samsavvas
100 W
Hi Folks,
Today I received my UC Store M-Drive Big Dummy outfit in the mail. I've been waiting for it for a while and I was very pleased to see the box waiting for me when I got home from work! All packed extremely well and transported very rapidly from far away by USPS! I had been a bit anxious about the order a few weeks back as I hadn't heard from Sonny - UCS's proprietor - for a while. Turns out that he had been hit by a drunk driver coming back from the big bike expo held in the States recently (Interbike?) and was sidelined for repairs! When he was back on deck he got things moving again pronto. I understand there may also have been a little more work to do on the front chain tensioner as I had wanted to retain use of my front triple chainset. What he's come up with looks great!
As I believe this may be the first opportunity to document an M-Drive installation on the BD (the first I have heard of anyway) I plan a step-by-step set of posts on the assumption this may be of some interest to others. It won't be much of a technical report I'm afraid. Although I have owned a couple of e-bikes previously (one bought new, one inherited, both by a Canadian outfit whose name - starting with 'B' - I'd prefer to forget), I'm more bike mechanic than electronics whizz! However I'll try to make it as informative and as balanced as I can.
I'll be leaving the electronic bits packed while I sort out my build space. However I have unwrapped the motive unit (MAC 10t + mid drive mount, jack-shaft etc) and I must say that on first inspection the all-black kit is beautifully made, finished and put together. With it comes the controller and throttle, switch etc already connected up. Also a Cycle Analyst and some other extra parts which I'll detail in a further post.
I won't start the build for a couple of weeks as I'm still building new disk wheels and want to clear a space in my rather crowded bike shed. I plan to completely tear down and rebuild the bike and I also want to think hard about where I'm going to mount the controller and CA and how I'm going to install and route all of the cables etc. Initially I'll put the battery (36v/20ah Ping) into a Carradice saddle bag but I'll also give some thought to other alternatives as well.
Believe it or not I do plan this to be as 'stealthy' as possible if that word and the M-Drive/Big Dummy combo aren't a contradiction in terms! At least I don't want too many unnecessary clues as to anything unusual happening with this bike, mainly because where I live power restrictions are (IMHO) plain ridiculous and way below what this outfit is likely to be capable of and what a heavily laden cargo bike could use!
I'll try to post a few pictures in a day or so.
Savvas.
Today I received my UC Store M-Drive Big Dummy outfit in the mail. I've been waiting for it for a while and I was very pleased to see the box waiting for me when I got home from work! All packed extremely well and transported very rapidly from far away by USPS! I had been a bit anxious about the order a few weeks back as I hadn't heard from Sonny - UCS's proprietor - for a while. Turns out that he had been hit by a drunk driver coming back from the big bike expo held in the States recently (Interbike?) and was sidelined for repairs! When he was back on deck he got things moving again pronto. I understand there may also have been a little more work to do on the front chain tensioner as I had wanted to retain use of my front triple chainset. What he's come up with looks great!
As I believe this may be the first opportunity to document an M-Drive installation on the BD (the first I have heard of anyway) I plan a step-by-step set of posts on the assumption this may be of some interest to others. It won't be much of a technical report I'm afraid. Although I have owned a couple of e-bikes previously (one bought new, one inherited, both by a Canadian outfit whose name - starting with 'B' - I'd prefer to forget), I'm more bike mechanic than electronics whizz! However I'll try to make it as informative and as balanced as I can.
I'll be leaving the electronic bits packed while I sort out my build space. However I have unwrapped the motive unit (MAC 10t + mid drive mount, jack-shaft etc) and I must say that on first inspection the all-black kit is beautifully made, finished and put together. With it comes the controller and throttle, switch etc already connected up. Also a Cycle Analyst and some other extra parts which I'll detail in a further post.
I won't start the build for a couple of weeks as I'm still building new disk wheels and want to clear a space in my rather crowded bike shed. I plan to completely tear down and rebuild the bike and I also want to think hard about where I'm going to mount the controller and CA and how I'm going to install and route all of the cables etc. Initially I'll put the battery (36v/20ah Ping) into a Carradice saddle bag but I'll also give some thought to other alternatives as well.
Believe it or not I do plan this to be as 'stealthy' as possible if that word and the M-Drive/Big Dummy combo aren't a contradiction in terms! At least I don't want too many unnecessary clues as to anything unusual happening with this bike, mainly because where I live power restrictions are (IMHO) plain ridiculous and way below what this outfit is likely to be capable of and what a heavily laden cargo bike could use!
I'll try to post a few pictures in a day or so.
Savvas.