PowerSwitch

I dont know what went wrong with the last post but here is the pic of the bike.

Sorry about that, forgot to rotate the pic. Here is a pic of the bike itself. As you can see Ive tried to keep it looking like a conventional bike by hiding the battery and controller. Less likely to be stolen that way. A lot of ebikes have really cheap Chinese made frames and equipment which wont l...

Electric ebikes are a great idea. I fitted a conversion kit to my peugeot mountain bike 3 years ago. I do a regular commute of 30 miles round trip. The motor is 250watt with a 36v lithium ion battery. It cost 650 euro then, about 500 euro now. I regularly tow a bike trailer with it to take the recyc...

Here is another pic with the crates I normally use for carting stuff. If one of the wheels was replaced with a 5 speed rear wheel and a scooter motor was mounted underneath, towards the front with a chain to connect them . The battery could be strapped underneath as well toward the back to balance t...

Im posting a picture of my own bike trailer. This design could easily be adapted for use with a scooter motor. This one is made of wood but it could equally be welded up from square steel tubing. It uses two ordinary bicycle wheels and the floor is 1inch square steel mesh. No rain collects on it , i...

You are overlooking the battery and that is the most expensive part of the whole outfit. A 48 volt battery will be very expensive, 36v are more common and more affordable. Controlling a dc motor simply by reducing the voltage is not very satisfactory. As the voltage goes down so does the torque. At ...

I went to the golden motors site and entered the same details as my own kit, the price they quoted incl shipping was 830 us dollars. Mine cost 600 euros here in Ireland. I find 250 watt motor sufficient for my use. Im 6 foot and 14 stone. I cycle about 15 miles per trip. A 500w motor will provide yo...

I believe their plans are very good and use the minimum of expensive tools and equipment. I have posted a link below to the type of electric kit needed to complete such a trailer. 250w at 36 volt will be powerful enough for most needs, although a smaller wheel would be needed. http://www.ebay.ie/itm...

The power controller is connected by a cable to a throttle on the hand grip on the bike. So when you want help you turn the throttle and the electric power comes on gradually. If you release the throttle or touch the brake levers the power is cut off. You would some sort of plug and socket arrangeme...

Most electric bikes are standard sized conventional frames with an electric kit. They are not much good for tallr people. In any case you are paying a premium price for a cheap Chinese bike. You would be better to convert your existing bike, its really not difficult. Another option might be to build...

I think you are making things more complicated than is necessary. I have a lightweight bike trailer and if I loaded a very small generator onto the trailer, I would have almost unlimited range. The generator would recharge the battery as I travelled. However one of the pleasures of an electric bike ...

Here is a picture of my electric bike. As much as possible Ive tried to keep it looking like an ordinary mountain bike..


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If you wanted to tow a trailer medium distances you would certainly need a larger motor and a larger battery pack. I use my trailer for short trips to the shops and the other errands but I would guess that I would only have a range of 10 miles or so. Perhaps a vehicle like one of these would be suit...

What a good idea! Both the conversion in the video and electric bikes use battery power to augment the primary power source. You get good fuel economy or in my case easy cycling but when the battery runs out you can still travel. That is the weakness of the full EV, once you run out of battery you a...

My apologies, you are right of course, co Limerick.