Well, this old girl has been neglected in my garage for too long! Almost 7 years ago I was experimenting with the original Kepler friction drive, and when I tried to make this road bike work like a touring bike (built a custom cargo pod of coroplast and such to haul too much for what it was designed) I side-lined it for my first home-built mid-drive build.
I also built my first set of 700c wheels at UBI in Portland in their wheel building class, and finally decided I needed to get it back on the road to take on trips to the Columbia River Gorge Bike Trail (built on the bed of the old highway) with my dad, he's be jonesing to do this ever since they built some of the new sections a few years back, and my cruiser doesn't exactly fit on a bike rack ; )
It just so happens, that this bike is a PERFECT candidate for the BBS02! :D
This is shaping up to be my cleanest build yet! The motor just slid right in there, no fuss no muss! Only took 2 thin washers from old caliper brake pads for the mounting bolts, and once a get a couple items still in the mail, it will be on the road! It should hit at least 30 MPH with moderate pedaling, I'm guessing closer 35 with me on a good day pedaling my guts out. : )
Gonna use some fabric wiring coverings for autos to make a nice clean factory look. Got the battery connector tucked up inside the battery mount, just need the rest of the kit! Huge thanks to Eric & Ashley working so hard on getting these kits out even while moving to the new location and making wedding plans! Can't wait to fly by the roadies with my big Ebike Grin! >:D
I also built my first set of 700c wheels at UBI in Portland in their wheel building class, and finally decided I needed to get it back on the road to take on trips to the Columbia River Gorge Bike Trail (built on the bed of the old highway) with my dad, he's be jonesing to do this ever since they built some of the new sections a few years back, and my cruiser doesn't exactly fit on a bike rack ; )
It just so happens, that this bike is a PERFECT candidate for the BBS02! :D
This is shaping up to be my cleanest build yet! The motor just slid right in there, no fuss no muss! Only took 2 thin washers from old caliper brake pads for the mounting bolts, and once a get a couple items still in the mail, it will be on the road! It should hit at least 30 MPH with moderate pedaling, I'm guessing closer 35 with me on a good day pedaling my guts out. : )
Gonna use some fabric wiring coverings for autos to make a nice clean factory look. Got the battery connector tucked up inside the battery mount, just need the rest of the kit! Huge thanks to Eric & Ashley working so hard on getting these kits out even while moving to the new location and making wedding plans! Can't wait to fly by the roadies with my big Ebike Grin! >:D
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