Electric Bike Conversion (Part 3) || Final Assembly & Test Ride

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In this final chapter of the Electric Bike Conversion project I will be showing you how I created an enclosure for my DIY battery pack and how I mounted all the components onto my bike. At the end I will then go for a test ride in order to present my verdict about such conversion kits.

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Music:
In the Hall of the Mountain King, Kevin MacLeod
2011 Lookalike by Bartlebeats
Killing Time, Kevin MacLeod

[ElectroBOOM]

Regenerative breaking would extend the range. I wold love to see how that helps.

[BarsMonster]

Check your tire pressure. I can see your're way too low in the video. Low tire pressure = low range. You should be near higher end of the range specified on the tire.

[emilcarr]

7:27 look how squished that tyre gets... You need to top up the air pressure! You'll get a far greater efficiency if you do.

[DashcamDriversGermany]

A friend of mine has done the same thing. With one or two changes. He used Lead Acid batteries. He could drive some distance. When the Batteries are empty, he has a small lever, which he has pressed to drop a gasoline generator on the tire. This then had charged the batteries and act like an engine to drive the bike. With a full generator and charged batteries, he could reach 100km. A bad thing happened. He was stopped by the police in Munich and the ADAC has towed his bike with a truck.

[casen]

Great video! I am a former Electronics Technician in my countries Navy. I used to work on very sophisticated systems, but the training I received was very superficial. It was enough to repair plug and play systems( circuit cards and such). I enjoy your channel very much, and have learned more then I care to admit, especially since I was an ET for 10 years. Thank you for your videos, and God Bless.

[ryanavery]

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[ELECTRONOOBS]

11.7km doesn't seem that much. Maybe a double battery pack? Lol Keep up!!!

[abhilashpatel]

I think the range will improve significantly after setting correct inflation pressure.

[TechHole]

Hey man, Love your videos. I'm working on an ebike too, so I love to see well-done videos of these builds. Not to harp on the aluminum front fork thing - I heard you say that you're not noticing any signs of failure: You won't notice them on Aluminum. Aluminum will fail catastrophically and without warning. That's why steel front forks are better if you must do front wheel drive: steel flexes and bends so it takes the bumps better, AND will give you a bit of warning before failure. A front wheel failure is bad in general because you're much more likely to go over the handlebars.

Cheers buddy.

[rahulmoorkoth]

Best channel for learning electronics 👍

[TheOfficialCzex]

Pro tip: use an air compressor to remove rubber handle grips. Also, top off your tire pressure; you're running a bit flat.

[JohnHughes]

Hi there, I've just done a 250W conversion on an old mountain bike and I did 80km before charging the battery for the first time. However, because the motor will only get me to about 25kph, I do a lot of pedalling instead of using the motor. After charging it for the first time it is a lot livelier and is great for going up hills, into headwinds, towing trailers, racing cars from the lights and frightening pedestrians!

[wi_zeus]

At first I thought that a torque are wouldn't be necessary, similar to what you observed / said.
Should you ever experience weird clunking noised when braking / accelerating, then carefully inspect your motor mount. Those noises are a sign of deformed metal and thus a potentially loose motor-mount.
My setup (now I'm upgrading to 12s): 10s and a ~250W motor, steel frame.

[youssefaly]

I would have added rubber gaskets to the battery enclosure for water proofing and may be zip tied the esc with its bag. Great build! Would love to see what you'll do with that pedal assist part, maybe hook it to an arduino and create something cool!

[jyotishmanbharali]

Can't wait all week for your videos You should make videos twice a week

[varunmehta]

7:29 Way too low Tyre pressure. Try to get the optimal rated Tyre pressure and your range and speed will definitely increase.

[josipzinic]

Hey there Scott, great video.BUT BE CAREFUL I also had the same confidence in my front rock shock fork when I mounted my 500W front hub motor. It worked great for maybe 50km but one morning I sat on my bike and started riding when the motor just broke the part of the fork that held the motor thankfully it wasnt at high speeds and was close to home. I GIVE YOU MY DEEPEST PROMISE IT ISNT WILL IT HAPPEN BUT WHEN. I just hope you see this because I like watching your videos and I dont want to see you get very badly hurt.

[gijs]

I would love to see another rangetest, but then with well inflated tires. I am curious about the loss of energy in reforming the tire every time

[leomolloy]

The brakes that came with the kit are very important because they shut off the motor when braking to stop them from competing.

[DiyintheGhetto]

Hey Scott you can actually keep it on your bike. All you got to do is put a Limit on the speed use a arduino. And say hey can not go past this speed limit. Now that is a video i would love to see because I'm thinking of buying one my self. Awesome work keep up the great job man.