Originally Posted by
turbo1889
From your tag-line information there I can tell that the bottom bike picture is yours. Is the upper picture one of your builds as well. Also, what 24V 900w motor did you use for your bike in the lower picture? I don't recognize it as any commercial mid-drive kit that I'm familiar with and it looks like a scratch build rather then a kit.
Just curious.
Yes turbo, both are my builds. The top one is this bike.
I didn't have a close up of the mid drive of my latest build handy. And yes, both are scratch builds but overengineered (because I hate problems). The Motobecane is one I spent a lot of time to try to make it look pretty. The Bianchi is one I just threw together with the idea that I don't really care how it looks but want it to work well (which it did but I have since disassembled it). As for the motor, it is a used Currie scooter motor that I picked up off of Ebay. The beauty of the mid drive build is all the talk of voltage matching, torque considerations, amps (all that and more) is a non issue. Just shift down for more torque, shift up for more speed. It truly is the best of both worlds and very easy on the motor (since the motor is nearly always in its most efficient rpm range).
I am preparing to start marketing this setup thru Falcon EV if anyone is interested, let me know.
Phil