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Old 07-25-2011, 11:20 AM   #5 (permalink)
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The Adventure Wagon - '94 Subaru Loyale Wagon 4x4
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90 day: 33.43 mpg (US)

Electro-Monkey - '11 Surly Karate Monkey BMC V2S Front Hub Motor
90 day: 694.1 mpg (US)
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That's the Karate Monkey, their 29'er mountain bike frame. I'm running a front hub motor because I wanted to run an internal gear hub, and no electric hub motors are available with that. They all use 7 speed freewheels. The front hub motor isn't ideal but I'm looking for help with long straights into a headwind, rather than motorcycle-like performance.

The batteries are Lithium Polymer, 6S (22.2V) 5AH per pack, 8 packs in a 2 serial x 4 parallel configuration. 44.4V x 20AH = 888WH. Each pack is rated for 100A, or 400A for my 4-parallel configuration, which is 16X what my controller & motor can handle. Yes, there will be fuses
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