Paul Gerhardt wrote: "Did anyone catch the short article in Mother Earth News showing the BikeE with the front wheel hub motor. I have a bike E and would be ...
Depends on who you talk to about the "might as well burn gasoline" part, but Bio fuels is a good idea (my opinion) and about anyone who says tht they are "bad"...
... so I could charge with 24v charger (didn't have a 48v charger). On my current bike I use 36-72v ==same switch. Because I don't have a 72v charger. ...
The whole reason the ethanol debate is a public debate is that it is a debate about government subsidy. Tax the consumption of scarce resources and the...
From: "Cycle Santa Monica" <cyclesantamonica@...> ... Well Joshua, what do you have to say about that - Batman's choice is a Heinzmann hub motor. Norm...
... For a 16" front wheel of a BikeE (I have one) I would go with a Crystalyte 405 motor instead of a Wilderness Energy. The WE BL-36 would be painfully slow...
Juergen Weichert
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Sep 1, 2006 2:24 pm
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... it's illegal? ... No, your bent is legal, it is just that it is illegal to ride it on the street in Florida. One of Ft. Lauderdale's finest confiscated my...
... I see so many people barrelling past stopped school busses and read in the newspaper so often about school kids getting run over, that lately whenever I...
... It is interesting that you say that. I always thought it was my imagination, but I always "felt" that I have less of a problem with traffic lights when I...
I don't care who makes the electric bike as long as it is an electric bike, people will always start with whatever and in time migrate to a Crystalyte or some...
Good Grief, outlawing recumbents due to their seat height is a bit silly. What if the seat height was adjustable, would it be outlawed based upon the height it...
... "A healthy royalty on oil" is a political impossibility in the US and in Florida. You can't elect oilmen to the highest offices and expect the price of...
This whole seat-height thing is new to me. I've passed many cops while riding my bent and they never bothered me. My seat is probably 12" above the ground. ...
Any assist bike motor system that impedes forward motion when the motor is not being used is not a good motor system IMO. After all this time the Currie is...
Passing a school bus when the red lights are flashing is a real big no no and will get you in lots of trouble around here. I don't see this happening around...
The way the idiot Florida law is worded, if the seat can be adjusted to 25 inches then it is legal, not that it has to be set at that height. That in itself...
... Currently (no pun intended), the lowest cost method of producing ethanol is to use fossil fuels as a raw material. As the petroleum goes through the...
We use 10pc ethanol in the metroplex. It reduces the milage in my little truck by 50-70 miles per tank. I can't see how that is good coupled with the engine...
... interested in the ... for 15 ... Save a lot of money and get a 36V crystalyte or wilderness energy brushless hub motor. At 130 lbs you'll go about 19 or 20...
I'm a proud owner of a Crystalyte 408 Go-Hub kit on a nice Schwinn cruiser. Often I try and ride it with no power-assist. I don't seem to have a problem...
Ethanol is a loser. Biodiesel is the one to watch. http://i-r-squared.blogspot.com/2006/03/biodiesel-king-of-alternative-fuels.html [Non-text portions of this...
I've seen you write this before and it is not correct. The Crystalyte hub motor has a cogging effect only if you leave the controller on. Once the power from...
Relating static thrust to torque can be a little tricky considering props act just like a gear geduction.Speed over time then battery power over time doing the...