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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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.....
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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...
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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...
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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...
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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...
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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....
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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...
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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...
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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...
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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...
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    GNG, 1000W 48V BB-drive, $400

    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....
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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...
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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...
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    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...
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    Converting a hubmotor to a middrivemotor

    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...
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    GNG, 1000W 48V BB-drive, $400

    hello christerljung.... i have been reading you posts....very impressive results.....you're earlier posts settled my purchase of this kit.... i'm at the bottom of the learning curve so i'm only playing with 48v......i'll sort out all running issues at this voltage.... latter on i can look at...
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    GNG, 1000W 48V BB-drive, $400

    hello spinningmagnets.... no...not yet...my frame is at the platers till next tues/wens... i did a bit of a mock-up beforehand and i had clearance on my chainstays.... going 3mm inboard with the 52t chainring has given me a better alignement to the 12t jackshaft sprocket...... for my set-up...
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    GNG, 1000W 48V BB-drive, $400

    hello members.... a thankyou to spiningmagnets for this simple mod i had a shimano 52t...5 bolt...chainring in my bike parts box......the pcd/bcd was the same as the 38t....5x4mm hole pcd...... so i drilled the 4mm holes in the 38t chainring to 10mm holes.....now the sprocket mounting...
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    Switched to a GNG style "big block" swingarm coming soon!!

    hello Whiplash... i made up 3 sets of aluminium cones and mounting brackets....all sliding on 10mm threaded rod.....these items could then be mounted on a jig where needed.... my frame jig was made of 3x2 pine timber and the swing-arm jig out of aluminium channel ......both from under the house...
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    Switched to a GNG style "big block" swingarm coming soon!!

    hello Whiplash.... i have been following your build with interest because it is similar to my build in the basic geometry and the way things are arranged..... you have enough parts to set up ....into a building jig.....this would help you throw away all theoretical worries in your design...
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    hello John.... the bike has 2 gold discs for the brakes....now 2 gold plates for the motor..... i agree that a gold throttle on the handle bars would blend in well.....this kind of finnishing off hadn't even occured to me. John i would very much like to see a pic when your order turns up.
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    hello John... the frame is getting plated in silver cold gal.....the motor plates are the only items in the gold colour.... i felt that an all gold colored frame would be too much......there's alot of black on the bike...so my choices are gold and black or silver and black..... so silver and...
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    Hey Kim.... you answered my questions in your post...stupid me..... so matt P was running twice my watts and you were running more than matt P?????........ I was working on the assumption that a drugged up tour-de-fuff lycra clad athelete could do about 600watts through the drive train...
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    Converting a hubmotor to a middrivemotor

    hey crossbreak.. i purchased the 12 as a replacement for my hubmotor set-up with a spare motor for parts....with the impression from the supplier that these were a fast rpm ie 210rpm in a26"wheel @ 48V..... I got the impression from reading the posts about the MAC motor and the bafang...
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    backyard millyard....midmount....

    hello Kim...... i'm only running low power....48v 12amp/hr.....my thoughts for my application was easy city riding...with the ability to comfortablity jump gutters and stairs....no trials/bush/mud stuff....all my riding is around town at low speeds/low power.....i can't zoom around town at...
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