$70,000 electric bike

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SANGESF

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Funny....
My bike cost me $2000 and i can go 80 miles at 20mph and it weighs 80lbs.

I guess I have better Design skills...

I'm not paying 70k just because it's only 40lbs... That's just nuts.
 
nidyanazo

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SANGESF said:
Funny....
My bike cost me $2000 and i can go 80 miles at 20mph and it weighs 80lbs.

I guess I have better Design skills...

I'm not paying 70k just because it's only 40lbs... That's just nuts.
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Well it does go 60mph.
Not worth the price, but amazing work no matter how you slice it.
Watch the video and you get to see all the details.
 
corgi1

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One of those motors and controlers and a couple battery pacs and I'd be set,though KIM has a kickier one in the works at this time and it will probley out run that one
 
Kevlarr

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The thing that gets me is really there's nothing really new there and what I can't figure out is with all that they couldn't sacrifice adding a few pounds to put a suspension on it?
 
NunyaBidness

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Kevlarr said:
The thing that gets me is really there's nothing really new there and what I can't figure out is with all that they couldn't sacrifice adding a few pounds to put a suspension on it?
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I rode a carbon fiber bicycle for about 7 years. It had a carbon fiber wheel set on it also. I once broke the frame and while I was waiting on the warranty replacement frame a friend let me use his bike, only catch, I had to use my own wheel set. I went from a full suspension, carbon fiber frame bike to a hard tail but the hard tail had my carbon fiber wheel set on it. It rode like a soft tail. The carbon fiber flexes and would probably make that bike feel like it had a little bit of suspension to it.

With the info at this site and this site How I built a carbon bike frame at home (and a bamboo frame too) I think a carbon fiber e-bike could be built for a LOT less than 70k.
 
Kevlarr

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I always thought CF had to be cured under a vacuum with heat. Never knew you could just work it like fiberglass.
 
The_Aleman

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Pimobility (formerly Electrobike) used to make a freeway-legal hybrid (2-stroke + electric + Nuvinci) bicycle. Top speed 75+MPH and over 200mpg. They were "only" $18k and in very limited production.

The company still sells e-bikes, but they are toned down from what they used to be. PiCycle - Pimobility if anyone wants to check it out.
 
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OMG! I don't care what mileage it gets, craftsmenship, etc......... I'm gonna mortage my Moms house and get one of those bikes! For $70000 it's a steal!!!!! Hahahahaha Idiots!
 
tyrslider

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Kevlarr said:
I always thought CF had to be cured under a vacuum with heat. Never knew you could just work it like fiberglass.
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I don't know a whole lot about autoclaved cf, we do vacuum bag molding cf where I work. I know you can get more accurate shapes in the autoclave and I'm guessing more accurate density etc.

cheers!
 
Goat Herder

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For 70,000 I could use the money for a custom build and be fine, with a whole bunch of money left over. Oh I would not mind owning that bike! 70,000, uh uh .

Some of us could have peddled next to that bike in the video. J could'a opened it up a little:D
 
corgi1

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It was a nice electric ,but with Jay involved ,I wonder if there was some joke going on too,although it would be tip change too him ,maybe the price
 
Kevlarr

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I like his giant roadster. I remember seeing it on TV when the old guy built it out of a firetruck and powered it with an air cooled V-12 tank engine. Apparently Jay did too and decided he had to own it. lol
 
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