The purpose of the list is the discussion of power assistance for primarily human powered vehicles. Vehicles is a broad term which includes anything from bikes, upright and recumbent, to light cars and non-land transport. The only limitation is that the prime power source must be human.
In reality, most of the discussions centre around electric bikes and trikes. There's an extraordinary range of expertise and opinions here on the list and we cover both home and factory built machines.
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For the rear drive wheel I am thinking ... 24x4-1/4 tire mounted on a Rigida 100mm rim front .. 20" Jetset wheels with Kenda K-Rad tires need to support approx
Got this via D-Vice... http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/02/printed-batteries-to-be-rolling-out-before-years-end/ So far it is primary (non-rechargeable)
Impressive stats as usual andrsnj1! I did a short ride myself last night. 20 miles, 197wh, 16.6 mph average speed, 9.85wh per mile. Two mountains climbed with
The motor uses the 3 gears of the sram via a single external gear reduction and the rider also uses the 3 gears of the sram via the traditional bicycle
44.4 miles, 372 watt hours, 17.5 mph average, 8.4 watt hours per mile The fast guys left early so I rode with who was left and they were a little slower so I