Epic Battery Bag Story

[Kingfish]

that looks awesome!!! nice job seriously

Thanks

Believe it or not, that bag is holding up pretty well. The Polypropylene Shell... meh - less so, but hanging in there for another year or two I should think.

After all this time the only serious issue I have with the assembly is that it takes time to mount and dismount for battery inspection/cell-leveling 2 or 3 times a year.

If I had to do it over again - I'd try to make it again from scratch and just have the seams so they stick outward because the Shell covers them up anyway.

Thinking about the future: If I upgrade from 63V to 74V the bags will have to be remade to hold 10 batteries/side instead of 9. :wink:

Also, the batteries located up foward get a little bit squished if their too close to the forks, so maybe a bit of reinforcement or armoring would help protect that part - like a hard shell perhaps.

Again, thanks for the compliments 8)
Cheers! KF

 

[lbz5mc12]

I bought one of those large size Ibera bags off of amazon for $17.00. It doesn't look like it would hold a lot but I managed to squeeze a pretty big pack into it. I had to secure the front of it to the frame better by poking in a couple of holes and daisy chaining some zip ties through it to the frame. Without the zip ties it swayed a lot. The picture is of a 22" frame bike so it looks kind of small.

 

[alsmith]

If bags arent your thing, try a locking storage trunk.

Exactly what I've had for several years now. It's done a job, but be aware of:

Security is quite poor- the lock is crap (bears onto easily broken plastic) so I strengthened it with metal and a bolt, and the side catches fly off from time to time- I've only got one now. Weight is high so not the best of balance.