Hi all, i am new here but not new to ebiking.
i bought a currie electro drive kit for my mountain bike about 2 years ago for my commute to work(30 miles round trip). The 24v currie could get me to work ok (with a lot of pedal assist) but the speeds were not impressive, in fact i could actually pedal faster than the motor could take me, motor was great for hills however.
I upgraded to a 750w 48v motor with crystalyte controller, about a year ago, but now with lack of money cannot afford the lipo batterys to power it. 48 volts of sla way too heavy so not an option.
My question is has anyone done or seen some mods to the currie setup where the motor has been relocated from its intended posistion to a posistion where it can take advantage of the bike gears? I have seen 1 guy on youtube that has done this, but what i am looking for is some ideas on how to mount the motor, gear ratios etc etc.
I was hoping someone on here has already done this and could advise me or point me in the right direction.
Any help advice greatly appreciated.
Barry
i bought a currie electro drive kit for my mountain bike about 2 years ago for my commute to work(30 miles round trip). The 24v currie could get me to work ok (with a lot of pedal assist) but the speeds were not impressive, in fact i could actually pedal faster than the motor could take me, motor was great for hills however.
I upgraded to a 750w 48v motor with crystalyte controller, about a year ago, but now with lack of money cannot afford the lipo batterys to power it. 48 volts of sla way too heavy so not an option.
My question is has anyone done or seen some mods to the currie setup where the motor has been relocated from its intended posistion to a posistion where it can take advantage of the bike gears? I have seen 1 guy on youtube that has done this, but what i am looking for is some ideas on how to mount the motor, gear ratios etc etc.
I was hoping someone on here has already done this and could advise me or point me in the right direction.
Any help advice greatly appreciated.
Barry