2012 Endless Sphere (inter)National Meet

[Harold in CR]

Would that be the track that you can see, close to the airport, as you get set to touch down ???

[Josh K.]

How about Colorado,

Say at the base of Pikes Peak, Manatue Springs to be exact...

I recommend Lone Duck camp grounds, for a bon fire, place to meet and greet. And, the big boys can go and climb the Mountain too!
End of august area, Assault the peak, the E bike event of the year....Be there

Josh K.

[Lenk42602]

ya know,

pikes peak in august might not be a bad idea. probably about as "central" US as we are going to get. Anyone from the east coast willing to commit?

Len

[Lenk42602]

Alright. I am going to pikes peak next year.

[Jay64]

I plan on going to pikes peak next year as long as it doesn't interfere w my regular race schedule. So far they have only secured half the dates for next years schedule so its still up in the air for me. But as long as it isn't the exact same weekend as one of my races I'll be there.

[TylerDurden]

Are two "international" events one too many?
Pikes is cool, but maybe a bit extreme for mass participation.

It's not too early to consider coat-tailing on AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days in Ohio... they had electrics there this year (2011), right?

Central location
Spring weather
Track & amenities
Camping / RV
Large event to attract sponsors
BIG swap meet

?

Luke, Paul (and other e-moto insiders) - is this already on your schedules?

[Lenk42602]

if some es members were attending mid -ohio in 2012, i would be there without a doubt. Very close for me in Pittsburgh, but the west-coasters are looking at a long trip........

Len

[Beagle123]

I love the idea of everyone getting together. I would try my hardest to come.

I'd like to offer an idea: I think it would be very difficult to get everyone in one place, so perhaps we could have 4 sites--East Coast, West Coast, UK and Australia. If we designated a person to video each location, we could make a documentary of sorts with all our members.

Also, we need to get some RSVPs, so we have an idea of who's going to come.

I'm pretty sure that you can count me in.

[bigmoose]

It's not too early to consider coat-tailing on AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days in Ohio... they had electrics there this year (2011), right?

Central location
Spring weather
Track & amenities
Camping / RV
Large event to attract sponsors
BIG swap meet

Luke, Paul (and other e-moto insiders) - is this already on your schedules?

This is in my backyard. I only missed it this year because of a business trip that went a day longer than expected. This would allow us all to meet Craig Vetter who I continue to think would be very interested in our electric developments. Read up on Craig here: http://craigvetter.com/

[Alan B]

I would think that parasiting a few "ES Meets" onto other events would be the way to go. The several Races, related tradeshows, etc. Have a meeting, booth, room, dinner, tailgate, etc as appropriate. Maybe some banners, a handout? Business cards? Bumperstickers? TShirts? Did I see a banner at the Grange race?

Anyway, do it several times, whenever a few ES folks can get there to cover it. Several good ones have been mentioned already. Pike's peak, California and Arizona races, AMA Vintage Electric Motorcycle days?

[nicobie]

Did I see a banner at the Grange race?

Yep, I had a couple 5' x 3' ones made for the Grange race. Luke has them now for future events.

If anybody wants the art work, I can pass on what Justin gave me.

Nick

[Lenk42602]

This is in my backyard. I only missed it this year because of a business trip that went a day longer than expected. This would allow us all to meet Craig Vetter who I continue to think would be very interested in our electric developments. Read up on Craig here: http://craigvetter.com/

Big Moose, the event is scheduled for the week end of 7/22.



I don't see any mention of anything electic though. You see anything?

[bigmoose]

Last year Craig held a 100 (or 50 not sure) ride through the local country side in his mileage challenge. IIRC one of our members participated in it. Craig welcomed electrics to the event, and his mileage challenge. He may even have had a trophy for it. Craig is semi retired and I think approachable. If we are getting something organized, ES should contact him and see if we can get a special category in his events. He is a good guy, interested in high milers, and has an open mind... I think. I'll look for the link, and who rode on the countryside tour.

Edit: found the thread: http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=29652
Nuts&Volts rode in the challenge, this is his narrative:

Very good day of riding for the electric bikes. The gas bikes did well too, the mpg winner was at ~156mpg on an nx250 with a big front bubble fairing.

Anyways 3 electric bikes showed up and raced. Current Motors (http://www.pluginamerica.org/vehicles/c ... es-scooter) co-founder brought one of their rides. I brought my electric katana (110 EIG cells, agni 95R, & Alltrax 7245) and Kraig Schultz (http://www.schultzengineering.us/) brought his delta-11. As electrics we made the decision to ride at the 55mph pace for only the first 36miles and then recharge and turn around. All three of us accomplished this without slowing anyone down. Well the Current Motors had some powerloss because the motor overheated some, they are working on things to improve this. The awesome thing is that the rest of their software and everything works flawlessly, i was highly impressed.

We travelled on 55mph roads and rode at about the speed. I stayed tucked behind my small windscreen the whole time to minimize losses. According to my CA I averaged 48mph over those 37 miles and peaked at 62mph downhill. I used 3.066kWh over 35 miles (reset the CA 2 miles in) and got 88.1 wh/mile. I think i pulled 180A max out of my 100Ah pack. We stopped and cahrged, but I only got 5Ah back into my pack. On the way pack we took a slower pace at an average of 30.1mph and I was able to get 75.5wh/mile or 2.5 kWh over ~35 miles (still tucked). Overall I used about 70Ah out of 100Ah and my cells are still sitting at 80.1V (3.64V/cell on EIG cells). It felt great to get some great performance numbers.

Next year I will be traveling the whole 100miles and having the best mpg (well MPGe). I can probably do 90wh/mile so i need about 1.6kWh or ~20Ah more at 90%DOD to do 100 miles. Planning on getting a narrower chassis and some sort front dustbin. Screw the groceries! haha

[granolaboy]

+1 For western Canada meet-up in Vancouver, BC.

You'd have to pay me *alot* of money to cross the border into the evil empire these days...

[Kingfish]

+1 for Vancouver, BC as well; it's a days' ride (along day but can be done) from Seattle. That would work for me. BTW - has anyone crossed the border on an ebike before?

Excited, KF

[Kirk]

I'm living 35 miles East of the center of the country, so toss a dart at the map, I'm game for it. Although Portland, OR is one of my favorite bike friendly cities and Portland International Raceway is a really nice track.