I am a semi-retired Australian professional mechanical engineer now living the Philippines. Over the past few years I have spent some time in China where electric bike, trikes and small cars/vans are very popular. Ebikes and trikes are now also slowly starting to become popular here in the Philippines.
A good Filipino friend of mine is a pedicad drive. For pedicab, think of a 20" diameter wheel heavy duty direct drive bicycle with sidecar. These pedicabs carry up to 3 people plus the driver charging about USD0.20 per passenger per kilometre. Hard work for the money.
I am looking to help my friend by possibly converting his pedicab into electric drive with peddle assist.
During my research, I stumbled across this forum and liked what I read, so I joined.
A good Filipino friend of mine is a pedicad drive. For pedicab, think of a 20" diameter wheel heavy duty direct drive bicycle with sidecar. These pedicabs carry up to 3 people plus the driver charging about USD0.20 per passenger per kilometre. Hard work for the money.
I am looking to help my friend by possibly converting his pedicab into electric drive with peddle assist.
During my research, I stumbled across this forum and liked what I read, so I joined.
Having the pedicab may be the best type transportation if typhoon hits. Hopefully, you still have some electricity and the pedicab is water proof.
