New electric mountain bike frame by Phasor Cycles

[korpin]

Korpin, Did you get one of the white frames

yes I did.... looks ok but the tube for the seat post was caved in near the bottom when it arrived

[SweKen]

Makes me nervous, im on the other side of the planet from where they make those frames, it would be heartbraking if it was damagednupon arrival.

[korpin]

Anyone know if they are accepting deposits yet?

AMAZING!

I have tried to get in touch with them for at least 4 months now.

Left another (hopefully not futile) email 4 hours ago.

It seem's that a simple reply from them might get Phasor another $ grand from me into their bank. I think that maybe this joint can't keep up with their orders. No problem to just order a Grayborg or for that matter, a Stealth fighter, might be the same price as building out one of Phasor's frames.

I am tired of waiting.

Nick

I'm thinking it might be easier (but maybe not better ) to just make it my damn frame.

Well the bomber may be the best bet....I ordered a Phasor thru HPC and originally they said it could be built for 8000.00,have the same power and battery life as the bomber with the same travel and be 30 pounds less....however things have changed:

1)the rear travel on my phasor will now probably be somewhere around 220-230 travel INSTEAD of the bombers 250 (not huge deal)

2)the batteries will be 1 kwh instead of the bombers 1.5 wwh unless I add another 13 pound pack on to get to 2 kwh at another 1000.00 (because of my 100 volt set up and the way HPC does their battery packs)

3)the price is creeping up it seems more like 9000.00 now not really sure yet

4)they originally said they would put regenerative breaking on but that seems to no longer be the case...

on he positive side:

1)the phasor frame holds a shitoad of batteries!

2)I can probably still get 2kwh of batteries and 200mm front travel and 220 rear travel for around 90 pounds not sure yet its like have the power of the bomber and more range but at a weight closer to the fighter..

[ohzee]

I was in contact with phasor yesterday about my dropout width since i would like them to be 150mm to accommodate a CroMotor. They strongly adviced me to not go for that option, they have test monted that motor and the conclusion was that the fit is really tight and the clearance for the disk brake was a pita. The said the would charge me extra Dineros if i choose to go wide anyway hence they dont have a jig for 150mm, only std 135mm and there would be extra work. They also talked about the heavy weight of a cromotor and in a rim it would be somewhere around 15kg and be an awful lot of kilos hanging in the back.

So, im back to square one on this build, dont know what to run in this frame unless i promptly decide for the wide dropouts.Im not in to going 80mph, im more for acceleration and tourque, maybe putting a carriage on the back and pull my kids around. With the cromotor i was aiming for 72v and 100amps, and now when i aint going down that road i need somw advice in what to get in the 135mm dropouts.

SweKen - My advice to you is to go for a HT3525. I think that's what I am going to do since my 5404 will not fit on this bike.

I am literally in love with my HT. It's taken everything I have thrown at it and still moves me around plenty fast. 100v 80 amps with the covers drilled.
Please dont think you can run a mac at those levels as I have toasted 2 so far trying or at least 1 very well done. The HT fits nice also and is a lot lighter.
You can even get one from methods in the US for 300 +5$ shipping I believe.

When I get back from vacation I think I am going to order another HT and just use that on my phasor.

[ohzee]

Makes me nervous, im on the other side of the planet from where they make those frames, it would be heartbraking if it was damagednupon arrival.

yea hopefully that keep that in mind when shipping the next batch of bikes and come up with a better way to package.

[SweKen]

Makes me nervous, im on the other side of the planet from where they make those frames, it would be heartbraking if it was damagednupon arrival.

yea hopefully that keep that in mind when shipping the next batch of bikes and come up with a better way to package.

We then should have had some kind of "test batch shipping discount"

Ive just emailed them about making my dropouts from 135mm to 150mm to fit a cromotor, in the first email they did advice me not to fo down that road because of the mass of the motor and that the frame was not manufactured with that kind of huge motors in mind. But they made it work for another guy that sent his entire motor and brake setup to them, so i want it as well, but they will charge me the extra labor i asume, but they really shouldnt because i really think that this should be a regular option. I can not be the only one on this frame wanting to go huge tourqe-motor?

[Deutch420]

My frame is ready!!!!

[Rodney64]

Deutch the color looks good have you received it yet.

[Deutch420]

[quote="Rodney64"]Deutch the color looks good have you received it yet.[/quote

No not yet. I just got word its complete. Now I just need to send them the balance and it will ship to me.

[SweKen]

Really nice!

[korpin]

thinking of putting thick stealth bomber like spokes on my phasor anybody know the gauge?

[dpearce]

Hello all,
I have some more frames ready to go out, they look good! I know these people are anxious to get these, and I am anxious to see the builds you guys are coming up with.
Forest Green Metallic

Dark Grey Metallic

My new favorite color...Dark Blue Candy. Again the candy colors cannot be captured on camera, in person it is very deep and dynamic.



Got some new carbon fiber panels on my bike, a homage of sorts to the roots of this endeavor, the original carbon fiber prototype.

[ohzee]

Actually could you swap the candy blue with mine when you ship ?

Promise to not tell anyone.

haha j/k , but that color is awesome.

nice looking bikes. any ideas how 1-3 are doing ?

Keep up the great work.

[Rodney64]

Ohzee, that candy blue frames mine. You have no chance, yes she's a beauty.

Can't wait for its arrival.

It's addressed to my Wife so she will have to pay the tax so will be in bad books for a week or so but yes its worth it.

[sinnedekul]

hello mr. pearce,

i've been toying lately with the idea of building an electric bmx.
the biggest bmx frame i could find on the market was the s&m custom 24'' dirtbike, and i was considering using a davinci mid drive system. the biggest problem next to my lack of mechanical know how, is that all the bmx builds i've ever seen, look like something doc brown threw together with motor, drives, batteries, controller, and wires everywhere, and ya might end up in 1985 if ya dare ride it. so i've been looking into stealing your guys style and having something fabricated so everything is contained nicely in the frame.
...unfortunately all the quotes i got were absurd. people were quoting in the $5000 ballpark just to build me a frame.
so i guess this is my round about way of asking if you guys were open to, or have ever thought about the idea of building a bmx type frame haha.
i paint shopped a picture of a s&m dirtbike frame to give you an idea of what i've been thinking. something thats small and quick and fun for just booting around the neighborhood with a little style, and not a bike that needs to be as fast and carries as much range or cost as a phasor mtb to build.

let me know what ya think if you got some time

[ohzee]

Mine is at home waiting for me now. Will get some pictures tonight loaded up with 6s 5000mah packs for reference.

[ohzee]

Packing was awesome sooo much bubble wrap and plastic type wrap. Was a top notch job.
Most of my pics I took tonight came out pretty bad so just have a couple currently.

All I have is 6s 5000mah packs so I put some of those in there. Turns out 2 side by side will not fit width wise.
This means I will have to rethink what I plan on using. Probably get some 5s and see how those fit or 4s. Ill get
some more pics but at least you can get an idea what I am saying.

I am very very happy and excited to do this build. Once I get some parts ill start my own thread.
Here is 2 packs of 2 6s5000mah cells. You can only see the top pack , but the other is taped below it.

The side panels are like 1/4 inch nice and thick. They are held in with screws so nice and tight.




packaging

[icecube57]

They should have given you a spread shee on what will fit in your frame and what wont.

[Rodney64]

Thanks for the pics Ohzze, I've been thinking how the side panels were fixed.

Looking forward to see your build progress.

[SweKen]

Typing from my phone. I've found 6s packs that fits two side by side. They're narrower than the typical zippy. It's the welded nuts inside the frame that takes up the extra space isn't it? I can't remeber the name of the lipos but they were yellow and from hk.

[Dudeofdoom]

Got some new carbon fiber panels on my bike, a homage of sorts to the roots of this endeavor, the original carbon fiber prototype.

Baah beat me to that.....I was toying with making smaller carbon side panels(Opening the seat area up for a visual effect)

I've been slacking a bit on getting a build thread up due to work commitments and the fact i ride more unassisted in the summer so I can eat more cakes.

DoD

[Rodney64]

Its been 10 days now since my frame was posted. It must be close. I like idea your idea DOD about opening up the seat. Has anyone tried putting on a 48 or 52 tooth sprocket on the front? Interested to see if the chain still clears the rear swing arm.

[Rodney64]

Large parcel has arrived for me, at work now. Not sure if I'll have 100% concentration though.

[korpin]

mine arrived but it seems main sproket/freewhell sprokets will be at a slight angle anybody else have this problem?