learn as you go

deacon · #51 (**permalink**) 07-24-2009, 03:56 PM

Today I learned how to fix it till it can't be fixed any more. I think everyone knows how to do that. I tore one bike's e system apart tested it piece till I found that I hadn't turned off the kill switch.

Then one of the pusher's just came apart lol.

I still don't have a good fork for the hub motor so I am bikeless unless you count the one that has no motor. I don't count it, who wants a bike with no motor.

I do have a bunch of really good components though.

deacon · #52 (**permalink**) 07-24-2009, 09:14 PM

After I came home from dinner I went out to the shop and made a set of shackles so that I could use the forks from a twenty inch bike for the hub motor. I'll have to keep an eye on them since it is mostly a learn as you go fork lol.

I have to build a quick trailer tomorrow so that I can pull the batteries behind me. I want one that is small and easy to pull. I might go back to the noisy lawn mower wheels for it. Or the scooter ones at least.

I also have to rebuild a pusher bike for the walking in the park trips. I don't want to take the hub down there. Two much incentive for it to do a Houdini on me.

I'm telling you the pusher just broke the metal where it attached to the bike. I am going to have to do something better with it. I really want to go with a two wheel trailer rather than the bobtail one.

deacon · #53 (**permalink**) 07-25-2009, 08:11 PM

Well I have one bike running and one that almost runs. That darn hub motor is going to be the death of me. Now I can lift the front end and it runs smooth as glass. Get on it to ride and it jerks and bumps like it has a square wheel. Can't seem to get any torque or speed not sure what the problem is. I was going to just trash it but that isn't learning anything.

Since I got the thing running smooth some of the time, I am pretty sure the problems so far have been front fork issues. I think this might still be the problem since I made shackles for the front fork which don't seem to be keeping the axle from turning. I think that might be the problem but maybe not.

The axle has a flat spot on it, I think that might because it wants to turn when power is applied. I am going to have to have to try a front fork, I guess I will buy a thrift shop bike with a different kind of fork and try that. I don't care much for the bike I have the hub on anyway it is way too tall for me.

deacon · #54 (**permalink**) 07-25-2009, 08:30 PM

Something else of interest

E-China: The bicycle kingdom is going electric - Yahoo! News

deacon · #55 (**permalink**) 07-26-2009, 07:34 AM

Since this thread has become more or less a daily journal of sharing my experiences while experimenting with Ebikes, I have decided to move it to my blog instead of wasting space here. So look for it on my blog. About bikes not politics...