Almost 2 months since my last post but my cyclone kit finally arrived
from overseas. Looks simple enough but didn't come with battries. I
know that I will need to start with SLA because of the cost, may be
able to upgrade after the gas savings start to add up but for now
can't go another several hundred dollars for battries. Any
recomendations on good SLA batteries to use? I have the 500 Watt kit
so I am thinking I will need to run at least a 20AH pack?

Thanks
Jim

--- In ebikebuilders@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Garvey" <lazybee45@...>
wrote:
>
> hi Jim!
>
> I have not had much experience with internal hubs as such, but the
newer
> ones seem to have the same sturdy qualities as the older ones did.
I had a
> 7 speed hub for a while and it seemed to be OK and the same with a
3 speed
> with an 8 speed cassette on it. THAT was an interesting wheel!
Actually I
> had a pair of them! a 26 inch and a 20 inch. Both were quite
sturdy.
>
> Mostly I have used multi speed bikes myself because I have found
them pretty
> bulletproof most of the time. also easy to fix if things do go
Wahoonie
> shaped. the biggest problem with the "10 speed racers" is that
they were
> 10 speed racers! Two things to remember arre that MOST "racing"
bikes are
> built lighter and hence more fragile, and that racers are often
relatively
> experimental bikes. a mountain bike will be a much sturdier set up
as will
> a bike intended for more utilitarian use. I happen to prefer
sturdy over
> fast mostly too.
>
> Personally my Currie works quite well. It is off the bike at the
moment
> because the charger went TU on me and a friend is fixing it. but I
would
> suggest looking at the Cyclone motor the 360 or 500 either one
would be fine
> I think unless you are more portly than I am! (I weigh 240 more or
less!)
> It is placed in the chain line of a bike or trike and drives the
chain. The
> Stokemonkey does the same thing. This means that you MUST pedal
with the
> motor unless you have a freewheeling crank, and there seems to have
been a
> bit of difficulty with those recently.
>
> I have never had difficulty with pedaling when the motor is running
honestly
> though my motor freewheels well so that I don't have to worry about
it. If
> you can find a used Currie, they are a nice unit too, but they are
getting
> hard to find!
>
> mark
>
> On 7/4/07, jim58ba2000 <jim58ba@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In ebikebuilders@yahoogroups.com <ebikebuilders%
40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "Mark Garvey" <lazybee45@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On 7/1/07, jim58ba2000 <jim58ba@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Mark: Thanks for the quick response, any recomendations for
the
> > best
> > > > set up? The Currie drive is not one of those hub motors right?
> > Have
> > > > you had any problems riding in the rain?
> > > >
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Jim: I have not really ridden in the rain in all honesty, at
> > least not
> > > the way you might think. I have ridden the trike with a Velokit
on
> > it in
> > > the rain but that hardly counts! the Velokit keeps the rider dry
> > and the
> > > motor only gets a bit of mist from splashing and stuff. the
> > mountain bike
> > > is unpleasant to ride in the rain!
> > >
> > > The Currie is a motor that bolts onto a 36 spoke X3 wheel so it
not
> > exactly
> > > a "hub motor" it is a chain drive to an attachment on the hub. I
> > have been
> > > very satisfied with mine. But Currie is no longer importing e-
> > bike "kits"
> > > to the USA. EV Deals may have them still, but I don't think so.
> > The best
> > > bet these days in my opinion is the Cyclone which puts the
motor in
> > the
> > > chainline so that you have all the rear wheel gears. Making the
> > motor much
> > > more efficient. That extends the range as well.
> > >
> > > mark
> > >
> > > .
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "Human Misery is caused by human expectations." Buddha
> > >
> > > Mark Garvey
> > > Cedar Rapids, Iowa free state!
> > >
> > > Check out the web site at:
> > > http://www.vine-ave.com
> > >
> > > contact us to have INVISIBLE INC! appear at your next program!
> > Details at
> > > www.vine-ave.com
> > >
> > > I am a bicycling lifestylist!
> >
> > Hi Mark: Riding in the rain didn't seem to bother me much last
year,
> > ok I wasn't too excited about slipping & sliding on wet leaves
last
> > fall but the rain itself was never a big problem, I was just
> > wondering if e-bikes have a potential problem with anything
shorting
> > out if it gets wet or if the set up is pretty well sealed.
> >
> > Powering it through the gears sounds like it would give me a lot
more
> > flexability than a hub motor and if I can peddle along with the
motor
> > and not have to choose the motor or me that would be way cool! I
may
> > be dating myself here but when I was a kid I rode an "english
racer"
> > with a sturmey-archer 3 speed hub. While my buddies and I were
hard
> > on our bikes, with lots of flat tires and bent spokes, that hub
was
> > bullit proof. When I got a little older and had "10-speeds" they
> > didn't seem to hold up as well as the internally geared hubs and
> > always needed to be fussed with to keep the chain tension right
and
> > drivetrain components bent back into alingment. So now I am
wondering
> > if a sturmy-archer hub could stand up to the motor. Any experince
> > with these?
> >
> > Jim
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> "Human Misery is caused by human expectations." Buddah
>
> Mark Garvey
> Cedar Rapids, Iowa free state!
>
> Check out the web site at:
> http://www.vine-ave.com
>
> contact us to have INVISIBLE INC! appear at your next program!
Details at
> www.vine-ave.com
>
> I am a bicycling lifestylist!
>