Hello there,
I am an happy owner of a custom e-bike on a Giant frame with a setup of 12 x 6s5000mah Turnigy LIPOs + SVMC72060 controller. I have had it for 3 years plus now and I use it as a daily commuter. I really cant complain. Infact with a 1000 Euros cumulated investment I was able to çreate a stealth like ebike performance-wise. Lipos so far are behaving very well and with balanced charging all the time I stay away from major risks of lipo unbalanced charging as fires or explosions. But lately I am getting quite obsessed from the way batteries are carried and positioned on the bike. I have two lateral bags one for the battery block and one for the controller. This way the bike feels laterally and longitudinally unbalance with all the weight being mostly on the back. Since this year I bought a 3d printer I decided I would like to create a 3d printed support to distribute the lipos along the frame. I am starting to do some tests as you can see from the pictures attached, but I am far away from finding a definite solution because for my bike there is just not enough space to position 12 x 145mmx50mmx50mm lipos around the frame.
Anyway now I am thinking that I could create a very nice setup with less lipos with an additional plug and play mile extender if I want more range. I would like to have suggestions from you smart guys from the group to find a way to make the bike look good but also have a lot of juice for long distance commuting with relevant upslopes.
One important bottom line of my project is to keep budjet as low as possible. And it is not because I cannot afford but because I really want to prove that sustainable commuting is there, it is available and there is already enough technology to make it real. For me stealth bikes or Stromers are nice toys but here in the NLD where I bike it's very satisfiying when I overtake stromers with my cheap skunky and still 4.3 KW 1000 E ebike. Also in a world with everything that moves being based on internal combustion engine principle, exploiting electric solutions makes me feel as a pioneer
Hope for good and inspiring comments from this community,
Regards,
Alberto.
ps... for now I am not able to download pics as soon as I fix technical issues with my laptop I will...
I am an happy owner of a custom e-bike on a Giant frame with a setup of 12 x 6s5000mah Turnigy LIPOs + SVMC72060 controller. I have had it for 3 years plus now and I use it as a daily commuter. I really cant complain. Infact with a 1000 Euros cumulated investment I was able to çreate a stealth like ebike performance-wise. Lipos so far are behaving very well and with balanced charging all the time I stay away from major risks of lipo unbalanced charging as fires or explosions. But lately I am getting quite obsessed from the way batteries are carried and positioned on the bike. I have two lateral bags one for the battery block and one for the controller. This way the bike feels laterally and longitudinally unbalance with all the weight being mostly on the back. Since this year I bought a 3d printer I decided I would like to create a 3d printed support to distribute the lipos along the frame. I am starting to do some tests as you can see from the pictures attached, but I am far away from finding a definite solution because for my bike there is just not enough space to position 12 x 145mmx50mmx50mm lipos around the frame.
Anyway now I am thinking that I could create a very nice setup with less lipos with an additional plug and play mile extender if I want more range. I would like to have suggestions from you smart guys from the group to find a way to make the bike look good but also have a lot of juice for long distance commuting with relevant upslopes.
One important bottom line of my project is to keep budjet as low as possible. And it is not because I cannot afford but because I really want to prove that sustainable commuting is there, it is available and there is already enough technology to make it real. For me stealth bikes or Stromers are nice toys but here in the NLD where I bike it's very satisfiying when I overtake stromers with my cheap skunky and still 4.3 KW 1000 E ebike. Also in a world with everything that moves being based on internal combustion engine principle, exploiting electric solutions makes me feel as a pioneer
Hope for good and inspiring comments from this community,
Regards,
Alberto.
ps... for now I am not able to download pics as soon as I fix technical issues with my laptop I will...