Hyena's e-bike builds (now with HD video)

[zenon]

It's KITT's litle ebike brother!
There's about 20 different flashing modes but I like the first one in the vid below the best.
It even comes with a remote so I can turn the lights on while the bike is parked and people are looking at it

Hi Hyena,

Here's the tune you should play on the next vid with those lights on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo8Qls0HnWo

Seriously LED lighting is the way to go

Zenon

[amberwolf]

There's about 20 different flashing modes but I like the first one in the vid below the best.
It even comes with a remote so I can turn the lights on while the bike is parked and people are looking at it

Product Link?

[Spacey]

Hyena, damn good idea on the LCD screen and camera for rear view.

With regards to your rear wheel coming loose I bought some Nordlock washers, so far the rear Chinese Toffee bolt has not come loose and that's with 2,500 Watt 9C in rear of Canandale with no torque arms. Must get some of those, but so far no twisting of the axle yet after 3 months.

[docnjoj]

+1 on the camera, Hyena! Where does one get such an item. It could replace this on my trike!

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otherDoc

[Hyena]

product Link?

There's a few places selling them but this was the cheapest at the time.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... &viewitem=
Cheaper and easier than soldering up a still LED display!

This is the link to the 3.5" AV in LCD screen. I'd liked to have used my existing 3.5" GPS if I could have hacked it to do AV in (or got a cheap webcam to work on it via the USB input under the winCE 5 OS) but this one will do. I'm actually going to get another one or 2 for my house - one for my workshop and one for the kitchen. Not that I live in a bad neighborhood (at all) but they're cheap enough even as a gimmick. There's a hole in my kitchen wall where I removed an old obsolete phone socket - one of these will cover it nicely and is easier than patching and repainting the hole!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... K:MEWNX:IT

You can use any old camera as an input, I tested mine with a small CCD I had laying around but the best bet would be to get one of the 170 degree wide angle reversing cameras - they're about $20

Spacey, what size bolts are you using ? I had a look at the local hardware for some nyloc nuts but couldn't find something with the right thread, they were all too fine for the fairly "chunky" thread of the axles

[AussieJester]

I'm actually going to get another one or 2 for my house -

And half a dozen to scatter around the National Park behind his house to catch the fornicating couples i'm guessing... Link to video uploads pleeease

KiM

[Spacey]

I just ordered some Nord Locks that fit the axle for the 9C's, can't remember the size but man do they hold the bolt on tight. I am also trying to get hold of some steel axle bolts for the 9C as I just do not feel happy tightening the metal made out of cheese that seem to come from China lol.

Am also going to fit a LCD screen with a rear facing camera instead of a dorky rear mirror, also the Knightrider lights would be great for being seen at night.

Hmmmm upgrades upgrades upgrades.

product Link?

There's a few places selling them but this was the cheapest at the time.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... &viewitem=
Cheaper and easier than soldering up a still LED display!

This is the link to the 3.5" AV in LCD screen. I'd liked to have used my existing 3.5" GPS if I could have hacked it to do AV in (or got a cheap webcam to work on it via the USB input under the winCE 5 OS) but this one will do. I'm actually going to get another one or 2 for my house - one for my workshop and one for the kitchen. Not that I live in a bad neighborhood (at all) but they're cheap enough even as a gimmick. There's a hole in my kitchen wall where I removed an old obsolete phone socket - one of these will cover it nicely and is easier than patching and repainting the hole!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... K:MEWNX:IT

You can use any old camera as an input, I tested mine with a small CCD I had laying around but the best bet would be to get one of the 170 degree wide angle reversing cameras - they're about $20

Spacey, what size bolts are you using ? I had a look at the local hardware for some nyloc nuts but couldn't find something with the right thread, they were all too fine for the fairly "chunky" thread of the axles

[Spacey]

http://www.dinodirect.com/3-5-LCD-Car-Rearview-Mirror-Monitor-with-COMS-Camera-RPAS-ET-350.html?cur=AUD&AFFID=74
http://www.dinodirect.com/view-camera-car-rear-dc-12v-cmos-ac-607l-currency-AUD.html

[gtadmin]

Better the nut to fail (cheap) rather than the axle ($$) .... and happy new year guys

[Hyena]

Ah Spacey I didnt realise they were just washers, I thought they were new nuts.

Speaking of bolt failure though, I got a nasty new years eve present yesterday - riding home I jumped a gutter near my house going quite slow and the bolt holding my seat on to the post sheered off. The seat flew up and whacked me in the nuts, which needless to say wasn't a pleasurable experience. No other issues or damage luckily, I just picked up the seat and the clamps off the ground and will chase up a new bolt when bunnings opens back up tomorrow. Luckily i was close to home and didnt have to be seen riding around on a bike with no seat

Happy new years guys

[GCinDC]

ugh, the seat falling off is my nightmare. that and a pedal falling off while standing at high speed.

maybe an excuse for the wife not to go for #3 tho.... or however many it takes to get a girl!

[evrunna]

Happy new year Jay all the best to you and your family for the new year.

Vince

[AussieJester]

ugh, the seat falling off is my nightmare. that and a pedal falling off while standing at high speed.

maybe an excuse for the wife not to go for #3 tho.... or however many it takes to get a girl!

ROFL ... damn unlucky to get hit in the tool box Hyena, being such a small target and all

KiM

[Hyena]

Amusing story from today, followed by sadness tonight.

Riding home 2 streets from my house I passed an old lady walking her dog. She must have been atleast 70 and this massive dog looked like some sort of black german shepherd crossed with, I dunno, a small horse (it's back came up to her waist)
When I say I passed her, I was minding my own business, doing about 60km/hr on the road while she was on the grass. Well, this dog went MENTAL right as I got level with them and launched at me, dragging the poor old bat straight into a row of garbage bins. I was going too fast to see if it was her or the dog that knocked the bins over

Now, if you believe in karma, read on...

I was just taking a photo of my series/parallel lipo connections for someone who PM'd me asking for help and somehow I caught the strap on my bloody $2000 DSLR and yanked it staight into the concrete floor of my workshop. The $500 lens broke into 3 pieces and while the body apparently still takes photos (using a different lens) the screen is smashed so I can't see a thing.

[Hyena]

I'm very happy to report I managed to fix my lens after hours of "surgery". Damn there's some intricate shit in there! I've ordered a replacement LCD off ebay,if that manages to fix it I'll dance an irish jig

Back on topic, my battery is bigger than your battery
Check out this whopper - 72v 16ah LiFePO4. Everyone likes a biggen

72v 16ah LiFePO4 battery

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No progress on my other projects at the moment, I built a 12S lipo bike for my dad for christmas and have been spending a bit of time riding with him while he's down from interstate. He had major heart bypass surgery under 3 months ago so he's very happy to be up and riding around.
Hmmm, ebikes as rehab, I see a new target audience...

[GCinDC]

72v 16ah LiFePO4.

how retro.

nice work on the DSLR, macgyver.

yeah, the baby boomer generation are ripe for ebikes, especially in places like florida. they need the exercise, the help, and have the cake...

gotta be plug and play tho...

[Hyena]

72v 16ah LiFePO4.

how retro.

haha yeah IRON phosphate will never find its way onto one of my own bikes (its for someone else)

People have been calling my Macgyver since highschool. It's amazing what you can actually fix with a paper clip and a roll of duct tape! (especially on ebikes )

[AussieJester]

I'm very happy to report I managed to fix my lens after hours of "surgery". Damn there's some intricate shit in there! I've ordered a replacement LCD off ebay,if that manages to fix it I'll dance an irish jig

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Hope you get the camera fixed mate, i would have been PiSSSSED

KiM

[Hyena]

haha the 2011 photoshop season has begun!

While waiting for the paint to dry on my bazooka frame (in the other thread) I dragged out another project for 5 minutes of work. I've never been one to completely finish one project before starting the next



I picked up 2 of these scooters cheap on ebay. Arguably they should have been junk pile finds as they're pretty rusty but it's only light and will require minimal work to tidy up. I have a 16" cast alloy rim motor on the way which will go on the back and I'll either run the plastic wheel on the front or another 16" steel one I have. I'm leaning towards the steel one so I can atleast run some front rim brakes on it.
I don't plan to be breaking the sound barrier on this thing, it'll likely only do ~30km/hr but I'd still like to be able to stop from those speeds using something other than the friction of my body on the road!

I'll use it to take away with me when travelling for work and it's not practical to take my bike - which sadly is most of the time. Hopefully I can take this thing on a plane without having to disassemble and box it like I would with a bike. At a minimum I'll be able to throw it in the boot of my car for convenient EV scooting about when away from home.

I only got one of the tubes sanded back before getting called away but I think she'll come up OK. I'm not sure what battery I'll run on it yet - maybe a single 5ah 10S nanotech, or a 5ah 12s pack. I won't be going too far so I don't need hugely long range.

On an unrelated note, Greg was asking about the workshop in my new house so here's what I've set up so far. I've still got a bit to do but this is pretty functional so far.

I have a double garage + 4 bar carport so plenty of room for projects
My main workshop is in the front 1/3 of one side of the garage. That's where I do most of my electronics stuff

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I also have a 'dirty' outside bench for cutting, grinding etc and working on whole bikes with plenty of room to move. Because my 'clean' workshop is up against one of the roller doors on the garage though I can still wheel a bike in to work on it there if needs be but outside is high and dry even in the pouring rain.

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(disregard the silly ICE dirtbike )


Oh, and this is where the house sits in relation to the national park - miles of fire trails right at my back door. That's the other reason I bought it. Well, that and it's a nice house

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[Hyena]

In other house related news, as I type I'm having 11 of these 190w bad boys installed on my roof( 2.1kw system)
I JUST got in under the old nsw 60c/kw buy back scheme before the government axed it.
My bikes will now be totally free to run, nice




OH, and I managed to fix my DSLR that I dropped and smashed the other day. Total cost - $35 in parts and 5 hours of my time. Happy days!

*Hyena dances irish jig*

[AussieJester]

*Hyena dances irish jig*

:: covers eyes::

good to hear you got the camera fixed.....the fornicating bush walkers you stalk will be less happy im sure...

KiM

[Hyena]

They don't have to worry about my SLR, it's the helmet cam the need to fear

Speaking of cameras I have a cool new toy on the way for action vids. Having pretty much given up on the little micro sd cameras that die rapidly I mounted a normal AV out type wide angle bullet camera to the shoulder plate of my body armour and got a pretty sweet angle. It shoots down my arm to show my hands on the handlebars and then the view out in front. Unfortunately when I plugged it into my old dv camcorder which has AV-in recording the AV-in signal doesn't seem to work. Soo... I bought this:
It's basically like any other MP4 player out there but it has AV-in video encoding/recording.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/4G-Digital-Video ... 3f060c5eb2



It's not going to record in gopro hd quality but should do the job nicely me thinks.

The benefit over the other micro cameras is I can actually align the camera perfectly with the screen and then slip the recorder into my pocket or bag or what ever. Or mount it on the bars and have a switch to flick over the to rear view camera as a "virtual mirror"
Plus is plays music and movies, so I can watch a movie while stuck at the lights

[AussieJester]

I can watch a movie while stuck at the lights

...with your riding abilities I can't see anything bad coming from that at all...HiGHSiDE Hyena

KiM

[Hyena]

So my little recorder arrived this arvo. Sadly the resolution is pretty poor and not much good for anything much more than youtube. The encoding is no better than those cheap microSD cameras, actually it's probably a touch worse, but being able to plug an external camera in is a bonus, and hopefully it lasts a little longer.

Here's a quick video I shot from a few different angles earlier. The late afternoon sun isn't the best for recording but oh well. Watermarks thrown in for blatent advertising purposes

Warning: the resolution of this video may cause herpes



For those interested in the camera mounts, the shots looking down my arms was with the camera mounted on the shoulder plate of my armour, the one looking at the front wheel was stuck to the pedal, the one looking back at me was with the camera on the end of a long stick taped to the stem (hence pretty shakey) and there rear one was under the back of the seat.

[1000w]

Nice work Jay, I like the vid a lot and you don't look like you wear frocks or like boys, whats Kim on about???
The solar panels are cool, I have just signed up for a 4kw system, can't wait.
Cheers,
Matt.P.