My Electric Mongoose

[cruzin]

I have been building this for a while. I had my kit on 3 bikes total, and this one feels the best. dual suspension, and the front forks are absolutely awesome. Its a 48v 1000W rear hub kit from ebikeling. The motor has done really well considering all the weight I have on the bike.

the bike is an older Mongoose, all steel and very comfortable. I still need to get a new cable for the rear brake, a cable for the front sprocket, and of course I will need to upgrade to a lipo battery pack. For now I am using 4 lead acid batteries until i save up enough to buy a lipo pack.


It rides great, and it is plenty fast for my needs.

 

[Voltron]

That's my kind of high practicality build....but as an fyi..I used that same sort of frame for a heavy lead acid build, and it slowly started bending where the shock mounts to the frame...switched to a different Mongoose that had less lever arm between the shock and the bottom bracket...

 

[Voltron]

The one that bent...Right below where the plates for the shock mount are welded...

 

[Voltron]

One that didn't bend....but that did crack right on top of where the seat assembly is welded.