Recent content by tri-lobe

spinningmagnets and AJ... Thank you for the positive comments....it's your selfs and other members that have been an inspiration to me with the ...have a go attitude... if there was no ES then I would not have ....had a go....all the ideas for my bike came from ES....SO THANK YOU ES.....

Hey members... well my home made bicycle is running like a champ....I love it...I get home from rideing and my hearts pumping, I have a grin from ear to ear....well worth all the work. it's great for around town....I just pass the cars when their caught up in the slow moveing traffic....a very...

Hello members, I managed 2 x 20min rides yesterday afternoon.....everything went well,no problems or issues. I am now able to pedal at top speed.....45kms. the whole set-up is very quiet....nobody hears me coming up from behind... with the 3 speed hub that i'm using plus the #219 conversion...

Hello members.. an up-date for the #219 conversion.... all modifications have been done...and there was quite a few to sort out...but everything is spinning straight and true and alignments are good. the bike's ready to test-ride and it's flogging down rain to-day......and tomorrow...

Hello members... I wanted to follow a suggestion by Spinningmagnets and LightningRods in regards to the #219 conversion..... and this where i'm at... a homemade freewheeling 13t sprocket ......driving a 93t sprocket [ soon to be changed to a 86t ]....mounted on an adapter plate by...

Hello 1KW. Yes...i'm in the middle of doing the #219 conversion....have just received the last of the parts that I needed... had to make a freewheeling 13t sprocket... to go with a 93t sprocket attached to a Lightningrods adaptor plate. i'll get some pics up over the next couple of days....

hello LightningRods.. thank you for your replys.....things are now a lot clearer in the sprocket and ratio department ...I sometimes have trouble seeing the forest because of the trees. the 87t in the 219 style sounds perfect, so I think that's the way I will go, add a quality freewheel at the...

Hello lightening rods... the guards were easy to make.....I first off made cardboard templates to see how things would sit/mount...then I made 2 simple timber forms to lay the glass onto....I gave them 2 layers of course matting because I wanted the guards to be strong......it was that...

Hello members... bit of an update ....I made 3 fiberglass guards......1 for the controller..1 for belt drive side...1 for the chain drive side.... All of the guards have 3 mounting points and are solidly attached...I can kick the guards with my boot and they don't move...plenty of room for...

hey spinningmagnets.... the crank sprocket set-up is not quiet there...ie in top gear...the last 30% i cant peddle fast enough to contribute...should i want too. the whole set-up is no louder than my hub motor....all i could hear was the wind zooming past my ears.... cant wait to get some...

hello members... i think that its ok to post a pic of my working gng kit set-up....in this thread... im running 48v....16s headway....@ 12ah.....conroller to match.... sturmey archer 3 speed disc hub....

hello members.... great day to-day....got 2 twenty min rides in this afternoon......truely chuffed....everything worked smoothly....no grief.... chalk and cheese compered to my 400w hubmotor.....the gng kit much more fun...my bike is now spritely and faster..... it's still early days and i...

hello John in CR.... thanks for the throttle set info.....is that $20.00 for the set....ie $10.00 per item????....... i can get a joinning link at my lbs for $10.00.... YES....John i paid $130.00 for my plating experiment....live and learn...... yeh,,bummer about the plating.....but that was...

hello John.... thanks for the pic......thats a very nice set.....are they off the shelf,or a custom type item??? now an update...... the electro-zinc plateing..." did not""... look good once done....alot of variablity in the finnish....patches of discolouration.... its a good surface for...

hello crossbreak... thankyou for your reply.....particularly the standards aspect......i agree....i'm quite happy to stay below 60v.....48v to 56v is where im at now.... so i'll order the motor with the wind that you have suggested.....i would like to get the motor and battery voltage marriage...