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    Titanium E Bike, my first project

    Not planning on taking her off any jumps! well not for now... She will mainly be for commuting purposes (16 miles one way) The chain isn't that far off, the main problem is the chain tensioner. I need to get a better. I'll look into the singualtor and u i believe shimano also has a better one...
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    Titanium E Bike, my first project

    well, I finally got my bike running.... or spinning is more like it! She feels solid and I'm happy with the braking power. Only took it for a short ride as it is already 11PM. Tomorrow I hope to take it all the way to school and bach. couple of things I'm not happy with: - chain, crank, free...
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    Titanium E Bike, my first project

    well Aussiejester.... the stuff that Boeing and such are using is much higher grade carbon than what we mortals get. They get so called Prepreg which is basically carbon which has been pre impprgnated with the necessary amount of resin. the ratio of Resin/ fiber is important to structures which...
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    Titanium E Bike, my first project

    Thanks for all the advice you have shared so far. things finally advanced a bit over the last week. I have built the battery housing and it's attachment to the frame. my girlfriend calls it the lunch box!!! She's going to paint it for me! The Carbon/Kevlar housing holds my Ping battery nicely...
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    Titanium E Bike, my first project

    Yeah, that was a crazy moment! here a pic from our event:
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    Titanium E Bike, my first project

    Didn't actually get to meet ecrazyman or Ping...but got to talk to them on the phone while I was in China. i competed for the USA in the Olympic Games and went over to China on several occasions before the Games started. I brought the battery back in my checked luggage in July, but it was quite...
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    Titanium E Bike, my first project

    Well after surfing this amazing forum I have finally committed myself to building my own eBike. I will be using it for a 16 mile commute (that's one way), 5 days a week. This includes a pretty serious climb on the way there. My wish list included: As light as possible , without being incredibly...
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    Ultra Caps?

    Hi... here my 0.02 $ about super capacitors. 1.They are VERY efficient 2. They are very suited to be used for regen as they can be charged incredibly fast (that used to be the problem with the SLA batteries) 3. they have very high amount of recharge cycles. They would be great on a bike which...
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