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AmpedBikes Demo Run www.ampedbikes.com

  • Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:57 am

My AmpedBikes electric hybrid bike kit. 500W 36V stock kit on a ~’90′s GT AllTerra mountain bike. Being low tech and low budget, here’s the specs on this rig: -21-speed GT AllTerra Timberline hardtail – AmpedBikes.com front wheel 500W 36V 26″ stock motor, wheel, spokes, and tire. – Half-Grip twist throttle – original cargo rack from the kit. – heavy canvas saddle bags restitched as pannier bike bags and coated with fiber glass epoxy resin to re-enforce the canvas. – six recycled SLA UPS backup power 7ah batteries @ 6lbs each. Packs are arranged in two 3-battery 36V packs in order to split the amperage and not tax the poor old SLA’s This setup gets me to and from work across the Cuyahoga Valley National Park from Akron to Fairlawn on a single charge. ~20 miles roundtrip. Up some nasty hills both directions!! Pretty good for recycled batteries that were put out for trash. I run a de-sulfator battery cycle on each battery individually every couple months. Been running this bike since May 2008 on the same batteries. All in all spent ~$400 total on kit, bag, and maintenance on the bike last year. Well worth it!! AmpedBikes is the place to get your own do it yourself kit!

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