killercanuck
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No used bikes to harvest on the Island?
Magic Pie 3 on Trek 3500 disc bicycle
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paul
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went for another ride just now and all i can say is this is fun. traffic on the road waiting for the red light and i was flying past them and past the store because i wanted to ride more. they just look trying to figure out why i wasnt pedaling. a local at the store said "how you do dat mon" i said do what. he said "zoom past here and not pedaling" i said i was going downhill. he said "no man you going uphill look. i never seen such a thing you wern't pedaling" so i told him it had an electric motor and he was amazed and said he never seen nothing like that. i left and he was waiving and just happy as pie seeing an electric bicycle
silverbear
The Boy Who Never Grew Up
Paul,
I've enjoyed reading your pie trek adventure which makes me want to dig out my Golden Motor front wheel pancake motor I bought some years ago. 36V. with SLA batteries... a far cry from what you're doing. Still, the little I fooled with my set up made me appreciate the silence of the ride and the instantaneous power. Mine will probably get used with a hybrid trike... pancake motor up front and gas motor in the frame.
I'm really glad it has worked out and exceeded your expectations. Awesome...
SB
I've enjoyed reading your pie trek adventure which makes me want to dig out my Golden Motor front wheel pancake motor I bought some years ago. 36V. with SLA batteries... a far cry from what you're doing. Still, the little I fooled with my set up made me appreciate the silence of the ride and the instantaneous power. Mine will probably get used with a hybrid trike... pancake motor up front and gas motor in the frame.
I'm really glad it has worked out and exceeded your expectations. Awesome...
SB
Ilikeabikea
Active Member
The fenders look uber cool Paul...........
killercanuck
New Member
Yea, fenders make rain riding a little more enjoyable. Is the battery box sealed up pretty good?
@ "how you do dat mon"
@ "how you do dat mon"
BarelyAWake
New Member
...and you've seemed to have done an awful lot of waiting w/this project Paul, being stateside while your bike & parts were waiting back home, cycle shops that are only open when they feel like it & now a pesky holiday - you've my sympathies man, I suffer woefully from the "kid b'for xmas" syndrome meself >.<
Well, at least this time you can still play with the ebike whilst you wait for more shinys lol
Well, at least this time you can still play with the ebike whilst you wait for more shinys lol
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paul
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have to take the good with the bad to be able to live here. one thing you learn is how to wait lol. gets to me sometimes but its 80 and beautiful out so what the heck is a few more days. i just can't imagine having a buisness that is open 3 days a week for only 5 hours each day. i need a job like that lol
Do what Char and I do when we go to the island in Florida. We put out watches and any clocks away so they can't be seen. Now we're on "Island Time". There's a resturant/bar on the island, 'The Rum Bay Bar'. They have a big clock on the wall with no hands on it. Across the face it says, "It is Now Island Time". If you ask the bar tender if he has the time he'll say, "Sure, all the time in the world."
Tom
Tom
