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  1. winkinatcha

    electric bike stolen Melbourne Australia

    A Customer had his Electric Bike stolen yesterday afternoon. lt is d black 2O inch folder with gold mudguards, a mini geared 20 inch rear hub motor and a 36v custom rack mounted battery. l'II try to get some pics up later. If seen, please contact Me either through ES or VlA contact details on...
  2. winkinatcha

    Frankencycle Australia - Ebike n Small EV mechanic n 'shop

    Hiya :D Like my sig says, I run an e-bike centric business... been at it for about 18 months, 6 months with fully registered business name and all legit n stuff. Love it, love the challenges, never run a small business before so there's a lot of ground to cover there... but purty much every...
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    troubleshooting an intermittent throttle/pedelec issue

    bunch of potential causes, current symptoms: Throttle works intermittently, and seems to cut out and stay cut out when WOT is applied Pedelec input intermittent, but better than throttle... that is, when engaged, consistent cadence produces on-off-on-off power sensation, maybe half a second...
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    Cracked Mini-geared hub motor - Cautionary tale

    So... I purchased a huffy Green Machine Drift trike Slider, via Ebay, from a place about 10km from my workshop.. Pic of Slider: Being the twat that I am, and seeing as e-bikes n small EVs is what I am all about (see my sig), I chose to attempt to transport the drift trike from seller's house...
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    AUS Melbourne spring group ride get together???

    Man this weather is tits! went for a 60k ride along the Merri Creek trail and parts north... it was grouse. Anyone keen on a group ride in the next couple of weeks? Joe
  6. winkinatcha

    Help!!! Electric Bicycle Racing, Victoria/Melbourne/AUS

    Hey peeps, i have been toying with this idea for a while... basically "donating" 5 of my bog standard kits, Cohnis clone based 500w to 1kw (potentially 1.5kw) DD hub motors, Front or back, with the concept of using them to kick start an e-bike racing meet. Idea being 5 builder/rider teams to...
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    Wayward sex-crazed scooters, a cautionary tale....

    'Kay... I run a stable of e-vehicles, and I am a bit of a softy at heart so i sometimes take in poor beasts that have lost their way... most often (lead) acid addicts, run down rusted, their joints shot, their balls rusty... One such fellah was this little "man"... he was a mess, had sucked his...
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    Lycra Win!

    Not EV but props to da Skillz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmJtYaUTa0&sns=fb Joe
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    I think I may have made my first sale

    The bloke has put down a deposit and is doing a test run commute into to work tomorrrow, then i get, in his words "A fistful of cash" So small yippee now, bigger yippee when/if the cash is in hand... Anyways, the "finished build" (yerp I could have kept building and rebuilding this forever...)...
  10. winkinatcha

    Would a high speed/power Pusher Trailer be "gray-legal"?

    I'm in the process of putting together my first pusher trailer, based on a trail-a-bike... All potential handling wierdness that may occur, I have oft pondered on where a bicycle plus trailer sits in terms of classification by "the Law" (Here in Aus) Assuming that the trailer is disconnectible...
  11. winkinatcha

    semi-nekkid pics

    This time with a far more interestin' subject than a 'lectric scooter (though that is the scooter's rear wheel on the bench behind her), a yummy fitness model called Tamika, in my w'shop You're welcome :twisted: Joe
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    Nekkid Pictures

    I recently bought one of those (in my opinion) god-awful electric scooters with the bullshit peddles. I bought it from a mate whose wife used to ride it to work, until the Victorian Police began cracking down on these things, due to our e-bike laws over here in AUS requiring an e bike to at...
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    Free Australian Advertising

    :D http://theage.domain.com.au/real-estate-news/back-on-the-bike-riding-the-green-power-trail-20120901-257ce.html Joe
  14. winkinatcha

    using a kit to build an AUS legal electric bike...

    I reached a big milestone last week in being able to modify one of my kits controllers, so that it produces a maximum power compliant with Australian e-bike laws/regulations for a pedal-assist electric bicycle (250w). This means I can now provide a "base kit" to enable someone to build a...
  15. winkinatcha

    Winkinatcha's progressive Kit Mod thread

    Background As some may know from reading previous posts by me, I am currently the proud owner of around 30 DD Golden Motor Style hubmotor kits, approximately evenly distributed as front or rear. I've had these kits for a few months, and was pottering around with them with the intention of...
  16. winkinatcha

    Source of cheap but fair quality bicycle compnents in Aus

    Hey fellow Aussies... Looks like Graysonline are doing a bit of a bicycle component import business... check out Graysonline.com.au and find the Bicycles and Cycling Accessories category and check out the "bicycle Depot". this is something new, though I have bought bikes n components from Grays...
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    Testing a front wheel build

    Yaaaaaay! I had the privilege to get another cyclist to test out a front wheel build, running a "vanilla" front wheel drive 24v 500w 26" conversion kit the Challenge Mr Tester Cyclist (from now on called MTC) does a 60km round-trip commute, from the foothills of the dandenong ranges to...
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    What would YOU do? (warning: rambling waffley post)

    'Kay Hellooo everybody... been a member here for a while, only really started posting actively in the last month or so... i have read a boat load of posts, and threads and if I seem familiar or relaxed it's cos I feel like I have listened to years of conversations amongst you. I have learnt...
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    Fastest EV Prod Race Car?

    "Drayson Racing Technologies and the Lola Cars group have just revealed what is intended to be the fastest electric-powered racing car in the world. The Lola-Drayson B12/69EV features Drayson's brand new 4X2-640 electric drivetrain, inductive charging, composite battery power, moveable...
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    Does volt rating on fuse affect the amps at which it blows

    Basic question which may have been answered in another thread, apologies if I missed it. I am using inline auto (12v) fuses as a last resort battery disconnection if something goes closed circuit downline (Ctrlr etc) from my battery. I am running 24 volt wheels and controllers that are rated...
  21. winkinatcha

    FrankenCycle

    Hiya Folks... This is my second post here, big lotta changes since my first post about 6 mnths ago. Anyways, I am located in Melbourne, Victoria Australia. through interesting circumstances I find myself building Electric bikes, sitting on a stock of 30 24v "500w" wheels and controllers. I...
  22. winkinatcha

    Hmmmmm may have murdered my first hub motor

    'kay so I bought this 500w 24v hub motor kit from a local (to Australia) supplier... main interest for me was the 24v thing. I have "spare" 48v 15ah worth of lipo batteries in convenient 12v 15ah units (thanks Hyena) n the idea of being able to use just a couple of these n make a discrete...
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