Electric Bikes - help and advice needed please....

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mozzyboy

03-17-09, 10:07 AM

Hello.....I am a new member and have a question........can anyone tell me if there IS or COULD BE an electric bike that can have its batteries charged up by pedal power whilst on the move ?
I ask because I take my bike when wild camping and run the battery flat and have no electric available to re charge it which means then having to leave and head or a nearby site, IF there is one, to charge up again.
Any help would be gratefully received....many thanks

npkeith

03-17-09, 02:33 PM

The simple answer is yes, there are electric bikes that let you recharge the battery by pedaling or riding downhill - here is a link to one (http://www.electric-bikes.com/trikes/trikes.html#TerraTrike). That being said, I think you'll be dissapointed. It would take hours of pedaling to recharge a dead battery, and you would be hauling that (heavy) battery and motor around in the process. A better idea might be to save up for a solar panel blanket like this (http://www.21st-century-goods.com/page/21st/PROD/SPT/GSE25)or even this (http://www.brunton.com/product.php?id=607). They are really expensive (the second one is over a thousand dollars!) but they last, and will recharge a car battery, so they should have no problem with a bike battery. You might have to do some tweaking or modding if you need more than 24v, but it should still be do-able.