The cheapest 800watt brushless setup ever!

[Noobster]

two 400watt kollmorgen motors running #25 chain with 11 tooth motor sprockets. A rear hub with a 65 tooth #25 chain sprocket on a freewheel. A couple pieces of flat stock steel, a length of all thread and a few nuts. And wala.

If you'd like more details or have me build the setup for you with or with out the motors, sprockets, wheel etc. take a peek at my website at highdeserthybridcycles.googlepages.com (there's no www. in front of the address.) Take it easy. Ryan.

 

[liveforphysics]

Love the banana seat! Now I'm going to have to figure out a way to fit my bike with a banana seat

 

[Noobster]

It's alot better than the old seat, sat me too upright.

Here's my more complicated bike with the front freewheel system. All chromoly

 

[recumpence]

Welcome to the ES!

I am familiar with your bike. Safe posted pics of it a few months back.

Glad to have a new member!

Matt

 

[Noobster]

Safe just emailed me. He got banned from the forums and he's ticked. Something about saying that regen braking doesn't work well, and I agree that it doesn't because the amount of amperage generated by regen braking can't all be absorbed back into the batteries without damage but that's as far as my knowledge goes for the cons of regen braking. Safe's cool but he's a little over my head and maybe just a little pretentious but not enough to get banned for IMO. If you know where the topic he got banned for is I'd like to know so I can read it. It's sad having someone so willing to help get kicked out. Ryan.

 

[recumpence]

Hmm, wow, another Safe conversation.

Let me try to give you the quick explanation (from what I understand);

Basically, Safe has made a bunch of statements in the past regarding politics and race. He also rubs some people the wrong way. I have personally never had any problems with him. He has always treated me well. However, this goes back further than my membership here. So, I am not familiar with all the ins and outs of it. However, a few months ago he was banned for racial and political comments. Since his membership has been reactivated on the forum, he has been watched and scrutinized to make sure he does not cross the line again. That must have happened if he was banned once again.

Again, I have never had any personal problems with him. However, many other members apparently have.

I welcome you here, and I hope you will stay.

Most everybody is great on this forum.

Matt

 

[Ypedal]

Yep.. i knew this would eventually surface once again.. so to keep it real here goes.

1st, Safe was not banned for the regen braking topic, he has been asked, warned, reminded, told, repeatedly... to play nice and the very few things we asked him to do he just could not do..

At first, I spent hours replying to safe and teaching him a pile of stuff, at every turn he manages to mangle facts and just keep going on and on polluting threads off-topic.. it had to stop.

Anyone who enjoys his style and company, can find him at http://www.ebikehub.com/forum/

edit to add : Can we Please just drop the issue and move on.. more data less drama...

 

[recumpence]

Agreed. As a newcomer, he needed an answer.

Matt

 

[swbluto]

It's ridiculous that people are so sensitive, but assuming that's true, it does seem sensible that safe's pretentiousness and provocations would invite his own banning.

In my perfect world, people would just seek truth and share it and personal differences and emotional reactivity would be irrelevant.

 

[Noobster]

Oh man I'm sorry, I didn't know about all that. I was just going by what he emailed me. Well I'm staying out of this. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[John in CR]

Noobster,

Please explain the handling characteristics of your bike with all that lead mounted so near the ground. If you could make comparisons to it vs a regular bike that would be even better.

John

 

[Noobster]

This is how it was originally

Then to this

Then to what you see currently, with the banana seat. It's now much easier to handle at low speeds, especially since it weighs 110lbs. With the early high milk crate placement it was fine when traveling near top speed but a real pain to balance while riding at lower speeds. It now takes almost no effort to balance at low speeds or when off the bike and parking it. There's an advantage to lower placement in the event of a crash as it applies to potential battery damage also. Also I think I can take corners harder with less body shift now. I never scrape during hard corners or daily riding, it only scrapes when going down or up curbs. I have enough room to raise the battery tray up another 2-3" but never have as It's fine like it is. IDK I think it's the ideal place for batteries though I had to stretch my frame a lot to fit them between the tires and had to carefully locate the rack left to right so my cranks would clear the sides of the batteries. Anything else you'd like to know just ask.