Albie's ebike 2.0 - my 'daily driver' project

[albie]

Ok so i've started up the ebike 2.0 after months of doing nothing after the first ebike i had was involved in an accident...

ebike 2.0 will be addressing some of the issues that i had with the old ebike. however I've stuck with the hardtail cause I'm worried about the battery weight on the back with a seat rack....

the new frame is a Fuji nevada 3.0 2008 with disc brakes. it's a very upgradeable frame but for what i'm going to be using it for, I'll be leaving it as is... however may change the front crankset to a 50T or 55T not sure but i want to keep up pedalling with it when i'm on full throttle.

More piccies here: http://gallery.in2events.com/main.php?g2_itemId=28474

The photos were taken after the ride from the bikeshop up the road from my house. I've gotten them to fit a hookworm at the front wheel (my x5304 already has a hookworm on it). Also the seat on the bike is from my old bike.... i might try the other seat to see if its comfy....

Ebike 1.0 thread here: http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2793

 

[albie]

Ok so i finally finished ebike 2.0.

more piccies here: http://gallery.in2events.com/main.php?g2_itemId=28997

You probably noticed that I got no rear brake on it at the moment. I'm going to put in a v-brake on the rear cause it doesn't really the disc caliper doesn't fit that well... well it does but the caliper scrapes the electric hub. also the topeak rack that I have doesn't fit with a disc brake setup.

the 48v pack has a couple of dead cells so the top speed i got was 49km/h. You can tell with the wide tyres that its much much more stable at high speed.

 

[albie]

quick update...

got a Ping v2.5 48v 15ah pack a couple of months ago.

Gotta say its pretty awesome... only gripe is the charger which died a week ago (got to get in contact with Ping and get a replacement one) but fortunately i have a spare. I've done around 1200km+ on these now and they are still going strong!

I also added new front brakes on it... Avid Codes 180mm. I have to admit if you want to stop on a bike going from 50km/h to 0 on a dime... it would definitely have to be the Avid codes. They have a crapload of power, to the point where i was nearly thrown off the bike a few times while hard braking!

The bike isn't as clean now cause it's been wet around melbourne and the bike is covered in dirt and road grime. I have to find the time to clean it lol