damcard
100 W
Greetings, my name is David McArdle. I am a software developer in San Antonio, Texas. I have always enjoyed building things, although I have not been at it lately. That is all changing with my growing interest in e-bikes. Currently, I have very little in way of tools. I did not let it stop me though. I finally have something to show. I put a cyclone 1000 watt kit on my old Trek Y-Glide. I am calling it the Cy-Glide.
Basically its a Cyclone 1000 watt kit. I used 4 12ah SLA batteries in series. I fashioned the battery rack from angle aluminum, conduit brackets, threaded rod, and zip ties. It is solid but a little wide and makes it difficult to pedal. But that doesn't really matter because the Cyclone spins the freewheel bottom bracket way faster than my cadence. I really don't push this bike too hard because it is 10 years old except the wheels.
The motor sprocket is very loud. I will attach some video soon. The freewheel is very loud too. I will replace it soon. I didn't want to use the very long bottom bracket spindle that kit came with to clear the motor. I put the motor up closer to the front wheel so my feet will clear it. I still had to get a longer spindle to allow the right side crank to clear the rear fork. I have a pivot point between the motor and the bottom bracket too so the extra length in the chain I gained by moving the motor forward help solve that problem. I used the tensioner that came with the kit but replaced the arm with a longer piece of aluminum. It has not come off once yet. As you can see, I have no kind of water proofing, but I don't plan to run this one in the rain.
I put a 35 amp fuse inline on the pack as well as a switch to split the packs. I only have a 24 volt charger so I split the pack and charge one at a time.
I love this bike but am anxious to do my next one. Once I can get a two stage drive unit from Matt (recumpence), I want to mate it to a brand new full suspension mountain bike. From what I learned with the Cy-Glide, I will have it drive a freewheel bottom bracket, but I want to alter the freewheel to rotate freely in both directions. In other words, I don't want to pedals to turn the rear wheel. Instead I will have the left side of the crank turn a small generator to charge the batteries. That way I can pedal at a comfortable cadence no matter what speed I am going. Also, it gets me around the Texas e-bike law that states an e-bike cannot attain a speed faster than 20 without human assistance. I can govern it easily based on if voltage is read on the generator.
Overall, with the help of this site I am pleased with the Cyclone kit's motor and controller. The other pieces could be of better quality. More as I get it. -damcard
Basically its a Cyclone 1000 watt kit. I used 4 12ah SLA batteries in series. I fashioned the battery rack from angle aluminum, conduit brackets, threaded rod, and zip ties. It is solid but a little wide and makes it difficult to pedal. But that doesn't really matter because the Cyclone spins the freewheel bottom bracket way faster than my cadence. I really don't push this bike too hard because it is 10 years old except the wheels.
The motor sprocket is very loud. I will attach some video soon. The freewheel is very loud too. I will replace it soon. I didn't want to use the very long bottom bracket spindle that kit came with to clear the motor. I put the motor up closer to the front wheel so my feet will clear it. I still had to get a longer spindle to allow the right side crank to clear the rear fork. I have a pivot point between the motor and the bottom bracket too so the extra length in the chain I gained by moving the motor forward help solve that problem. I used the tensioner that came with the kit but replaced the arm with a longer piece of aluminum. It has not come off once yet. As you can see, I have no kind of water proofing, but I don't plan to run this one in the rain.
I put a 35 amp fuse inline on the pack as well as a switch to split the packs. I only have a 24 volt charger so I split the pack and charge one at a time.
I love this bike but am anxious to do my next one. Once I can get a two stage drive unit from Matt (recumpence), I want to mate it to a brand new full suspension mountain bike. From what I learned with the Cy-Glide, I will have it drive a freewheel bottom bracket, but I want to alter the freewheel to rotate freely in both directions. In other words, I don't want to pedals to turn the rear wheel. Instead I will have the left side of the crank turn a small generator to charge the batteries. That way I can pedal at a comfortable cadence no matter what speed I am going. Also, it gets me around the Texas e-bike law that states an e-bike cannot attain a speed faster than 20 without human assistance. I can govern it easily based on if voltage is read on the generator.
Overall, with the help of this site I am pleased with the Cyclone kit's motor and controller. The other pieces could be of better quality. More as I get it. -damcard