What Do You Do With Your Old Unused Conventional Bikes?

[Chazmo]

Yeah, adding 80 N.m to a 12 yr old kid might too much for it.
Especially if the 12 yr old rides it like any normal 12 yr old kid.

Hey, forget about the 12 year old. This 62 year old would ride it!! I loved my Chopper. It was one of the only things of mine that was ever stolen. Sigh.

 

[PCeBiker]

Hey, forget about the 12 year old. This 62 year old would ride it!! I loved my Chopper. It was one of the only things of mine that was ever stolen. Sigh.

There is the 250 and 350 Watt 2-speed automatic Bafang hub motor that might fit the drop-out?
But then the shifter is just an ornament.

But there's lots of geared hubs to pick from and a 3-speed geared hub, paired with a small BB motor would suit it fine.

 

[Chazmo]

Hehehe… Yeah, since we were having the discussion about Bafang’s shifting hubs elsewhere, @PCeBiker , I just liked the idea of integrating them into a Chopper or a Schwinn…

No! I insist that the shifter absolutely must be integrated into the function of the bike!! I mean that was part of the silliness of these bikes’ designs! I guess that since the Bafang internally-geared hub stuff is automatic, the shifter would have to get used for pedal assist level. Seriously, though, that probably wouldn’t be a very good answer.

 

[PCeBiker]

No! I insist that the shifter absolutely must be integrated into the function of the bike!!

I'm pretty sure this three-speed hub would work perfectly with a BB motor,..

You can hook up a Hal sensor to the shifter cable to maintain a fully functional shifter.

Don't forget the hockey (or baseball) cards in your spokes for the proper aural affect.


EDIT: That's an automatic gear hub.
I doubt that it has a manual override?

I'm gunna keep looking,...


I had a freind that had an automatic 1982 Camaro and put a shift kit in it so that the transmission would shift when he shifted the gear selector to imitate a manual transmission.

He was trying to show it off to me and I said, "It's not shifting gears whe you shift".
He got all and had no explanation.

So faking a 3-speed manual with a 3-speed automatic doesn't work.