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Yea I have been trying to convert my phantom to a regular bike. Nightmare. I have a 16t ss sproket and it is just a half link too long. Going to try changing the crank sproket to a 40t or something maybe. Have a look at this tool: http://eehouse.org/fixin/fixmeup.php It will allow you to figure out...

Wouldn't encapsulating a stator with electrically conductive metal squander a huge amount of energy to induction?

Really, you want to encapsulate it with diamond. Excellent thermal conductivity but electrically insulative. Let us know how it goes.

The Prodeco Phantom bike has vertical dropouts, which makes it incompatible with a coaster brake. Since your question is interesting, I'm going to address it with the assumption that you'd be willing to switch to a suitable frame with horizontal dropouts. It would be tricky to get enough wrap around...

At least someone who buys a scooter is less likely to have a monster pickup truck though. Someone who uses a scooter instead of a car is one thing. Someone who uses a scooter because he knowingly drove his car into an area so blighted by cars that he can't find a convenient place to park, is quite ...

Choosing fat tires doesn't diminish your motor options, but stub axle wheels do. Maybe some of the trike guys on the forum know of single sided motors I'm not aware of.

neptronix wrote: ↑

Feb 20 2019 9:58am

They cut the tibia in half, bolted an adjustable frame to the bone,

Yowch! That's serious work. Best of luck with it.

For that kind of trouble, I'd want some cyborg abilities thrown in as part of the deal.

pnissen84 wrote: ↑

Feb 20 2019 2:01am

It seems like the bbs02 hub is more reliable, but seems impossible to fit on my bike.

Why do you think that?

The difference between the two kinds of motor for hill climbing is that you can configure a hub motor for a certain steepness and load, but you can potentially set up a mid-drive for any steepness and load.

My idea is taking a tadpole style fat trike and turning it into a four wheel drive fat quad type thing but the main issue is whether I can find the right kind of motors for it it. Does anyone know of a single shaft spoked hub motor the could be used for the front wheels of a tadpole trike? So maybe...

My application is to drive for ~8-10 hrs on a daily basis in conditions involving dust and frequent water logged roads (water and particle ingress is prevalent). That's probably going to be a HUGE battery pack. Yeah, no kidding-- I missed that detail. There's no way an electric tuktuk with that kin...

What are the cheapest used bike brands I can buy for an e-bike build 500w + All suggestions are appreciated. Used bikes are really variable in price, from trash-day free to most of their brand new price. Look for a 26" wheeled mountain bike with flat tires (which might only be flat from sitting aro...

Oh wow, i mistyped. My big leg surgery was in 3 days ( as of writing then ). I've had the operation and i lived. I have a big ugly taylor spatial frame around my tibia so that it can be rotated into the correct alignment gradually over time. I should be out of the ebiking game for 2-5 months... but...

This video has a tiny amount of views for how cool it is, I think there are just too many arseholes out there that never click on the Like button on good videos. Or, like me, they have a look and think, "yeah, whatever". I might change my mind about multirotors being fairly lame if we get some low ...

If it's cheap or free, why not? You could even run your bike in circles on a really long extension cord. Note that the duty cycle of even a professional grade drill is much less than that of a traction motor. So you might wear the gearmotor out quickly. No big deal if it's cheap or free, and you did...

But in case I have a single gear spur arrangement, how difficult will it be to change ratios later? The distance between gear centers will vary with ratio, and it's difficult or impossible to change without remanufacturing parts. Chains are easy. They're tolerant of imprecision and wear, and they r...

Ebuilt wrote: ↑

Feb 18 2019 4:49pm

I got this figured out. $20 rental, $173 hold fee. Cycle monkey out of Richmond, CA.

Cheers!

I bet Aaron's Bicycle Repair in White Center has one. It's worth a call anyway.

Well thanks guys for the help . I love the cruiser look so I'll do whatever I have to to make it work . I dont know if there are any cruiser bikes that will make Chalo happy :mrgreen: but that's okay , I appreciate your input . For what it's worth, the last e-bike I built was based on an old cruise...

Thats very cool , now to find some decent brakes for it . It has a 5 speed cassete , whats your take on that ? There are no 5-speed cassettes. That's a thread-on freewheel. https://www.sheldonbrown.com/images/freewheel-vs-k7.jpg I think you're likely to break your rear axle (repeatedly) by adding t...

That's a one-piece crank, which uses a larger diameter bottom bracket shell than the BBSHD is designed to fit into. Luna Cycle sells eccentric cups that allow BBSHD and BBS02 drives to be attached to that kind of shell.

https://lunacycle.com/american-style-ec ... a-adapter/

markz wrote: ↑

Feb 16 2019 8:11pm

There is another one or two cracks on other spoke holes on the rim. This needs to hold up for another week.

You know that's how it goes when you have Lincoln Logs instead of proper spokes.

Looks like it would be tough to get anything in between the covers and the motor housing to attempt to pry them off, particularly if there was any sealant of any sort used to keep water out. Cheap chef's knife from the thrift store (or one you're tired of looking at, that isn't worth resharpening)....

You just made the case for a single fuel consumption limit for all road vehicles. Which would also be fine by me.

We have fuel economy requirements; we only need to keep them updated. And they need to apply to every single new vehicle instead of entire production fleets. Would be impractical to meet them for things like ambulances, 18 wheelers, tow trucks, farm trucks, snowplows, school buses etc. In fact the ...

I think that requiring that every vehicle be a hybrid has been the logical thing to do for a decade, at least. But it has been fought by auto, and oil interests. Of course, consumers don't want the added up-front expense either. That makes no sense. We have fuel economy requirements; we only need t...

There's a significant price difference between the Jandd Expedition and the Blackburn, do you think one is better than the other? I'd get the Tubus cargo but my pack is going to measure around 7"Wx13"L. The version of Blackburn's Expedition rack that I used has been out of production for almost 20 ...