A rusty folding bicycle (folded) and a cargo rack
An e-bike kit consisting of motorised front wheel, motor controller box, throttle cable, battery and a smart battery management system (optional)
Bicycle mocked up with electricals. Front wheel motor, motor controller near the handlebars, throttle draped over the handlebar, batteries mocked up on the cargo rack. This represents about an hour's work and the hardest part of the whole project was I lost one of the nuts from the front wheel and had to make a new one. (Bicycle nuts are infuriatingly non-standard)
The bike unfolded. This is probably what bicycle snobs call a BSO a Bicycle-Shaped-Object meaning it came from a variety store and is of indifferent quality. I don't actually know, I got it from the trash on large-item-collection week.
Let's make an #e-bike out of garbage. You will need.
* One dumpster bike (free)
* One cargo rack (free)
* One hub motor (dumpster dived, but about $200 new)
* One motor controller (about $20-$50 new)
* A battery (recycled, but about $100 new)
I'm going to rewire […]
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