Sorry for the delay, published "izemans crossbreak mid drive"
http://www.electricbike.com/hannes-crossbreak-style-mid-drive/
I had the great pleasure to chat with Dave Kaufman about his cromotor mid drive edgerunner, he's an incredibly smart guy.
Got to talk to Tora Harris, owner of "Juiced Riders" and he brought a section of the custom extrusion he uses for his step-through ODK cargobike, this is why the ODK stands up to heavy abuse when it "looks like" a normal cargobike, there are a dozen features that make it beefy, and are not obvious to the casual observer.
So you think a 29'r has large diameter tires? How about a 36'r? tires that come up to your beltline.
Justin L-E and two of his engineers (Rob and Dan) showing a
Display Case to friends at the Light Electric Vehicle Association (LEVA), it has a hub, throttle, controller, cycle analyst, and a satiator charger to help explain their features in real time.
Ran into this guy in the hallway as I was leaving. Awesome fat cargobike, all chromoly for easy welding, Magic Pie mid drive with a mid-mount IGH as a transmission so that the rear wheel is conventional. Link is the video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qwfMs2ky6I&index=9&list=PLMejk8GW8N3UVzjpfP-uFJek4m9xhZl3O
Jason on the left (with the blurry arm) is the owner of ebikekit.com in Philadelphia, and Justin (with the smile and the shaggy hair on the right) is the owner of Grin Technologies/ebikes.ca in BC Canada...I believe these two guys sell more hub kits in North America than any other two guys in the game. They were talking business and comparing opinions on the trends about the electric bike market for the next year. Not a lot of Spandex or Lycra around Interbike...
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At first I thought these two were FLDS (Las Vegas is near Utah, and there are also FLDS in Nevada), turns out they are Amish, and surprisingly...some Amish are into bikes (non electric, though)
I liked this frame for some reason. I think it was at the eZee booth. The vertical battery behind the seat-post stretches the wheelbase a few inches, good for a street commuter. Room for a mid-drive or rear hub, fairly low top bar for stand-over height. I noticed I could also use a triangle battery, and then put a mid drive between the seat-tube and the rear wheel (where the stock battery is now)
This was a cool attachment. Bolt an adapter to the frame of a standard wheelchair, and the drive unit snaps on and off. Throttle, controller, battery and a MAC 12T are all contained in the device. This guy is a business partner of Paul/cell_man...and speaking of Paul, The arrow is pointing at Pauls foot, The white bike is a demonstrator he brought, 10T rear MAC, 48V X 25A = 1,200W (yes, I rode it). I really enjoyed talking to Pauls foot. Normally you'd have to get an appointment to interview Pauls foot, but Pauls foot liked some of the articles I wrote.
This is the 3G stepper, 20-inch rear tire, 24-inch front. Don't ask me anything about it, but...I had to get a pic.
I liked this frame too. Not quite as long as a Yuba Mundo, but long enough for a mid-motor option (where the battery is now). Top tube with a low stepover height (like the Sun Atlas cargobike), but not quite "female" looking. Welded cargo racks front and back.
This downtube battery pack blends fairly well with many available and affordable frames.
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Kool Stop brakes brought this, it is not a reproduction, it's authentic.
No electrics here (yet), I have their number...
The owner of Tomahawk bikes said they have the patent on an elevated stay frame for a fat bike. He's the older guy with a T-shirt and baggy shorts. When he said the word "patent", a Chinese guy in the next booth spewed coffee out his nose and tried to muffle his uncontrolled laughing...
I stayed at the new York New York hotel/casino. It was actually fairly nice, I liked the cafes and restaurants inside. On 9/11, I had a BLT with extra B.
I haven't heard of EG (company names from China can change often, and sometimes one company can have three names). They had an interesting full-suspension frame with a downtube battery.
(come back later, I'm typing right now...)