Rassy
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At 80, I had decided not to do any more electric assist projects, but a little background will help explain why I am doing this one:
On Wednesday, August 28, a friend in Eugene that I had converted his tadpole pedal trike to electric assist using a BBS02, introduced me to a friend of his that wanted an electric assist trike. She is 40, Lives alone, doesn't drive, and has a Cerebral Palsy or similar type of affliction. Her hand control is such that she can not trust just having standard lever brakes, but does ride a 3-speed pedal trike with a coaster brake. Unfortunately her trike is at her parents home in another state and she wants to keep it there to use on her visits home.
So the broad specs for this project are an adult trike with a PAS drive and coaster brakes.
So with a lot of searching, etc. my friend and I determined all the parts and pieces we need to complete the project:
There are very few new or used trikes available with coaster brakes so with her approval we selected a new Schwinn Meridian one speed that comes with lever brakes.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Schwinn-Meridian-Adult-Tricycle-26-inch-wheels-rear-storage-basket-Blue/5679542?comm-msg-vehicle=EMAIL&comm-msg-id=66f3a608-b3e1-4115-80c9-1d2d0be4a442
We will use a 3-speed coaster brake trike conversion hub from Staton-Inc.
http://www.staton-inc.com/store/index.php?p=product&id=84
A mid drive TSDZ2 BK that is their only drive that supports coaster brakes. It will have a VLDC5 display and torque PAS. It is 36V 350 Watts.
https://www.electrifybike.com/store/p25/TSDZ2-Coaster-Brake.html#/
And a 36V 10AH LiFeP04 battery.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/283526537018
All the above has been ordered at a shipped cost of $1,150. Her budget was $1000 to $2000, preferably closer to $1000. There will by about $50 worth of odds and ends.
The mid-drive and battery have already arrived. The trike and coaster brake conversion kit have been shipped and are expected in the next few days.
I plan to compete the project by next week end. I hope it will run without a speedometer for initial tests because once everything is here I am pretty sure I will need an extension cable, which is available in any length, which I won't know until the trike is assembled, and could delay the completion for a while.
Needless to say she is anxious to be able to ride as she currently gets about on the taxi type services such as Uber, etc. and wants the independence to run over to the grocery store, park, or the nearby trail system.
On Wednesday, August 28, a friend in Eugene that I had converted his tadpole pedal trike to electric assist using a BBS02, introduced me to a friend of his that wanted an electric assist trike. She is 40, Lives alone, doesn't drive, and has a Cerebral Palsy or similar type of affliction. Her hand control is such that she can not trust just having standard lever brakes, but does ride a 3-speed pedal trike with a coaster brake. Unfortunately her trike is at her parents home in another state and she wants to keep it there to use on her visits home.
So the broad specs for this project are an adult trike with a PAS drive and coaster brakes.
So with a lot of searching, etc. my friend and I determined all the parts and pieces we need to complete the project:
There are very few new or used trikes available with coaster brakes so with her approval we selected a new Schwinn Meridian one speed that comes with lever brakes.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Schwinn-Meridian-Adult-Tricycle-26-inch-wheels-rear-storage-basket-Blue/5679542?comm-msg-vehicle=EMAIL&comm-msg-id=66f3a608-b3e1-4115-80c9-1d2d0be4a442
We will use a 3-speed coaster brake trike conversion hub from Staton-Inc.
http://www.staton-inc.com/store/index.php?p=product&id=84
A mid drive TSDZ2 BK that is their only drive that supports coaster brakes. It will have a VLDC5 display and torque PAS. It is 36V 350 Watts.
https://www.electrifybike.com/store/p25/TSDZ2-Coaster-Brake.html#/
And a 36V 10AH LiFeP04 battery.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/283526537018
All the above has been ordered at a shipped cost of $1,150. Her budget was $1000 to $2000, preferably closer to $1000. There will by about $50 worth of odds and ends.
The mid-drive and battery have already arrived. The trike and coaster brake conversion kit have been shipped and are expected in the next few days.
I plan to compete the project by next week end. I hope it will run without a speedometer for initial tests because once everything is here I am pretty sure I will need an extension cable, which is available in any length, which I won't know until the trike is assembled, and could delay the completion for a while.
Needless to say she is anxious to be able to ride as she currently gets about on the taxi type services such as Uber, etc. and wants the independence to run over to the grocery store, park, or the nearby trail system.