[geeks] Electric bike?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Francois Dion wrote:
> Anybody built their own electric bike or has one?
> 
> I'm working on my 3rd bike. I'm trying to make a lightweight unit this
> time, and easily removable. The previous one was built on a mountain
> bike but when you run out of battery... it is really heavy. Each SLA
> AGM battery is 10lbs and I use 2. Then a few more pounds for the
> motors and another lbs for the controlling circuit and wires. Mountain
> bike itself, altough aluminium, is a 90s vintage XT gruppo
> w/suspension fork so it's not light. Probably 60lbs total!
> 
> Beside the weight, another reason i'm wanting to go with a road bike
> is the reduced friction, better aerodynamic position etc (i know it's
> not anywhere near a recumbent but still).

Why not build a recumbent powered tadpole trike?  Put a fairing on it 
and I'll bet you'll get crazy amounts of speed.

Peace...  Sridhar