Your Creation's Before & After Pics

[givitago]

Thanks whereswally606 and thanks for the tip on the controller - it hadn't occurred to me. I considered the seat tube for controller placement but there is no clearance as the tire almost hits the seat tube. I'd have to make a stand off bracket to hold it to the side of the tire. On the down tube, it would be subject to crushing from logs and the like. I also put the seat way down for the steep trails so the seat post is out. I guess I will be a case study for durability

Yeh, the stab makes for a good conversion wrt torque plates due to the slots in the chain stay.

 

[GCinDC]

BEFORE:

AFTER:

 

[hydro-one]

badass!! looks better as an ebike!!!

 

[thickhead]

Nice looking ride, GCinDC! I assume that's a motorcycle wheel and tire on the back? I'll have to go read through your build thread to get the particulars.

 

[Cyclebutt]

before and after

 

[motomech]

I intended to turn this bike into an Off-road Ebike

The idea was to try to keep it light, even though it was to be 2WD.
So I did the front half, nothing more than a 2 batteries for 11S and 5000mAh, a sm. 6-FET Controller and a throttle, nothing else.
To turn it on/off, I connect/disconnect the 4mm bullets at the top of the battery case.
At some point, I'll add a Voltmeter, but for now the fail-safe is the 39V LVC Lyen programed into the controller.



Stage two would have been another self-contained sytsem[batt., controller], on a rear rack w/another throttle running a Ezee geared 400W motor,
but after a test drive, I just didn't want to go further. With it's Deore LX components, this bike is a dream to pedal.
There is also an issue with the bolt-on rear drop-outs, which I intionally thought were steel, turned out to be alloy. Anything more than a mini-motor would require fabricated steel drop-outs.
So it looks like the older Rocky Mountain will become the off-roader.
One last thing, It's a shame that Cell_man no longer carries the MXUS mini-motor, as I really think it's the best mini-motor made to date.

EDIT: I have since gotten rid of the trailer-type connector, although the wires appear to be of substanial gauge, they get silly thin inside the molded connector halves. Not suitable for Ebike anything.

EDIT; Updated pics of Q100H motor coming soon.

 

[Samd]

What sort of battery container is that? Some sort of tube for CAD drawings? I'm liking it...

 

[motomech]

I'm a heavy equipment mechanic and that tube comes on new John Deere tractors and the like. It holds the owner's manual, registration forms, etc.
the internal diamensions are pretty close to the Chinese "water bottle" container. Two 6s/5Ah bricks fit easily, and maybe even 2 5800mAh bricks of the new compact Lipo. I can carry two more bricks in a rear bag and swap them out in a minute for a total capacity. of 10Ah {at least 20 miles of range on this bike}.

EDIT: I needed another "battery tube" for another build, and after some searching, found it. It's a welding rod holder, available here:

https://www.fastenal.com/web/products/details/0815303?searchMode=productSearch&zipcode=&filterByStore=&filterByVendingMachine=

 

[winkinatcha]

Awesome Battery Mounting Solution.
Like

joe

 

[superdave]

I finally finished my second build and have been enjoying commuting with it for a couple weeks now. The goal was a short-distance commuter with good handling, and a clean look. If anyone is interested in details, let me know and I'll post a detailed write-up on the build.

Unfortunately, I didn't get any shots of the donor right after I bought it, but it was in rough shape (as you'd expect for a 25 year old bike). Here's one post tear-down:



Reconditioning in progress:



Base bike reassembled and motor installed:



Build complete!



Motor is a 500W Bafang BPM2 (code 10) with a KU93 controller. The battery is an Ebikekit.com 36V 9Ah LiFePO4 that I reused from my previous build.

 

[Cyclebutt]

What sort of battery container is that? Some sort of tube for CAD drawings? I'm liking it...

That tube container looks just like a welding rod container I bought from "Tractor Supply" for $5. It's water tight, too!

 

[winkinatcha]

Nice one Superdave, that is a sweet clean build

Joe

 

[winkinatcha]

Frankencycle MkII

Before (ish... had already started building, hence the dd hubmoter in front)



After (without basket n panniers... note standard ping 24v 10ah batttery is inside topbox) :

View attachment 2

With all the stuff (basket n Panniers) for carrying... Stuff:



(was testing out some thunderskies in the panniers...)

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Joe

 

[General Lee]

My Bike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZnJKDHiIw4

 

[Cyclebutt]

Before and after

 

[iperov]

 

[sn0wchyld]

ive already posted this bike here i think... but its changed again and again since then... and now im finally 'finished'. at least until I install a mid drive, as the hub just cant hack the offroad.

Before

version 1

v2

v3

and finally... v4

24s 8ah lipo in the front case. 12fet lyen. v2 CA, ht3525 with internal fans/cooling holes etc. at 8ah, its the same size as the v1 pack (20s 10ah) and still 80% the size of the v2/v3 packs (24s 10ah). Happy now cause it should be fairly reliable, enough range to get me to and from town, and subtle enough that I should fly under the radar most of the time, certainly more than the previous incarnations would have.

 

[thewmatusmoloki]

Sweet looking ride there snOwchyld, pretty stealth.

Keep flying under that radar, mate.

Conngrats

 

[Samd]

Before (stock Globe Daily single speed with Aluminium Frame and Steel front forks):


Added front ezee, with 10s 5Ahr Zippys and a 17amp Ku60 controller running sensored: (front basket makes a nice ghetto layout to get everything right):
Individual voltmeters on each 5s pack in series to keep an eye on my zippys.


All running nicely:
View attachment 4

Next steps are to mount the batteries down low in the triangle in an oldschool-looking triangle box, and make a retro looking 'brand new vintage' bike. Maybe a wooden old school beer or dynamite box up front to replace the sissy looking wire basket. Love the convenience but not the look.
View attachment New Picture (1).bmp

 

[boo]

View attachment 2

 

[iperov]

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[maluf89]

VIDEO : http://youtu.be/asvE8AK7vQI?t=12s

 

[iperov]

post above deleted,
this is last one

 

[chopper_elec]

Been meaning to do this for some time now lol

Excuse the duct tape its only temp.

 

[ICE.T]

How do you like the AllCell Batts?

YAXC

Here's the original '97 Jamis hardtail 7005 frame, set up as a commuter:

Here's the first build: Xtracycled frame, Big Dummy FF, BMC V2T rear hub, Lyen Mk II 12 FET (limited to 25A), 48V 13Ah AllCell LiNiMnCo

Shortly after completion, the freaking headtube cracked!

So I dropped the cash on a discounted Surly Troll frameset to create the X-troll-cycle:

Total weight: 60 lb (estimated bike); 195 lb (me). No pedaling WOT: 23-25 mph at about 27-30 Wh/mi.

You can find the tl;dr version with all of the gory details here.