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SirJakesus
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I was looking at the trailz before I took it out, it looks like there would be enough room to get a happytime sprocket next to the leftside freewheel as long as you were able to remove the freewheel first. Putting 415 chain in there may make it tight so you may have to use BMX chain to have enough clearance but I think it's doable. Get the mountain bike version not the unisex/hybrid framed one if you're looking for enough room to mount a HT engine. Since these ezips can pull you from a standstill I think adding the gasser would give you AWESOME acceleration up to 18mph where the electric motor cuts out. ****, you wouldn't even have to pedal at all to bump start and I'm sure it would climb hills like a craaaazy mofo since they use a geared motor with tons of torque. The only shame is that it doesn't have the ability to regen but you would just ride with electric power for accelerating below the 18mph mark and climbing so I couldn't see any specific range issues.
****, I think as long as you had a kill switch handy and killed it before a cop was right there you could say you're only using the electric power and you use the gas for off-road... Just keep in mind electrics are only supposed to pull you along at 20mph so that excuse isn't going to work if you're doing 30.
Can't wait to see you do it ozz, and yes, we should ride sometime. Even if its just electrics or whatever but my XR75 is just begging for some MB company.
Quoted from LargePhilipino's $350 walmart ebike thread just to not have to repeat myself
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Yeah I got the Ezip Trailz Womens a few months ago as a tag along for my fam and girlfriend (I ride it too, the pink doesn't bother me).
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8467095
I wrote the first review on there if you didn't guess.
I just went out on it to test it's range for Ozzy. I was pedaling normally, not breaking a sweat or anything and I rode 12.5 miles at 15.2mph average speed. I think I could have squeezed an extra mile out of the battery but I decided not to totally drain it and switched over to my secondary battery to high tail home.
Keep in mind I live in a very hilly part of New Hampshire literally a couple of miles away from mount Watatic. I used the motor while pedaling the whole time except for downhill. With the motor alone on the only flat road near my house the bike topped out at 18mph just as advertised. With my secondary currie battery pack my range is probably 25 miles or more if I rode it very conservatively.
Whoever complains about the Trailz is just expecting too much from such a relatively inexpensive product.
I've looked around and there are a lot of upgrade products available for these Currie systems as well. Heftier motors and controllers to be more specific. But I've read a bunch at endless sphere about people who were able to easily convert these into a 36v system as long as you're careful not to ride the motor so hard that it overheats and burns out. Otherwise the controller can handle the extra 12v with no problems and makes these bikes top out around 25. Personally I wouldn't do it just because I always value longevity over performance but when my SLA batteries die I may upgrade the packs to lithium and have incredible range.
****, I think as long as you had a kill switch handy and killed it before a cop was right there you could say you're only using the electric power and you use the gas for off-road... Just keep in mind electrics are only supposed to pull you along at 20mph so that excuse isn't going to work if you're doing 30.
Can't wait to see you do it ozz, and yes, we should ride sometime. Even if its just electrics or whatever but my XR75 is just begging for some MB company.
Quoted from LargePhilipino's $350 walmart ebike thread just to not have to repeat myself
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Yeah I got the Ezip Trailz Womens a few months ago as a tag along for my fam and girlfriend (I ride it too, the pink doesn't bother me).
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8467095
I wrote the first review on there if you didn't guess.
I just went out on it to test it's range for Ozzy. I was pedaling normally, not breaking a sweat or anything and I rode 12.5 miles at 15.2mph average speed. I think I could have squeezed an extra mile out of the battery but I decided not to totally drain it and switched over to my secondary battery to high tail home.
Keep in mind I live in a very hilly part of New Hampshire literally a couple of miles away from mount Watatic. I used the motor while pedaling the whole time except for downhill. With the motor alone on the only flat road near my house the bike topped out at 18mph just as advertised. With my secondary currie battery pack my range is probably 25 miles or more if I rode it very conservatively.
Whoever complains about the Trailz is just expecting too much from such a relatively inexpensive product.
I've looked around and there are a lot of upgrade products available for these Currie systems as well. Heftier motors and controllers to be more specific. But I've read a bunch at endless sphere about people who were able to easily convert these into a 36v system as long as you're careful not to ride the motor so hard that it overheats and burns out. Otherwise the controller can handle the extra 12v with no problems and makes these bikes top out around 25. Personally I wouldn't do it just because I always value longevity over performance but when my SLA batteries die I may upgrade the packs to lithium and have incredible range.
