Battery Vehicle Society

that looks a fantastic conversion! It appears rather a powerful piece of kit on board, is it more than 10AH? On my mini trek on my 10AH 36V bike I managed 35 mile round trip (with just a bit of peddling!) in just over 2 hours. it would be interesting to see what range you may have with your new batt...

a few days ago I went for a test ride along winding country lanes and covered about 35 miles in approx two hours 30 mins. included in that time was a swift pint at a local pub which I uncovered mid route! The 10Ah 36V Li ion battery was a bit low on my return, but the journey was wonderful gliding a...

Is your 10ah Li a ping unit ? No it isnt. it came with the Alien Bike kit and is cased in an aluminium suitcase styled unit and is 36V 10Ahr. So far i have done about 70 mile on it in 10 mile stints. i would like to test how far it will go on a complete charge. the ultimate idea i have however is to...

Well after much thought and investigation I'm going to go modern :shock: Thanks for sharing your experiences ChrisB. I was interested to see what Ping batteries look like and how professional they are, knowing some Chinese stuff is low on quality. I have a Li 10amp/hr battery on my e bike kit and i...

Looks really interesting 8) But obviousely not aimed at the general working person :( Really bugs me why these folk dont want to include joe public in these sort of things by having at least one day on a weekend. Its the public at the end of the day that they need to convince. ChrisB I totally agre...

Yes Tim, thats the one. However mine is a battered mountain bike that now has a new lease of life. I can climb hills in top gear which is great fun!

After Peters kind offer to see his electric bike kit from Alien Cycles, I decided to buy one too. The kit arrived in a battered box as if the Carriers had dropped it off a cliff first. However the components looked undamaged. The aluminium hub front wheel containing the 250W motor seemed very impres...

i can vouch for the Gentry being a lovely kitcar. When i was considering building a kit car in the early 80's, it was a toss up between a nostalgic old fashioned look or a futuristic one in the Midas. I chose Midas because of that and ease of finding its donor Mini bits.

FlossyThePig wrote:The current plan I have for my MkII Midas is a motor for each wheel. Why have an electric sports car that can't overtake a milk float?

Hugh

that sounds intriging. how would you go about that exactly; a hub motor at each wheel and where sourced?? - Phil

thanks Peter for your kind offer of trying the bike out. i will email you so that we can negotiate something when you are available. did you have any problems with Alien bikes buying wise/delivery etc as he appears a one man business? however it is just what i need to get started as i have just the ...