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I use a bell, and an Air Zound Air Horn. Uses air pressurized in a plastic bottle…is loudest bike horn you will ever hear. Use your floor pump to fill it with air. I have used it for 20 years on my Lightning F40, fully faired recumbent, the fastest bike in the US, made in CA. I use the bell...

They also made a two speed internally shifted, by pedalling backward to shift to the opposite gear. It was called a kickback shifter, and it had a coaster brake. I used to have a few of them. There were 3 versions, based on the color of stripes around the hub. Red, yellow, or blue.

I accidentally left my charger on overnight, and this morning I have 42 volts instead of 41.8 v that I had from the prior charge!

Is that a good price? I paid about $600, for the 36 volt 10Ah battery in my kit, when I priced out the components for my whole kit from them about3 years ago.

My new voltmeter doesn’t even measure the tenths…which I can’t find since moving. So I am using an older voltmeter, which happens to measure tenths, otherwise I would not have even seen the .2v difference, as the new voltmeter rounded up to 42 volts. I am going to assume the battery is just...

How do I do a balance charge?

Having had 2 heart attacks while bike riding, I have throttle in case I have another heart attack. I ride a short wheelbase recumbent, with a kit I put on it. I use the cadence sensor most of the time, but use the throttle to get started, and when I get on a rough trail with sand or rocks so I...

The battery was stored in my living room at room temperature over the winter. Was at 60%- 80% charge for about 4 months. This the second winter it was stored this way. thx.

Hi, I have a 36 volt battery that I have used for two years, from ebikekit.com . About 50 discharge cycles from 100% down to 50% or 60% typically. Today I topped off the battery, but this time it seemed it was taking longer than usual, and the charger was warm to the touch, so I checked the...

Eyecatching view of the Merrimack River harbor, taken from bridge. If you look hard you can see a land mass on the horizon, it is Plum Island. Coastal area north of Boston.

Hi, I have a 36 volt battery that I have used for two years, from ebikekit.com . About 50 discharge cycles from 100% down to 50% or 60% typically. Today I topped off the battery, but this time it seemed it was taking longer than usual, and the charger was warm to the touch, so I checked the...

I think the front wheel motor will be my choice. Replacing the fork with a disc compatible one and adding a disc brake should be easier than coming up with an adapter for the rear Wheel. Thanks for both your help. Ken

I wondered if doing the front wheel would be easier. Who sells a 12” hub motor?

Oh, that is neat with the solid axle, so one motor would power both wheels.

Here is a better pic of the rear axle and wheel setup. And it is a 3 speed transmission, with some sort of sliding mechanism to change the gear selection, hence the 3 small chains on the drive system.

I forgot to mention it has two wheels in the back.....so it is a delta design. perhaps both rear wheels could have a motor, so the steering wouldn’t pull to one side if just one wheel had a motor.....although the passenger would not be pedaling, so just the passenger side could be electric...

Here is the chain drive set up on the rear axle. Never seen that many chains on a trike set up!

My buddy wants to set this up to give retired veterans a chance to ride around in this pedal car. I guess the wheels are about 12”, so I couldn’t find any ready to install ewheels. The front wheel has an enclosed brake hub. Rear wheel drive. The pedal drive is the bent steel rod type...

I added the bolt on kit from ebikekit to my recumbent bike, so I didn’t have to go with an upright ebike. I am not aware of a setting option for this. I just use Strava on my iphone to record my mileage, and amount of climbs, as it gives more data than a cycle computer does. At my age I...

I think my pas system is like yours AHicks.....I was just showing the max speeds that result from my pas level selection. As I increase the pas level my speed increases as the power to motor increases, as I don’t push less hard on the pedals as I increase the pas Level. It is a very seamless...