Your Creation's Before & After Pics

[Miles]

Surly Big Dummy.. before.

This'll be interesting......

 

[lazarus2405]

I like those handlebar grips. They look like they themselves make that bike go fast.

 

[cargo]

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[el_walto]

cheap 100$ bike
5304 Front
2x 5AH 48V NiCad in parallel
very bumpy ride

 

[lazarus2405]

Welcome Walto!

very bumpy ride

I'm sure it is!

Clean setup; looks good.

 

[Stevil_Knevil]

Pusher trailer: acoustic-to-electric in under 60 seconds..

16" 404 C-lyte @ 36-100V SLA = 20-45 MPH.. FUN!

 

[Ben]

Schweeeeet!

"The Armadillo"

 

[karma]

nice

 

[Stevil_Knevil]

Before. Cannondale Jekyll, 'attitude adjustable'..

..during..

..after. This is a solar/electric/human-powered Tribrid.. Quattro if you count prayer.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21929082@N04/sets/72157604778949486/

 

[Deafscooter]

Hello Stevil_Knevil,

This is Craig Uyeda here

How are you Been doing long time ago

Please Send me Email== Deafscooter@yahoo.com

 

[fechter]

The solar panels make it look sort of like a purple armadillo. Cool.

How's the handling? What happens if you hit the throttle in a corner? Is there any tendency for the tire to spin? How many 6-packs of beer can it carry?

 

[Stevil_Knevil]

The solar panels make it look sort of like a purple armadillo. Cool.

Funny- I thought the same thing when I first stepped back. You and Ben pretty much confirmed that, so..
Purple Armadillo (PA ) it is!

How's the handling? What happens if you hit the throttle in a corner? Is there any tendency for the tire to spin? How many 6-packs of beer can it carry?

It definitely feels like there is something back there. A little body 'English' is helpful to make it handle well, and rolling ON the throttle while exiting turns helps to stand the bike up. I am running two (1-10Ah & 1-12Ah) 36V SLA packs and a 20A controller, so there is enough weight to keep the wheel planted, but not enough amps to make the wheel spin.. unless it is leaned-over in gravel. When it does break traction, it steps out a bit but will not try to to jackknife and would rather stay in-line with the bike. Lagunitas IPA went on sale recently and the Purple Armadillo happily carried 2 cases home! However, I did need to shed the panels to make them fit.

 

[lazarus2405]

Tell me about the panels. What're you getting out of them, under what conditions? And how much did they cost? :wink:

 

[Stevil_Knevil]

The panels are wired in series.. rated at 5 watts each. At high noon, I get 58V per my CycleAnalyst..

It can/will recharge the pack.. eventually

 

[Stevil_Knevil]

Oops, almost forgot.. they are Uni-Solar flexible panels. They cost ~130 bux apiece.

 

[fechter]

Excellent! Purple Armadillo it is

Perhaps you could design a folding mechainism for the panels. They could all slide back to the rear like a convertible top or something... drop the 6 packs in, then slide them back over the top to keep the packs out of the sun.
Simpler approach would be some thin rails on each side to anchor the edges and have the rails hinge at one end. Whole thing would lift up like a trunk lid. Might keep stuff dry if it rains too.

 

[solarbbq2003]

can I play??

 

[docnjoj]

Hey Brett! Did U build those tadpoles??????
Doc

 

[disndat]

Heres my bike

 

[Doctorbass]

Your bike seems to have alot of battery disndat ! please post a lighter pics!

From my side, i finished the bike of a friend.. the guy that supply me the Makita Battery at the service center

-Bike: Supercycle Hooligan Made in Canada.. Canadian tire...249$
-Front X5 5303
-24-72V 35A IRFB4310 built-in mosfet.
-CYcle analyst V2.0
-Battery: Soon, 12x makita LXT Li-ion 18V 3Ah battery at 48V
-Charger: soon 3 x Makita Li-ion charger for charging 3s 4p packs
Here is some pics:

 

[disndat]

Actually the two bags on the frame(small handlebar bags)hold the batteries.The rear rack is the controller(bolted down) and a tool pouch(under the seat).I tried rear carry batteries but I hated the way the bike handled.With the batteries strapped to the front frame it feels just like a regular bicycle.It will feel even better when I replace the nicads with A123s Sorry about the picture its the best I can do with a camera phone

 

[karma]

Your bike seems to have alot of battery disndat ! please post a lighter pics!

From my side, i finished the bike of a friend.. the guy that supply me the Makita Battery at the service center

-Bike: Supercycle Hooligan Made in Canada.. Canadian tire...249$
-Front X5 5303
-24-72V 35A IRFB4310 built-in mosfet.
-CYcle analyst V2.0
-Battery: Soon, 12x makita LXT Li-ion 18V 3Ah battery at 48V
-Charger: soon 3 x Makita Li-ion charger for charging 3s 4p packs
Here is some pics:

not a bad price for a project bike, i have one :wink: a small tip Doctorbass add a few drops of oil around the fork seals. there soft aluminum tubes and sieze easy without lubrication.

 

[Link]

Is that real or imitation carbon fiber?

Also: 6969th post in this section ah ha ha ha! </immature>

 

[ngocthach1130]

lol it's probably real imitation carbon fiber

 

[Ben]

Yeah, that doesn't look like any carbon fibre I've seen before.