Bike frames suitable for frame mounted batteries and speed.

[auraslip]

Thanks for the advice amber wolf....I did just that and measured from there

I built the controller box today....12"x3.5"x2.25".....My lyen 18 fet is huge! The glue is drying on it now...I'll make some pictures of it...

In other news;

The cranks clear it just fine =)

I wanted to put the charger and controller on top of the battery box and underneath the waterproof dashboard box, but that would make the already 4" tall box an extra 4" off the top! Then I wanted to put the controller and charger underneath the down tube, but THAT wouldn't fit.

The charger is sadly going into the main box with the ping. This means no room for headway booster pack

 

[auraslip]

Battery and charger fit fine, with enough room for the bms, the bms case, and dc-dc converter.

The problem is with the BMS cable. It's to short! I don't want to install all those wires into another connector. Is there a connector I can plug into the stock bms to extend the cable?

Also a problem with the chargers powerplug. I really have to bend it to make it fit......I'm going to keep an extension cable in the lock box...maybe I should just find a small form factor plug and solder it to the extension cord?
http://www.infinitecables.com/pop-usa/pw-105l3.htm found a left angle iec c13 to nema 5 for the power.

 

[amberwolf]

I dunno, I think the whole box from under the down tube would fit behind the seatpost just fine if you leave the tire off the back wheel . :lol:

Regarding the balance connector on the BMS, you could solder up an extension using the connector off of a dead BMS, plus the cable from a failed battery. Does anyone here have the balance wires/connector off their old Ping they'd be willing to give up? I think I already toasted the connector on the damaged Ping BMS I have here, or I'd offer to send that.

Someone else can probably tell you what the actual connector part name/type is so you can just order the right stuff for an extension, or maybe someone already makes one you can use. I know it is a common connector; almost all the ones on various board interconnects in stuff I open up are that type, just none of them have that many pins in anything else I have that I remember.

For the charger's power cord, if it's a standard IEC (computer type) three prong, you can get right-angle versions of them. More than a few HP laserjet printers have come standard with the right-angle type, in one of two versions. Most have the cord coming out of the left or right side of the plug end, but some have it out of the bottom side.

 

[auraslip]

Lot of stuff done today!
That ugly part in the middle should be a dado cut, but since I don't have the proper tools and didn't want to spend and hour filing it I just hit it with the dremel. It's on the bottom so no one will see it. It's for the controller box strap.

Taking the bike tomorrow to get steer tube cut, and the fork installed.
Now I'm just waiting on hobby cities slow ass shipping for connects and wiring.


I wrote lyen in regards to the signalab bms connects:

If you mean the black multi-pin connectors, they’re 2.54mm SM connectors.

Best regards,

Ping

 

[amberwolf]

I have to find the BMS board to verify, but I think that some connectors and cabling I just removed from a dead karaoke machine is the same as the BMS connector on the V1 (don't know if that's the same as the V2/2.5).

BTW, That view makes me a bit nostalgic for the area. Plus those metal pylons/scrollwork are identical except for color to the ones my uncle had for his trailer's porch, and
the "little pink house" I lived in out in the country past Valley View.

 

[auraslip]

haha yes! Your little pink house is only a little bit up 35 from denton, and yeah that is the porch on my trailer

 

[auraslip]

I'm thinking of using some sort of rubber to seal the siding that isn't glued shut. I have it held with screws tightly, but not quite water tight. Where can I get rubber strips or sheets to cut to strips?

I'm also going to use said rubber underneath the battery, controller, and charger to provide some relief from bumps and shocks.

 

[amberwolf]

If the surfaces are perfectly flat to each other, you could cut up old mousepads; they come in various thicknesses and densities of rubber, and many thrift stores have a few around. Some computer stores and component manufacturers used to give them away with their ads or logo on them (might still).

If the surfaces have ripples or bumps in them that need to be filled to seal, then weather stripping is probably your best bet, since it usually comes with adhesive on one side already, and comes in various widths, thicknesses, and densities of foam depending on the application.

 

[auraslip]

BUMP.

Cause this thread was fun. I'm still looking for that perfect frame.

 

[teslanv]

How bout this dinosaur? It's got a MAMMOTH triangle!

1992 Gary Fisher RS1 on my Craigslist in Seattle, WA.
http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/bik/4508742141.html