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    Electric assist for Farthing Penny bike

    Thanks d8veh, This is amost 50% greater diameter than YtW-06. Won't fit so easily in "GNG" position on the chain. No-one commented on my easier first Q1: are there any e-brakes or throttles that are split to install around existing handlebars, not over the ends?
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    Electric assist for Farthing Penny bike

    Sorry I can't find a link to a rear threaded Q128 hub drawing and dimensions. What does Q128a, Q128h etc designate?
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    Electric assist for Farthing Penny bike

    Is this your bike?. The bottom grey bike is a recent photo showing the wire that pulls the chain that drives the front wheel when the handlebars are pulled back and the bungee that connects the tail of this chain to the tail of the other extra chain on the left side of the rear wheel which is...
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    Electric assist for Farthing Penny bike

    The YTW-06 isn't sensored. Bonnie says the motor will run backwards with leads reversed but it won't drive the hub even if the roller clutch is reversed. May have something to do with reversed thrust on helical gears. For forward rotation as a normal midmotor on separate chain I was going to...
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    Electric assist for Farthing Penny bike

    Hello & 2 questions from British Columbia. I live in a semirural area but manage without a car with grocery bikes I make for myself by cutting diamond frames at the seat tube and inverting the front. Then reducing the front wheel to a 20” “farthing” and building a frame hoop above it to drop a...