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  1. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Thank you everyone. Ive had to stall this build whilst I get married. May try to make battery cover, but otherwise build has stopped until mid May :) Looking forward to moving it forward soon. Thanks for all the words of encouragement. Best Cal
  2. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    BTW, this is card board mock ups.. if thats not clear - lol :)
  3. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Ok, so I havn't had time to do much on the bike at the moment. I am getting married and all my/our free cash is going on saving for the day. In the meantime I have been designing the battery/electronics case. It will fit 36-40 AH comfortably. I will be going for a Max-e controller and using the...
  4. Callumrexreid

    CHEAP NEW ORIGINAL 18650 21700 BATTERY CELLS, POUCHES AND PACKS

    Heya - I guess I'm coming to the party too late here. Looking for 72v 20AH or roughly 160 cells. Seems you have sold a good batch, if you don't have any more can you advise on who can help? Looking for help from the ES community to make sure I buy genuine batteries off a trusted seller. I am in...
  5. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Thank you Kudos The forks are Girvin. I had them widened to accomadate a 4inch rim. They are about 20years old, but aluminium.. And in good nick. You can get them if you look for them hard enough and long enough. They are great if you want to widen them for extra wide rims as all you need to do...
  6. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Hi Guys. Long time since last I was on. Life got in the way a little. Long and short of it though, is that I'm back on the project... Only problem is, the spokes given by Crystlayte were too short... Seems that this happens often with them, even when you give them details of your rim. Kind of...
  7. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Hello again. The first photos show the extra long rods that I got made to be able to fit a 4x24 inch rim. Note the 'off center' thread on one of the rods. Also the rest of the Girvin fork has been disassembled. This is to aid cleaning, modification, copper plating and anodizing. Hopefully these...
  8. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Hi Guys. Thanks for the words of encouragement. Its really starting to come together. Below is a picture of the Girvin Fork with the two rods replaced. For anyone attempting to do the same, I made the new rods 48mm longer. This means they fit perfectly on an xtra wide hub. I will be...
  9. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Hi, yes I will. I'll be uploading a boat load tomorrow as I've just got back the two rods from the precision engineer (Stewart Precision Engineering Ltd... really great guy. known him for a while and highly recommend if you live near by - Brighton/England) This means I can put my fork back...
  10. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    So bit of an update to anyone following. // I should get the two rods replacements fro the Girvin Shock this week! The last major hurdle is getting spokes for a 24x100 rim to fit with the crystalte TC motor. Crystatlyte have said it will take 2 weeks to get me some spokes. This is a bit better...
  11. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Ok so here is the disassemble of my 20 year old girvin fork. I am going to widen the fork to accept 100mm rims with disk brake and 24 inch tires. Because of the 24 inch tires there is no need to lengthen the fork. Thanks to the way the girvin fork is constructed it looks like all I will have to...
  12. Callumrexreid

    The Crown vs 24 inch Rim grrrr

    Hi, did you ever solve the 24 inch TC spoke dilemma? Best Cal
  13. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Hi Guys sry that I've been radio silent for a bit, been moving house. In the mean time a few more pieces of the puzzle has arrived. I put together my front wheel. Robs'son 100mm x 24 on xtrawide front hub, black spokes and crazy bob tire. The crazy bob is only 2.35 inches so it makes for a very...
  14. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Great Build :) Really inspired by this.. I'm going for a very similar philosophy of keeping the weight as low as possible (height wise) Only big difference for me at the moment is I'll be hub based :( ... (in future I will move to something mid drive tho) My front fork will be low on the...
  15. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    My plan at the moment is to have fairly low profile 100mm x 24 inch wheels, front and back. I'm looking to fit the crown motor on it, but it will be a squeeze as the the rear drop outs are only 135mm. So it might require frame modding... 140mm recommended from crytalyte... Whats 5mm between...
  16. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    So... got frame! beautiful design... Its raw as I may be doing work to it, I'll powder coat it matte black afterward. Very thick rear fittings (euphemism not intended), which is good... I still plan on reinforcing them for torque and perhaps a carbon fiber wrap as well. See how it goes. Major...
  17. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Regards the rear spacing, I'm afraid its 135mm only.. Measured it today.
  18. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Love that fork! I am also a massive fan of linkages :) It has a retro yet modern 'look' kind of mechanical yet futuristic, great. Big fan of that bike pic? I've never seen anything quite like it. Brilliant
  19. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Hi Yes - I'm not sure exactly how wide the rear is, I'll get a tape measure to it and tell you tomorrow. What I do know is that it absolutely can fit 100mm rims. Best to use 24 x 100mm wheels as this gives you a range of tire choices from 2.5 to 4.5 inches It is possible to fit 26 x 100mm wheels...
  20. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Thanks for the words of encouragement :) I've added my location to my profile. I'll be doing a test of 24 x 100 rims with 24 x 2.35 crazy bob tires and then 24 x 3 berm masters would it be useful for me to take pictures for anyone else that may be in that particular dilemma? If so where would be...
  21. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Fork has arrived. Frame on Monday.
  22. Callumrexreid

    Electric Girvin Basman

    Hello guys, this is my first post. For the past 18 months I have been enjoying reading all of your posts and building an ever engrossing enthusiasm for the e-bike/ratrod bike community. There's nothing quite like a good obsession as it quietly takes over every spare brain cycle. A good obsession...
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