drewjet
10 kW
Objectives. Must be a badass ride. No commuting necesarry. Must be very controllable, enough low end torque to pull stumps and light weight. High speed not required, but I want at least 25 MPH.
I have slowly been collecting all the pieces necessary to build my Mountain bike. I have my ENO's back from LFP (Thanks again Luke) I have a SRAM Dual Drive, I have 8 Turnigy 6S 5000 MAH (although I only intend on between 2 and 6 at a time), I have a castle 110 HV and a Turnigy HV as well, I have a 90 tooth 219 Extron and a 12 and a 13 tooth and adapter for the front, My Motor (Astro 3220 6 turn 6 wire single shaft) and reduction drive should be coming soon from Matt (thanks Matt), and I have 2 bikes to choose from.
The first bike I bought specifically in mind for this project. It is a DK Charger Mountain bike (they also made a Charger BMX) it has Hayes Hydraulic brakes Dual suspension. I have been riding it as is in the trails around my house and really enjoy the bike just the way it is. I picked it up on Craig's List for around $400. I hear originally it was anywhere from $1200 to $2000. There was not a lot of them made so they are not real common.
I then started to see the difficulty in doing this bike as the triangle is obscured by the rear shock, and I really want the batts in the triangle. Plus the problem with chain growth, though that could be remedied with a tensioner.
The other bike is a Specialized Rock Hopper disc hard tail. No rear shock means the triangle is open and no growth issues. It has mechanical discs, but they could be upgraded to hydraulic easily enough.
So the question is which bike. I almost hate to give up the DK as I really do enjoy pure peddling sometimes. I have looked to find another DK with zero success. If I could find a mountain/DH/Freeride that has a triangle and the shock behind the seatpost that would be a consideration for buying a new bike.
The other question is, Do I use the SRAM. I want good speed control from 0 to about 15 as that is about as fast as I see going on most trails around here. So far there doesn't seem to be anyone using it in an off-road high powered application yet, so no good feedback, and I have guinea pigged myself enough. With the 2 speeds out of the Asto I should still get a top speed of around 26 in high. With the SRAM I could get with the same setup 11 MPH in Low Motor/Low SRAM and about 32 in High/High (Unloaded speeds)
Point me in the right direction sphere.
I have slowly been collecting all the pieces necessary to build my Mountain bike. I have my ENO's back from LFP (Thanks again Luke) I have a SRAM Dual Drive, I have 8 Turnigy 6S 5000 MAH (although I only intend on between 2 and 6 at a time), I have a castle 110 HV and a Turnigy HV as well, I have a 90 tooth 219 Extron and a 12 and a 13 tooth and adapter for the front, My Motor (Astro 3220 6 turn 6 wire single shaft) and reduction drive should be coming soon from Matt (thanks Matt), and I have 2 bikes to choose from.
The first bike I bought specifically in mind for this project. It is a DK Charger Mountain bike (they also made a Charger BMX) it has Hayes Hydraulic brakes Dual suspension. I have been riding it as is in the trails around my house and really enjoy the bike just the way it is. I picked it up on Craig's List for around $400. I hear originally it was anywhere from $1200 to $2000. There was not a lot of them made so they are not real common.
I then started to see the difficulty in doing this bike as the triangle is obscured by the rear shock, and I really want the batts in the triangle. Plus the problem with chain growth, though that could be remedied with a tensioner.
The other bike is a Specialized Rock Hopper disc hard tail. No rear shock means the triangle is open and no growth issues. It has mechanical discs, but they could be upgraded to hydraulic easily enough.
So the question is which bike. I almost hate to give up the DK as I really do enjoy pure peddling sometimes. I have looked to find another DK with zero success. If I could find a mountain/DH/Freeride that has a triangle and the shock behind the seatpost that would be a consideration for buying a new bike.
The other question is, Do I use the SRAM. I want good speed control from 0 to about 15 as that is about as fast as I see going on most trails around here. So far there doesn't seem to be anyone using it in an off-road high powered application yet, so no good feedback, and I have guinea pigged myself enough. With the 2 speeds out of the Asto I should still get a top speed of around 26 in high. With the SRAM I could get with the same setup 11 MPH in Low Motor/Low SRAM and about 32 in High/High (Unloaded speeds)
Point me in the right direction sphere.