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  1. Lionstrike

    If you list a location You might sell faster and be happier

    And list the PRICE ALWAYS. I am not willing to guess the magic number. The currency unit also tells me a little about location.
  2. Lionstrike

    EV-Assemble 12ah 36v headways pack + 4a kingpower charger.

    Droooooooooool..... I still like Headway batts :) I am wondering how much of the voltage sag and C rating were related to the BMS.
  3. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    Hey Cicada, Well... the project has become three different ones. The EV addiction... it got me BAD. In the last few weeks I bought: A Crystalyte 5304 front and controller with all accessories (700c) A generic "Desheng" eBikekit with 48v NiCd. And I have been tinkering with my electric...
  4. Lionstrike

    "Get well soon" fund for Icecube57

    The video of the accident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgmWvo_TOgI (Happens at about 8:39)
  5. Lionstrike

    "Get well soon" fund for Icecube57

    Ladies and gentlemen, You might know from recent posts that one of Endless Sphere's members (Icecube57) has recently been involved in an eBike accident that requires him to get surgery. The cost of this surgery is substantial and currently he's short of what's required for the operation only...
  6. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    Thanks everyone for chiming in. It's a really great thing to have some opinions before I drop 2k on a project. And i am o.k. if it costs 2k by the way. No problem. But if it is to be 2k, then I want PERFORMANCE. I want it to be worth every penny. 30mph (50kph) is all I want. I am totally...
  7. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    I am very much interested in the progress of that build! Thanks for sharing that. I am a little disappointed with the top speed figure though... did you get that problem figured out? I am looking for 25-30 mph and 25 mile range.
  8. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    I see your point. ..But on the other hand, I think that I might be a "lifer." Before I am said and done, I plan to have several of these green, cheap to run and maintain little commuters around, a virtual little fleet of little bicycles that allow me to put my size 14 shoe straight up big...
  9. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    I have a completely constructed Ebikekit.com bike. It was originally running at 36v, but today I added another 12v and "Watts - Up" instrumentation. It's rocking 48v now SLA and has a digital speedometer I just put on. Looks like the added 12v helped the speed out about 5mph but it still...
  10. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    LOL, not so far fetched as you might think! I saw some students rolling through campus the other day on regular bicycles towing a trailer full of slabs of stones. LOTS OF THEM. Epic leg workout.
  11. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    Wow. That's a lot of info. So.... I looked up pingbattery... regen braking requires a couple of more hurdles to jump over. The regen current can't be more than 5 amps and special wiring is needed in order to do it. Since I am a lithium virgin it's probably not a good idea for me to...
  12. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    Funny you should mention it Ypedal... my Powerwerx.com order just came in today... adding 12v to my current 36v pack and adding a "Doc Wattson" meter for instrumentation to see how it handles. This should be interesting. So looks like with a pingbattery... 9c is the winner. Probably 2806, 48v...
  13. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    Good points all... and as tempting as it is to make a bike that's just SICK we run into the prior problem... cops that haven't been laid in months. Limiting the amp draw to about 30 does have the anti-pissed off cop mitigating effect. As for the braking system... I can't say yet. I haven't...
  14. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    LOL... a 300lb dude riding a moped would look comical. I had this discussion with Dogman on another thread and I guess regardless of what the bike's capable of... if ridden sensibly the cops would pretty much give a dude a break. 30+mph on the road?.... uh... no. They'd probably get on my...
  15. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    You just might have a lithium convert here. By the way, I've got some time to work on this thing. I pretty much saw how jacked gas prices are now, and the fact that I only really live about 13 miles away from where I could charge and said that this is the last year I'll be a slave to oil...
  16. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    So lipo definitely seems like the reigning king. LifePO4 second... and SLAs pretty much get crapped on constantly. I do have some hills in my area, but not terribly severe and not lasting for long stretches of road. Originally I said it was relatively flat land, but this was judged driving in...
  17. Lionstrike

    No love for SLA batteries?

    So I am planning my next ebike build and I am SERIOUSLY considering LifePo4. I've got some great ideas from Dogman and others on my first thread and I'm now debating between a 9c and a Crystalyte (probably 5304). The choice of batteries has been a major question in my planning. One of the...
  18. Lionstrike

    Fixies versus multiple speed bikes for conversion

    Just as a curiosity question, what is better for conversion in general: fixed speed bicycles or multiple speed bikes? I had my ebikekit version going the other day and when the motor was fully engaged it took nearly no force at all to pedal. At 30mph or so, would there be an advantage to a...
  19. Lionstrike

    Newbie with all kinds of questions...

    Well according to this page here: http://ebikes.ca/store/store_nc.php Yes it does include the CA. That's pretty much made of WIN right there. ...And I have just learned that my University is having a bike auction at the end of this month. Are you thinking what I am thinking...? :twisted...
  20. Lionstrike

    Newbie with all kinds of questions...

    So this looks solid with a 40 amp controller upgrade yeah? :twisted: http://ebikes.ca/store/photos/NC26_Fast.jpg And am I right in saying that they include the cycle analyst? That's like 150 bucks by itself! $420.00 USD ....SICK. That might happen. Leaves lots of room in the budget for...
  21. Lionstrike

    Newbie with all kinds of questions...

    Good answer. 8) Thanks for all of the help!
  22. Lionstrike

    Newbie with all kinds of questions...

    I like this idea of toying around with my current eBike build. Since you bring up that angle, there's a couple of things that I want to investigate under this category. 1) The speed advantage of running 48v rather than the 36v that I am running now. 2) The difference with the introduction of...
  23. Lionstrike

    Newbie with all kinds of questions...

    Oh and yes, I am an avid lifter. Losing weight wouldn't be my first option but I could part with 20lbs and not cry too much. It better all be fat though!! lol Oh yeah, and I don't have any intention of breaking any laws with this machine... I just want to over engineer it so it's there if I...
  24. Lionstrike

    Newbie with all kinds of questions...

    Thanks everyone. Lots of great ideas from lots of different angles. So I guess there's a lot of options here which is a good thing. I'd rather have too many options rather than none. So please indulge me the top couple of options that are floating around in this garbage heap that I call a...
  25. Lionstrike

    Newbie with all kinds of questions...

    I am not sensing a whole lot of love for SLA here :roll: Looks like I need lithium.. and that's why I looked at eBikekit's version of the eBike. Lithium seemed to be very complicated with BMS, overvoltage and undervoltage protection... all kinds of things. This is why I like the plug and...
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