Recent content by Sid

No experience on max current x5's, but some experience with crotch rockets, which I'm guessing is somewhat transferable. I plan to have a cruising speed of about ~30 mph, but having a higher max speed than I intend to go is always nice, which is why I'd like an x5.

It's gonna be a x5303 most likely, with a 72v 35 amp controller It's gonna be a bicycle frame Nope, bicycles in wichita are almost unheard of. A bike rack on a bus would make most people here go into an seizure. I'm not planning on having a trailer at all. I'll have my backpack on most...

The rodes I take run through the upper-class areas of town, so they are all very well taken care of, so I don't think it will be an issue. I may consider big apple tires, But considering the weight of the kit I'd like, I definitely want a bike to support it.

I'm looking to build a 72v 530X (not sure which one I want yet) and I'm not sure what battery I'd want. I'm torn between batteries and I was wondering if I could get some help. I ride about 20 miles every day and my ezip motor is just not cutting it for what I'd like it to do (but hey, at least...

Ok. It's stopped corroding since I clamped the battery down. It was jumping on and off the terminal with every bump I hit. Thanks for your help.

I got one from my local bike shop that had rivets holding it to the seatpost, and it seemed fairly strong. I'm not exactly sure where it is but I'll dig it up for ya. The only thing is, I replaced the (hollow) rivets with actual bolts. It's held up to everything I've put it through (college text...

There's no date on the batteries. The sulfation is present after every ride though, and it's always in the same place.

Ok, so after the first use and subsequent charge of my ezip I noticed that the terminals were sulfating! I'm not sure if this is normal after first use, I pulled out the batteries packs and checked them. They were fine, no corrosion on their terminals, just on the box. There are no terminal...

Cool, I'd love some pics. Do you remember how much it weighed after all was said and done?

Cool, thanks. I couldn't find anything on google, this should really help. :)

Has anyone taken apart their ezip battery? I'd like some more range (read NiCad or Li-Ion) from my battery pack, but one of the reasons that I bought the ezip is because of how well the batteries were stored in the rack. I was wondering how hard it would be to take apart the housing and put a...

Some questions about your method real quick. In the first week you state that the price of gas on 4/18 was $2.29, and that you saved $2.29. Does this mean your car gets 12 mpg? What exactly are you using to determine the amount of money you saved? The money you would have spent on gas for...

I park my bike near the restrooms in the resteraunt I work in. Every once in a while I get asked "Why is that bicycle back there plugged into the wall?" I tell them but most seem to think I'm some sort of lunatic. "Transportation without emissions? Madness you say!"

During a local festival that jams up most of downtown I needed to pick someone up. I actually removed the front wheel of a bike, put the dropouts on the rack support, and tied the wheel to the handlebars of the bike I was towing. Towed it about three miles that way. Loved the looks.

Ok, so I was reading about which battery to get, and I read somewhere that an SLA rated at 10 AH will only provide about half of what a 10 AH Li-Ion would. Is this true? Also, ebikes.ca sell triangular packs that would fit in my frame, but it would JUST BARELY fit in my frame (like, I wouldn't...