A Regenerate Bike

[PCeBiker]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction tomjasz.

Now I can focus my lerninz. Lol

I'm definitely interested in this GMAC regeneration idea.

I might get to justify buying some fancy new tools !!
(I still wanna avoid computers though, I always seem to find myself being the tool working for them.
I'll do the hard way.
It builds character.)

 

[PCeBiker]

I just downloaded the official version and I like it !!

It's Canadian EH

I don't have to learn to read Chinesium.

 

[AHicks]

Don't kid yourself. There's going to be PLENTY to read/understand to come up with the fully functional GMAC setup you're talking about. No computers required though....

 

[harryS]

Another FOS tech in a bike shop. There are a number of us here with a decade of experience and have none of the issues blathered by the shop. My first regen an all subsequent have depended on Grin displays, easily programmed and with great support. Wanna platt we other big boy toys? Gotta ha big boy tools.

Maybe, but I thought I just read about some old geezer going ass over teacup (or whatever the expression means ) the first time using regen brakes, so I think that tech speaks truth. FWD has enough torque from the motor, and braking rocks it in the opposite direction, so my attitude is to do it by the book, with good strong torque arms.
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The Grin guy once write about it in the endless sphere forum. I believe he said 10% in the appropriate places, mainly hilly places. If you're going to build a bike with solar panels, and take it from Paris across the Alps to China, like he has, you want that 10%,
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E-cars use direct drive motors and regen, but they also have AC and a heater.

 

[PCeBiker]

The Grin guy once write about it in the endless sphere forum. I believe he said 10% in the appropriate places, mainly hilly places.

Hmmm,..
Even the Grin guy says 10%.
Maybe not worth if for me?
I have no plans to travel through the Alps.

Maybe I'll just get a big battery instead?

 

[PCeBiker]

As far as generating electricity (the reason I went with a DD motor), when I put the bike on a training stand, pedaling on regen was so difficult as to be almost impossible. So my bicycle emergency generator probably needs adjustable levels, as opposed to just toggling regen on.

@gromike I found this,..

It looks like you can have adjustable/proportional regeneration.
I think that you'll need a HAL sensor brake "switch" as opposed to an actual switch for a brake switch.

A HAL sensor measures the degree of movement of the brake lever so that you can vary the level of regeneration/braking.

Either that, or when you activate your normal brake switch, you also activate the throttle to adjust the regeneration level?

 

[PCeBiker]

I found this in the unofficial manual,..

"However, if you are using controller regen or auto-cruise that rely on direct ebrake input, then you must run the ebrake connection to the controller instead of the Cycle Analyst."