Recent content by Bike Xing

I bet they'd patent the radius of the tires!!

Go for it with the mid-drive. You'd be one of the first for that long of a trip which is cooler than it is risky. And it will be an advantage with the weight and hills. On the derailleur thing, I'm surprised more people on this forum are not derailleur haters. On my purely human powered...

Seems like a reasonable setup. The biggest wild card is all of the weight. 650 lbs is a bit on the crazy side ...by about 200 lbs. I've played with a few of the Bafang 750 crank drives and they're quite nice. I've also had some experience with the Nuvinci N360. I wouldn't worry as much...

Love the data.

We have a Prius Plug-in and we're fairly satisfied with it. We would have liked to go all electric but this is our "do everything" family car and we couldn't make the short range work for as often as we need long range. After we bought it though GM lowered the price of the Volt enough to make...

With my Rohloff and both Nuvinci's I cut power while shifting and plow through a large portion of range at a time. It's not a problem. I would be fine with the Nuvinci for a street-only application, maybe, but the weight of the Rohloff off road is nice. Plus, taking the wheel off to manage...

The price difference is on par with the cost of upgrading the brakes and having regen will be like getting a brake upgrade. The AC-35 motor and controller is $3450. Plus I really like the way a vehicle with regen drives.

Do it! :D

I put a Rohloff on my latest bike. It's here: http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=55524 I've used a few Nuvinci's and now this. Mostly I like the wider speed range of the Rohloff. The weight difference is also monumental. Otherwise it's comparable. I have had issues with the...

It's looking like the AC-3X or AC-50 are the only good options. Does anybody out there have experience with these motors in a buggy? I think the engine I pulled made about 65 hp at about 4500 rpm.

Great points on voltage. This S-10 is using a brushed motor though. Still informative...

I bought this buggy a few years ago with the intent to convert it to electric. Earlier this year I finally pulled the perfectly good gas engine and sold it. I've been looking for a good brushless motor system to put in. I can't find many examples of people making cars of this size with...

The motor interface specifications are captured here: The gears will have a torque limitation as well, but I don't know what they are for this box. Matex sells planetary gears that would likely fit in that housing. I built a bunch of gearboxes that are kind of similar. They look like this...

I've got what you're looking for. http://www.eastwood.com/ We just bought the 200 AC/DC tig from here a few months ago and it's been great. I think maybe they raised there prices a tiny bit though. I thought we paid $750 and now it's $850. I also have a Lincoln MIG but this new machine is...

I've had one out of two fail. That about matches the total sample for this survey. It caught fire the very first time I tried to use it. I couldn't tell what caused the problem.