perfect - they look like they were born for that bike - details?
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Ah, the panniers. I shaped a couple of blue foam blocks. I followed the line of the mudguards for the back & just angled the front to what looked right to me. To stop the resin attacking the foam I sealed the cores with PVA glue, a layer of aluminium foil & more PVA to be sure. Laminated up with chopped strand mat which follows curves beter than woven. 4 layers for top & sides, 6 on the bottom. Cut out the lids on a bandsaw & dug out the cores. The right pannier has the batts in a partitioned compartment that also has the charge socket & fuse. Added hinges & flush mount latches, painted & applied chrome pinstripe tape before 6 coats of clear. Simple as that NOT!!
 
AussieRider said:
Ah, the panniers. I shaped a couple of blue foam blocks. I followed the line of the mudguards for the back & just angled the front to what looked right to me. To stop the resin attacking the foam I sealed the cores with PVA glue, a layer of aluminium foil & more PVA to be sure. Laminated up with chopped strand mat which follows curves beter than woven. 4 layers for top & sides, 6 on the bottom. Cut out the lids on a bandsaw & dug out the cores. The right pannier has the batts in a partitioned compartment that also has the charge socket & fuse. Added hinges & flush mount latches, painted & applied chrome pinstripe tape before 6 coats of clear. Simple as that NOT!!
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Does look very simple when I read it :lol:

Pictures please :)
 
That's a really beautiful custom cruiser, well done!
 
Hey nice work! I'll miss that old school steampunk one on the group rides though!
 
cwah said:
AussieRider said:
Ah, the panniers. I shaped a couple of blue foam blocks. I followed the line of the mudguards for the back & just angled the front to what looked right to me. To stop the resin attacking the foam I sealed the cores with PVA glue, a layer of aluminium foil & more PVA to be sure. Laminated up with chopped strand mat which follows curves beter than woven. 4 layers for top & sides, 6 on the bottom. Cut out the lids on a bandsaw & dug out the cores. The right pannier has the batts in a partitioned compartment that also has the charge socket & fuse. Added hinges & flush mount latches, painted & applied chrome pinstripe tape before 6 coats of clear. Simple as that NOT!!
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Does look very simple when I read it :lol:

Pictures please :)
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CWAH, I've got bad news.
I did have the whole build covered from getting to doner bike to shaping & laminating the cores to building the shifter & polished alloy brackets, the lot.
BUT,
My teenage daughter broke her camera & needed to borrow mine "URGENTLY".
When I got it back, the build pics were wiped & all there was left was videos, selfies & other crap for You-Twit-Face.
"But Daddy, since the bike's finished, I thought you were done with them" she told me through teary eyes & all the emotion of Lindsey Lohan in court.
I suppose it's too late to adopt her out.
Sorry guys, no in progress pics.

Dennis.
 
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