Recent content by Everso

Is the motor front or rear wheel?

There would be no need to gear up for extra speed - in fact the reverse. I would be more likly to gear down for hill climbing. If I can do 10 mph up the big hills in my area I am going to call this project a success. I have been in touch with the guy that runs the uk cyclone site and explained...

The quest continues - and I came across this. bicycle engine kit installation this is for a petrol engine kit. It sits in the frame and drive a toothed wheel attached to the real wheel - non drive side - in a similar style to a Currie. Now I am not intersted in putting a stinking, noisy...

It kind of looked that way to me. My current trice only has 2 front hub brakes and the back is just a parking brake. I never felt that I was short on stopping power so 2 disk brakes should do just fine. The next cow pat in my path to electric heaven is that it looks like it is a 32 spoke...

Flecc - yeha what you said. The electro drive would not be my first choice. There are limitations and I am going to have to live with them until the savings (£6 per day) kick in and I can do better. The cobra will cost me £50 per month so I need to commute 9 times per month to pay for it. If...

I remember it well. I strongly suspect there is a difference between a 10 year old on a £300 kmx and a fat mid 40s bloater on a £1,000 plus commute to work. I remember seeing the videos when it first came out. I think that more than anything else at the time made me wish I was a kid again. They...

Well it was on my list as an option. Given the advice from more experienced people here I am thinking the Currie wins. When money permits a better drive the Currie can be moved to my old trike making them both assisted. Leaves me one as a spare incase of mechanical problems. I have allways...

Not stuid at all. There are several wheel tilting trikes on the market. In general they tend to be heavy, expensive and complex. At the speeds a trike can go (I have hit 50 MPH downhill) they can generaly corner ok with enough leaning out the side. I have not heard of a trike falling over on a...

Ah - got you - that sadly makes sence. So I am thnking it is between 3 options then. 1) small chain round the inner front cog. Sounds simple and with limited potential for chain slipping. Disadvantages are losing the inner ring to pedal with and no freewheeling. 2) those kits from e-bay...

If it's not a silly question - why does it have to go on the lower chain run? If you look at picture 3 here KMX Karts » Cobra it looks to me like the motor could be mounted on the top chain run just behind the chain guide wheel/pully (not sure of the propper name). It would then pull the...

I was afraid of that .... so how about this... Set it up so a small chain goes from motor and round the inner small front cog. The front gears could then be set up to only operate on the 2 larger front cogs. This would take it from a 24 speed to a 16 speed and lose the low end - but low end...

Yeha - I did see that install picture. It looks prety easy to do. The only problem I can see is that the chain path does not have much space to allow for side to side movement as it moves from chainring to chainring. Mayby something like setting up so it was a straight line when on one...

Ohh - now that looks good. Would it be possible to fit it without the freewheeling front cog? I realise that means the legs would always have to turn but the model I am getting has triple front cog and I did not see one on their site. If they did sell one there is also the cost thing ... Everso

I would also be interested if you can recomend any kits that drive the chain and thereby get advantages of using the trike gears. Information on these seems to be hard to come by. Everso

Not an option as it works on the front wheel - will not go on a trike :(