Recent content by Ridgelessbackhound

Hi, I am still on a quest to get decent range and hill climbing from a Di Blasi folding tricycle. I have 3 queries: Can someone explain in very simple terms why the R34 version which has 250w electric assist feels so underpowered? Can its performance be improved in any way? How can a motor...

Hi, only just come across this conversation. Did you get your Di Blasi? I have 2 trikes and now need a Di Blasi as well since it folds enough to go on public transport. I have tried a couple and felt the R34 to be underpowered compared to my other trikes. I too need hill climbing capabilities so...

Thankyou, really helpful advice. I will investigate getting a motor fitted to an R32 if it can be done without fouling the folding mechanism. Unfortunately the Di Blasi is the only trike which folds small enough to be taken on public transport. The much more powerful AS electrotrike comes close...

Thankyou for all this detail. It’s really helpful and I will follow your suggestion of having a motor fitted to an R32. My current two trikes are both retrofitted with Bafang mid drive motors which are fine on hills.

HI i am an experience e-tricycle rider looking to expand my fleet to include a DiBlasi R34 to use in conjunction with public transport. I have test ridden one and found the folding joints to be more stable than I expected and the folded dimensions manageable. However I was only able to test on a...

Between Reading and Oxford

The battery looks ideal. The site appears to sell all the bits separately, which is beyond me. Do you know if there is there anywhere that I could take the bike to have the whole lot properly installed?

Currently 11.5 stones and on the way down (slowly)

D8veh, the sideways bottle battery fits the space, provided it is not too fat to Interfere with the pedals, although from the rest of your post it sounds as if it might not give the assistance I am looking for. I do have fairly strong legs and can pedal unassisted partway up most of the hills...

Second attempt, hope this one looks better.

Here is a sketch, not to scale, showing the internal measurements of the area inside the frame in mm.

Thankyou so much everyone for all your input, things are beginning to clarify in my head. I had no idea about any of this. I will post some frame measurements later. Regarding speed etc, I really am only wanting some additional extra assistance to get up hills which are generally longish if on...

Thanks, I think your experience confirms that I am looking at a battery to fit in the area of the bottle carrier and also a front wheel motor not rear. Two that look like possibilities are Cyclotricity which has the price advantage and Conv e which appears to be the simplest to fit and...

http://www.devinci.com/bikes/bike_437_print This is the link to the page with all the specs on. Not sure what it all means but hopefully it covers the points Mike has raised.