Researching trike conversion

[wheeliepete]

Trying to build an electric bike to a fixed budget is very tricky. Sure, it can be done, but you may end up with a bike you don't want to ride, or worse, as D8veh said, is dangerous. If your ideal components exceed your budget, then you start to make compromises and every one takes you further away from what you set out to build.

 

[Headshok]

OK this is a fun project for me and I dont expect to get over 10mph, and I wouldnt want to on this rig anyway.

I dont care much about weight - its never going to light weight anyway.

what I need is low end power so the same as chugging along in low ratios on a land rover.

Just done some quick calcs and on my 24" rims with a 1:1 ratio on 400RPM I would be going 14mph - way to fast, but with 1:2 I will at 7mph.

So if I fit the 16T on the hub and have 30T on the Axle - 400 RPM will put me at about 7/8 MPH