After many, many years, presenting the EbikeE!
20ish years ago my Mom got me a new bike, one I’d never heard of before, a red bikeE CT recumbent. Once I got the bite for ‘bents I haven’t enjoyed riding safety-bikes (the now-traditional upright-type of bike) since!
After getting to know a west-coast friend named CoffeeLuke, who has had various types of electric-assist bicycle over the years, around the year 2008ish I bought an early electric assist hub motor kit from Grin Technologies. I can’t remember the type of kit I bought, it was probably on the sale shelf, but it was never quite reliable enough. I’d have power drops at needed times, and generally jerky control.
So I shelved the project.
Then Covid happened. Getting to work on transit is sub-optimal, especially when I’m trying to limit my exposure due to susceptible people around me and we already have a high exposure person in the family.
So I got back in contact with Grin and we started to debug the issue, whether it was the motor itself, the controller, the batteries or the analyst. It was determined to be a lemon controller, and I purchased a new replacement Phaserunner MT.
Current tests are ongoing, 2 full commutes have been completed and learning has happened on both. Some bruises are healing. But we’re pretty close to getting everything dialed in and near perfect!
Next up are the upgrades. So, so many upgrades! Feel free to suggest upgrades too!
… and the computer!
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