craneplaneguy
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I started the process today, and unless I am missing something, it would appear the Montague is a prime candidate for a mid drive BBS02 (or similar) type of drive. After finally realizing the sprocket side bearing retainer nut was left hand threaded, it was pretty quick and simple. Keep in mind this is my first E-bike work of any kind, and in fact my only bike work to date of any kind has been changing flat tires and lubing the chain! I'm really liking the ground clearance, due to the Montague frame it is able to tuck up nice and high. I have heard that sometimes the motor looses position, as the only thing holding it is friction. I think I'll preemptively use some aircraft stainless tie wire (I love that stuff, and use it on lots of things) to secure it to the vert bike tube, for good. It will look hokey but it sure will work.
As a quick intro, I've been flying with 2 different Montagues in two different small experimental/homebuilt category airplanes , for nearly 20 years, and I've been flying hang gliders, ultralights, and airplanes for over 40. The bike is worth it's weight in gold when at the end of a long day I land outside some small town in Montana, Idaho, or Wyoming, and want to get something to eat and oh yeah, a cold brewski. Not to mention some mo gas, which is all I use, never leaded Av gas. Getting the Mont electrified will increase my useful range big time, giving me more options for obtaining all of the above items.The plane is SMALL, and it is just a happy fluke that the Mont fits as well, or at all. A lot of planes much bigger, can't fit a Mont as easy as my RANS S7-S does, so I plan to continue taking full advantage of this fact. This plane, "Honey", is specifically designed and extensively modded to not need airports of any kind, as a result most of my flying is what we call "off airport". It uses a the Rotax 912S engine, nothing like the older Lycoming or Continental aircraft engines, and is also extremely quiet due to an aftermarket muffler I added, stealthy as it were.
The thing going on right now in the biking community, some embracing E-bikes, others bitching and moaning about them, reminds me of when I first powered up my hang glider, and the purists didn't like it. It will take a while to all settle out, and some people will never like it, same with landing off airport and conventional pilots who only land on long paved runways at airports with control towers. Or like when snow boarding first came about, some of the skiers bitched like hell, but eventually us knuckle draggers got accepted. I am curious to see how the local bike community responds to my two different E-bikes, as not much of a bike guy to date I don't know how many, if any, E-bikes there are in my area but will shortly find out. It's all good, that's for sure!
As a quick intro, I've been flying with 2 different Montagues in two different small experimental/homebuilt category airplanes , for nearly 20 years, and I've been flying hang gliders, ultralights, and airplanes for over 40. The bike is worth it's weight in gold when at the end of a long day I land outside some small town in Montana, Idaho, or Wyoming, and want to get something to eat and oh yeah, a cold brewski. Not to mention some mo gas, which is all I use, never leaded Av gas. Getting the Mont electrified will increase my useful range big time, giving me more options for obtaining all of the above items.The plane is SMALL, and it is just a happy fluke that the Mont fits as well, or at all. A lot of planes much bigger, can't fit a Mont as easy as my RANS S7-S does, so I plan to continue taking full advantage of this fact. This plane, "Honey", is specifically designed and extensively modded to not need airports of any kind, as a result most of my flying is what we call "off airport". It uses a the Rotax 912S engine, nothing like the older Lycoming or Continental aircraft engines, and is also extremely quiet due to an aftermarket muffler I added, stealthy as it were.
The thing going on right now in the biking community, some embracing E-bikes, others bitching and moaning about them, reminds me of when I first powered up my hang glider, and the purists didn't like it. It will take a while to all settle out, and some people will never like it, same with landing off airport and conventional pilots who only land on long paved runways at airports with control towers. Or like when snow boarding first came about, some of the skiers bitched like hell, but eventually us knuckle draggers got accepted. I am curious to see how the local bike community responds to my two different E-bikes, as not much of a bike guy to date I don't know how many, if any, E-bikes there are in my area but will shortly find out. It's all good, that's for sure!