Dee Jay
100 kW
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Continuing from another post . . .
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=43212&sid=6fe5d7e5baa8cd72e4946b599f09026c#p43212
I have to agree, my bike is tad bit flashy, but given the limited choices of colors metallic/gray was the most neutral to me. I'm glad I found dark tinted chrome rims as the other high-end BMX rims at the bike shop screams for attention.
TD, I'd like to see your version of the Revive with an ebike kit! I believe the Revive frame has lots of potential. The upper frame and rear lower frame provides plenty of space for batteries. If I find a way to mount two shocks at the rear, I can use the area of the original shock for a triangular battery pack. I have truck-loads more ideas:
-20" is nice and low, great for heavy battery packs, but too short on range and not ebike energy efficient. Imagine a 26" Revive! I want to convert the rear wheel to 24" as it might be the most I can fit in, and 26" front.
-Custom made steel fork with fully enclosed heavy-duty drop-outs for 5X use, similar to motorcycle drop-outs. And dual v-brake mounts to accommodate 24" or 26" rims, as well as disc brake mounts. Need to keep it as elegant as the original fork...
-Hydraulic cylinder to lift the upper frame
-Being limited to 7 gears with the freewheel, I thought of upgrading the single chain ring to three performance chain rings. Until I can fabricate a mount for a front derailer, I'd have to manually derail for the given riding condition.
-Build modular NiMH packs so that I can use only one or two packs for short/lite rides, and add two or more for longer trips. Lugging around an entire 12lbs NiMH pack all the time is just not practical.
-Homemade fairing. Built with two stiff sheets of opaque plastic. Unlike EZ racer bubble fairings, mine will have a sharp edge cutting into the wind like the lower bow of a boat cutting into the water. It would also serve to hide wires and accessories at the front.
-A sound system would be teh-assums... too dangerous riding with headphones on. I found a cool little AA battery operated speaker system made for mp3 players, by Altec Lansing called iM4. View attachment 5 I'd be bumping some electronic jazz while crusing. I had a chance to listen to the quality but hard to hear with the other electronics going off in the shop. These speakers would double as a PA system or a horn with unusual sounds for the dog-walkers, joggers, etc.. Not irritating sounds, but pleasant sounds. I imagine something like George Jetson's hover craft sound or whatever...
-A Bob Trailer would be sweet, too. I would chuck the battery pack back there along with everything else.
Those are my future projects. My current projects:
-Disguising my Dewalt packs' construction-yellow by using the Dewalt plastic packaging which will be painted gray to blend with the frame color. In theory, it should look like an ILM/Star Wars movie prop. Hey, better than construction-yellow with Dewalt decal reading upside-down, right? View attachment 2
View attachment 1
-Also, in an on-going effort to keep the frump on the down-low on my meter mounts (made from cheap rear view mirrors from a dollar shop) I need to hide the wires, to keep water out, and to deflect the wind. So I bought plastic Christmas ornament balls and cut them to fit to front side. Without it, the mounts act like ping-pong paddles against the wind. View attachment 3 Not sure I like the reflective surface. It screams for attention as well. I may paint it gray.. View attachment 4
Spaceship
Mark, I'll take that as a compliment. Truth be told, with the child seat, I think my bike looks like something Princess Lea would be rolling around on, with Han Solo's son, tee hee hee! Since my wife and son took off to the inlaw's for a week, I dismounted the child seat so I can advertise with the Crystalyte triangle bags on both sides of the rear. Without the child seat, I have this terrible habit of acting like Count Dookie zooming around with a smug look on my face! I think that's what irritates the locals, ha ha! Like I am SOOoo KING...
With all these crazy but functional ideas, it would be a real challenge for people here to take me seriously. I think it's a matter of blending in these ideas and keeping it true to the original Revive design. For example, I never use black wire straps over the bright gray frame as it would chop up the flowing design of the frame. It's the little things, and they add up. I did use white straps for the switch box but this is temporary. My ideas will depend on how well I design them, we'll see...
Feel free to use my ideas, especially if you think it would help you keep down the frump.
J
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=43212&sid=6fe5d7e5baa8cd72e4946b599f09026c#p43212
I have to agree, my bike is tad bit flashy, but given the limited choices of colors metallic/gray was the most neutral to me. I'm glad I found dark tinted chrome rims as the other high-end BMX rims at the bike shop screams for attention.
TD, I'd like to see your version of the Revive with an ebike kit! I believe the Revive frame has lots of potential. The upper frame and rear lower frame provides plenty of space for batteries. If I find a way to mount two shocks at the rear, I can use the area of the original shock for a triangular battery pack. I have truck-loads more ideas:
-20" is nice and low, great for heavy battery packs, but too short on range and not ebike energy efficient. Imagine a 26" Revive! I want to convert the rear wheel to 24" as it might be the most I can fit in, and 26" front.
-Custom made steel fork with fully enclosed heavy-duty drop-outs for 5X use, similar to motorcycle drop-outs. And dual v-brake mounts to accommodate 24" or 26" rims, as well as disc brake mounts. Need to keep it as elegant as the original fork...
-Hydraulic cylinder to lift the upper frame
-Being limited to 7 gears with the freewheel, I thought of upgrading the single chain ring to three performance chain rings. Until I can fabricate a mount for a front derailer, I'd have to manually derail for the given riding condition.
-Build modular NiMH packs so that I can use only one or two packs for short/lite rides, and add two or more for longer trips. Lugging around an entire 12lbs NiMH pack all the time is just not practical.
-Homemade fairing. Built with two stiff sheets of opaque plastic. Unlike EZ racer bubble fairings, mine will have a sharp edge cutting into the wind like the lower bow of a boat cutting into the water. It would also serve to hide wires and accessories at the front.
-A sound system would be teh-assums... too dangerous riding with headphones on. I found a cool little AA battery operated speaker system made for mp3 players, by Altec Lansing called iM4. View attachment 5 I'd be bumping some electronic jazz while crusing. I had a chance to listen to the quality but hard to hear with the other electronics going off in the shop. These speakers would double as a PA system or a horn with unusual sounds for the dog-walkers, joggers, etc.. Not irritating sounds, but pleasant sounds. I imagine something like George Jetson's hover craft sound or whatever...
-A Bob Trailer would be sweet, too. I would chuck the battery pack back there along with everything else.
Those are my future projects. My current projects:
-Disguising my Dewalt packs' construction-yellow by using the Dewalt plastic packaging which will be painted gray to blend with the frame color. In theory, it should look like an ILM/Star Wars movie prop. Hey, better than construction-yellow with Dewalt decal reading upside-down, right? View attachment 2
View attachment 1
-Also, in an on-going effort to keep the frump on the down-low on my meter mounts (made from cheap rear view mirrors from a dollar shop) I need to hide the wires, to keep water out, and to deflect the wind. So I bought plastic Christmas ornament balls and cut them to fit to front side. Without it, the mounts act like ping-pong paddles against the wind. View attachment 3 Not sure I like the reflective surface. It screams for attention as well. I may paint it gray.. View attachment 4
Spaceship
Mark, I'll take that as a compliment. Truth be told, with the child seat, I think my bike looks like something Princess Lea would be rolling around on, with Han Solo's son, tee hee hee! Since my wife and son took off to the inlaw's for a week, I dismounted the child seat so I can advertise with the Crystalyte triangle bags on both sides of the rear. Without the child seat, I have this terrible habit of acting like Count Dookie zooming around with a smug look on my face! I think that's what irritates the locals, ha ha! Like I am SOOoo KING...With all these crazy but functional ideas, it would be a real challenge for people here to take me seriously. I think it's a matter of blending in these ideas and keeping it true to the original Revive design. For example, I never use black wire straps over the bright gray frame as it would chop up the flowing design of the frame. It's the little things, and they add up. I did use white straps for the switch box but this is temporary. My ideas will depend on how well I design them, we'll see...
Feel free to use my ideas, especially if you think it would help you keep down the frump.
J
! I've always wondered how much extreme temps here in Japan affects ebike performance. Would be nice to have separate temp gauges for battery, controller, and 2 motors, but would be too much weight added not to mention electricity drain. So one + / - gauge switchable to three or more temp sensors will have to do... Digital would be nice but would be another drain . . . hhmmmm . . 
