tri-lobe
100 W
Hello ES people,
This is my first post and I would like to introduce myself and my home-made ebike. I live in Newcastle,NSW,Austraila.
Firstly I would like to thank the creators of this website and the members....This is a truely an inspiring and creative site to participate in. Who woulld have thought that you could do these things with a bicycle...not me. I've had motorbikes all my life and would have never considered a mere bicycle to ride on but boy have I changed my tune now. Ebikes have opened up a whole new and exciting world to me in my later years....I now know what an EV grin is.
About 2yrs ago I purchased a $400 lead;acid 400w ebike kit and a cheap mtb with dual suspension...set it all up.....It was crap but it was a start and it got my little pea brain in motion and then I came across ES thanks to a well known baned character called Safe.....From that point on I was hooked. I read and I read, there was so much info to take onboard...so many ways to skin a cat.....the FORCE was calling and drawing me in....Do I stay on the path of light with my entry level rearhub?...or do I go towards the dark side with a screaming hell cat?....Conservative logic prevailed...I must walk before I can run.
My next descision was a frame that was suitable for an ebike with dual suspension,disc brakes and provision for batteries between headstock and seat post and positioned below my butt for low centre of gravity......I Agonized over this, i didn't want to cut up an expensive frame to do this....
ES to the rescue, I came across Steve Millyards dh bicycle...this was the frame for me...This would give me a fair-dinkum platform for any motor arrangment, correct placement and cog for batteries.....Now I just have to make one...I have never made a bicycle frame in my life...How hard can it be? I have no idea, this was a new direction for me and I'm not a welder by profession......but I can weld. I'm a fitter/machinist by trade.
First off batteries....This frame will be built around the dimentions of the batteries, 16 off headways @ 48V 12amps [room for li-po later] Thanks to Jay from Hyena Electric Bikes for these, 6 off 1m lengths of 19mm dia cro-mol tube about $160 delivered, bomber front shocks $200 sec hand delivered, Manitou 4 way swinger rear shock $100.....Then many hours of welding about 56 welds and many hours of grinding and dressing....I dont think I'd like to make these frames for a living......end weight of frame with swing arm...5.8kg...I believe Greyborgs professional made frame weighs 5.6kg.
This is my first post and I would like to introduce myself and my home-made ebike. I live in Newcastle,NSW,Austraila.
Firstly I would like to thank the creators of this website and the members....This is a truely an inspiring and creative site to participate in. Who woulld have thought that you could do these things with a bicycle...not me. I've had motorbikes all my life and would have never considered a mere bicycle to ride on but boy have I changed my tune now. Ebikes have opened up a whole new and exciting world to me in my later years....I now know what an EV grin is.
About 2yrs ago I purchased a $400 lead;acid 400w ebike kit and a cheap mtb with dual suspension...set it all up.....It was crap but it was a start and it got my little pea brain in motion and then I came across ES thanks to a well known baned character called Safe.....From that point on I was hooked. I read and I read, there was so much info to take onboard...so many ways to skin a cat.....the FORCE was calling and drawing me in....Do I stay on the path of light with my entry level rearhub?...or do I go towards the dark side with a screaming hell cat?....Conservative logic prevailed...I must walk before I can run.
My next descision was a frame that was suitable for an ebike with dual suspension,disc brakes and provision for batteries between headstock and seat post and positioned below my butt for low centre of gravity......I Agonized over this, i didn't want to cut up an expensive frame to do this....
ES to the rescue, I came across Steve Millyards dh bicycle...this was the frame for me...This would give me a fair-dinkum platform for any motor arrangment, correct placement and cog for batteries.....Now I just have to make one...I have never made a bicycle frame in my life...How hard can it be? I have no idea, this was a new direction for me and I'm not a welder by profession......but I can weld. I'm a fitter/machinist by trade.
First off batteries....This frame will be built around the dimentions of the batteries, 16 off headways @ 48V 12amps [room for li-po later] Thanks to Jay from Hyena Electric Bikes for these, 6 off 1m lengths of 19mm dia cro-mol tube about $160 delivered, bomber front shocks $200 sec hand delivered, Manitou 4 way swinger rear shock $100.....Then many hours of welding about 56 welds and many hours of grinding and dressing....I dont think I'd like to make these frames for a living......end weight of frame with swing arm...5.8kg...I believe Greyborgs professional made frame weighs 5.6kg.
Or ... be unindated with frames made from stick-welded angle iron 
. The europeans don't do too bad either.
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