Lenk42602
10 kW
Hello all.
After becoming completely obsessed with e-bikes several years ago, it appears as though I have finally come to the conclusion,once again, that there is nothing quite like a light,fast electric bicycle.
It has been quite some time since I have been active on the sphere with any frequency - upon the completion of my last real high speed bike, I was ready to do something more... I quit my job, attended school for EME, and even tried retailing ebike components.... In the mean time, as garage projects continued to pop up, it became apparent to me that with all of my projects, the main limiting factor in the execution of design ideas was my inability to weld. I bought a welder. I welded,I learned. I went to classes. Time passed.
Much has changed since I have left - here on the Sphere, (and in my personal life), but one thing has remained. I am meant to spend my free time working out the designs of stronger, more efficient ebike designs based on the easy-to-build- around hub motor so many folks look to install on their own bikes....
Non - Frock? My machining tools include a drill, a file, a cut off wheel, band saw. I regularly get Optibike updates.. 12k for a new 850R? 6k for a used bike? Yeah. One can by lots of energy density (batteries) with that kind of fundage.
So having spent some time away, I have been pouring through posts-seeing what is new, looking at my old fast bike
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2389&hilit=formal+introduction, and looking at chassis/swingarm platforms members have designed here for inspiration..
I cant believe that thing has held up for 4300+ miles at the speeds I was traveling....
Enough story telling - next post gets into it....
After becoming completely obsessed with e-bikes several years ago, it appears as though I have finally come to the conclusion,once again, that there is nothing quite like a light,fast electric bicycle.
It has been quite some time since I have been active on the sphere with any frequency - upon the completion of my last real high speed bike, I was ready to do something more... I quit my job, attended school for EME, and even tried retailing ebike components.... In the mean time, as garage projects continued to pop up, it became apparent to me that with all of my projects, the main limiting factor in the execution of design ideas was my inability to weld. I bought a welder. I welded,I learned. I went to classes. Time passed.
Much has changed since I have left - here on the Sphere, (and in my personal life), but one thing has remained. I am meant to spend my free time working out the designs of stronger, more efficient ebike designs based on the easy-to-build- around hub motor so many folks look to install on their own bikes....
Non - Frock? My machining tools include a drill, a file, a cut off wheel, band saw. I regularly get Optibike updates.. 12k for a new 850R? 6k for a used bike? Yeah. One can by lots of energy density (batteries) with that kind of fundage.
So having spent some time away, I have been pouring through posts-seeing what is new, looking at my old fast bike
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2389&hilit=formal+introduction, and looking at chassis/swingarm platforms members have designed here for inspiration..
I cant believe that thing has held up for 4300+ miles at the speeds I was traveling....
Enough story telling - next post gets into it....