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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
Anybody selling a cheap hybrid?
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Might be cheaper to build one. Just take a normal bike and attach a motor, battery, and controller to it. (Keeping the pedals, of course, or you'll be making a pure electric.) The DIY EV controller somewhere else on this site can be adapted for a bike.
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Single speeds are awesome for simplicity.
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An idea to combine some of the simplicity of a single speed with the flexibility of a CVT would be to attach a generator to the pedals of a hybrid, size the gear ratio for most optimum operation at normal speeds, and add a clutch. You start as a series hybrid, then switch it to a parallel hybrid once you're up to speed.