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Old 08-27-2011, 10:07 PM   #6 (permalink)
Xringer
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Woburn Mass USA
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Little Red - '12 Toyota Prius c 2 Two
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Originally Posted by Ryland View Post
I know a hand full of people who have bike motors from ElectricRider.com their higher end motors are great altho a bit heavy, they go up hills at full speed, you can tow a small trailer, they are not wimpy motors to say the least, mine is their mid speed motor and tops out at about 24mph without pedaling on a flat road running off 33v from my DeWalt (labeled as 36v) Lithium batteries.

I'm interested in that kind of rig. I once saw a video on youtube..
Yes, this might be it.. More plug-in hybrid bike video - YouTube

I would be very interested in seeing your project posts on your build.
If there are none, some pics of your setup would be nice too.

I'm not too crazy about going real fast on my bike, I've been in a few
mishaps on bikes and mopeds, that involved speed..

I don't think (at least I hope) that I'll need a lot of power to get up the
local hills, just an assist, maybe 30% of the HP needed to get up a short hill.

One of my problems now, is my right knee needs a 10-15 minute warm up
before it wants to take on a steep hill.. The hills aren't a problem when
coming home at the end of a good ride..
My cold-knee solution this month is to dismount and push the bike
up the killer hill and then warm up on flatter ground..
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Current ride: 2014 RAV4 LE AWD (24 MPG)

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