Voltron
1 MW
This has really turned in to a great deal on this motor after so many trouble free miles..View attachment 8
That one folded in the middle.. so onto this one.View attachment 9
That one cracked at the seat post strut... so onto this one...
It was the rare rainy couple of weeks in California in that one... and then finally the lithium upgrade. I tried to kill those lead batteries for years and pushing a thousand cycles.... and yes, all three were top heavy and unwieldy to move around. But for being pavement burners to use every day for a 24 miles round trip commute to a city on a long deserted (mostly) bike path with the ability to ride at 20 to 35 no hands most of the way, all three were great. I would just lean them against the wall at stores, and people were afraid to move them much less steal them, and the low nighttime fire worries and low total cost made them carefree mules.
But now I moved to a new city, and am so close to work it isn't even worth not just riding my pedal bike. so the e-bike was sitting around more... so I started thinking, maybe run a little more power thru it now that I'm not counting on it to run every day, but it likes to wheelie a little too much already at the current power levels. Then I was in the middle of fixing up a Yuba Mundo that I got in pieces from a wrecked electric conversion, and hmmm...View attachment 5
I've swapped it enough now that all the wires and cables are routed outside the triangles, so the pile of pieces would actually still run if you hooked a battery up, all the parts are still connected! the Battery rail sits there with out any fasteners, so it was pull the seatpost, lift the rack off, unbolt the wheel and cut some zip ties,, slide the fork out, and then in it all goes. The rack still goes back on for passengers and a little stealthing... a very little...lol
That one folded in the middle.. so onto this one.View attachment 9
That one cracked at the seat post strut... so onto this one...
It was the rare rainy couple of weeks in California in that one... and then finally the lithium upgrade. I tried to kill those lead batteries for years and pushing a thousand cycles.... and yes, all three were top heavy and unwieldy to move around. But for being pavement burners to use every day for a 24 miles round trip commute to a city on a long deserted (mostly) bike path with the ability to ride at 20 to 35 no hands most of the way, all three were great. I would just lean them against the wall at stores, and people were afraid to move them much less steal them, and the low nighttime fire worries and low total cost made them carefree mules.
But now I moved to a new city, and am so close to work it isn't even worth not just riding my pedal bike. so the e-bike was sitting around more... so I started thinking, maybe run a little more power thru it now that I'm not counting on it to run every day, but it likes to wheelie a little too much already at the current power levels. Then I was in the middle of fixing up a Yuba Mundo that I got in pieces from a wrecked electric conversion, and hmmm...View attachment 5
I've swapped it enough now that all the wires and cables are routed outside the triangles, so the pile of pieces would actually still run if you hooked a battery up, all the parts are still connected! the Battery rail sits there with out any fasteners, so it was pull the seatpost, lift the rack off, unbolt the wheel and cut some zip ties,, slide the fork out, and then in it all goes. The rack still goes back on for passengers and a little stealthing... a very little...lol
