parajared
10 kW
Well, the parajared household has been brewing up more mischief in the garage (more me than the wife).
My GNG kit has been tearing through rubber belts like a velocoraptor on a Jurrasic Park tour guide due to the amount of power I run through the system. I have torn up 3 of the buggers so far, and at $15 a belt this is a big issue. I scrapped the belt setup on my e-bike and modded it into a beastly chain driven off-road machine. I geared it low giving for that great climbing power. The bike is even better equipped for the hills than ever before; I'm really happy with the results... except that it’s now totally useless for driving to work in.
I am having trouble making the driveline efficient enough for my 17 mile trip to work. It's great for trail riding because craggy hilly terrain gobbles through power like you wouldn’t believe. The small amount of energy loss in the chainline is negligible comparatively. Conversely, just cruising my dirt machine down a smooth road at a constant speed doesn’t seem to get anywhere close to the efficiency of a hub driven setup.
My choices now are to carry more batteries to make it to work, change my bike back to normal, and end my electric off-roading days, or build something that can actually haul my rear to work. Certainly I wouldn’t want to actually resort to peddling more; what am I a peasant!
I chose rather than doing a standard diamond frame build I would focus on making a top efficiency, super comfort machine for long rides with minimal electricity drain. I decided to scoop up a brand new a KMX Typhoon trike like this one: http://www.utahtrikes.com/TRIKE-KMXTYPHOON.html which I snatched up for a “deal" ($700) because 2012 models are so last year. These really aren’t the sort of things you see on craigslist or for that matter that you see ever, but Matt Schumaker and doctorbass look like they are having way too much on thiers, and I just had to give one a try. I will let you know the results of this project once I slap some batteries on the thing and try it out for myself.
My GNG kit has been tearing through rubber belts like a velocoraptor on a Jurrasic Park tour guide due to the amount of power I run through the system. I have torn up 3 of the buggers so far, and at $15 a belt this is a big issue. I scrapped the belt setup on my e-bike and modded it into a beastly chain driven off-road machine. I geared it low giving for that great climbing power. The bike is even better equipped for the hills than ever before; I'm really happy with the results... except that it’s now totally useless for driving to work in.
I am having trouble making the driveline efficient enough for my 17 mile trip to work. It's great for trail riding because craggy hilly terrain gobbles through power like you wouldn’t believe. The small amount of energy loss in the chainline is negligible comparatively. Conversely, just cruising my dirt machine down a smooth road at a constant speed doesn’t seem to get anywhere close to the efficiency of a hub driven setup.
My choices now are to carry more batteries to make it to work, change my bike back to normal, and end my electric off-roading days, or build something that can actually haul my rear to work. Certainly I wouldn’t want to actually resort to peddling more; what am I a peasant!
I chose rather than doing a standard diamond frame build I would focus on making a top efficiency, super comfort machine for long rides with minimal electricity drain. I decided to scoop up a brand new a KMX Typhoon trike like this one: http://www.utahtrikes.com/TRIKE-KMXTYPHOON.html which I snatched up for a “deal" ($700) because 2012 models are so last year. These really aren’t the sort of things you see on craigslist or for that matter that you see ever, but Matt Schumaker and doctorbass look like they are having way too much on thiers, and I just had to give one a try. I will let you know the results of this project once I slap some batteries on the thing and try it out for myself.