albie
100 W
good news...
ebike 2.0 build is here: http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4534
ebike 2.0 build is here: http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4534
Albie's ebike - my 'daily driver' project
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albie
100 W
this is how ebike (1.0) looked like after i stripped most of the parts off it.... just posting for those that wondered what happend to it...
safe
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I was just commenting about another guy Lowell and that with the very fast bike he has that his lack of posting makes me wonder if he crashed. 
Yikes!
All the speed we are able to get on these things doesn't make us bigger images in the eyes of car drivers. If you are small you get ignored... they literally don't mentally register you being there.
Just yesterday a guy saw me coming and decided:
"Well what the heck... I want to pull out of my driveway now and not wait for him to pass... if he crashes it's his problem."
...and so he pulled out and I had to stop and wait.
Yikes!
All the speed we are able to get on these things doesn't make us bigger images in the eyes of car drivers. If you are small you get ignored... they literally don't mentally register you being there.
Just yesterday a guy saw me coming and decided:
"Well what the heck... I want to pull out of my driveway now and not wait for him to pass... if he crashes it's his problem."
...and so he pulled out and I had to stop and wait.
UncleRoy
1 µW
WOW, what a thread. Glad you're ok Albie.
I am new here. Just ordered my E-Zip from Walmart today. Originally I had planned to purchase a 2nd 24v battery pack from Currie. Read here that they have a 36v pack. Speed is not my issue, range is.
I am thinking that I should purchase 2 36v packs from Currie. I am not a tinkerer like you guys. I am a complete noob.
Opinions please.
Thanks,
Roy
Southern Oregon
I am new here. Just ordered my E-Zip from Walmart today. Originally I had planned to purchase a 2nd 24v battery pack from Currie. Read here that they have a 36v pack. Speed is not my issue, range is.
I am thinking that I should purchase 2 36v packs from Currie. I am not a tinkerer like you guys. I am a complete noob.
Opinions please.
Thanks,
Roy
Southern Oregon
albie
100 W
save the money... buy at 36v 10ah lifepo4 pack instead.UncleRoy said:
you won't regret it... and the bike is way lighter compared to 2 packs of currie batts (they are SLA batteries).
UncleRoy
1 µW
I might go that way once I have the bike for awhile, but just to humor me what would be your best guess as to the performance with 2 Currie 36v packs.
I have an 18 mile each way commute and can charge at the office. I have a 500' drop over the 1st 2 miles that turns into a 500' climb on the way home. I want to make sure that I have the juice to get home.
albie
100 W
still not worth it... might be cheaper to make your own 36v SLA pack if you can.
There is another option to go really fast other than heightening (up'ing) your voltages and wasting extra batteries. I see a lot of people in here have done this. No offence, but it is wasteful when there is a system that uses only 36 VOLT to go just as fast or Almost as fast as The 100 VOLT systems... Go to this website and you will wonder why it is needed to up your voltage when there is a much less wasteful option. http://www.youtube.com/luc59457 - Look through the channel
