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I have tried an electric bike and they do work ok but you are probably
better getting a complete electric bike that is designed from scratch for
what you want to do instead of adding it to an existing bike. 

Found a couple here which have a similar brushless motor and lipo batteries
and you get the whole bike for similar money to the add ons you were looking
at.

http://www.powacycle.co.uk/Salisbury-Lithium-Polymer-Electric-Pedal-Bike.asp

B 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Hurst [mailto:rick.hurst at gmail.com] 
Sent: 30 June 2008 11:02
To: underscore at under-score.org.uk
Subject: [_] OT: electric assist on bikes was OT: On Yer Bike

sorry, i'm a bit late to this/ these thread(s), been on holiday.

I need to spend more time at an office near blagdon and I don't want
to buy a second car or motorbike and even though I like bicycles, i'm
not a bike nut and the idea of 15ish mile commute on a bike in hilly
country doesn't appeal at all. So I was pondering electric bikes the
other day - I reasoned that they must have got better recently,
because of improved battery technology, and stumbled across this:-

http://nano-motor.co.uk/nanomotor.php

A brushless motor that is fitted to the hub of your front wheel on an
ordinary bike- claims of 20mph+, quiet and some impressive ranges
(depending on terrain and how much you pedal). Anyone tried one? Even
better anyone got an electric bike they would be willing to lend me to
try the commute?





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Rick Hurst, Web developer, Bristol, England
http://www.rickhurst.co.uk

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