As much as I love e-bikes ... take your existing bike and make it electric. As you can see from the photo above, you're looking at £645 for the whole kit. The kit has been available for some ...
[Tom Stanton] wanted to see if supercaps have any practical use on e-bikes, and built a DIY electric motor in the process. One of the problems with supercaps is the rapid voltage drop during ...
Of course, their different applications make them anything but equivalent, as the bike motor is designed for high torque at low speed while the drone motor has very little torque but plenty of speed.
Now, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has revealed that almost 40% of e-bike fires are caused by conversion kits. BBC London takes a look at the issue. "At the moment it is still a bit of a wild west ...
In its current form, the Skarper e-bike kit tips the scales at just 3 kilograms (about 6.6 pounds). It includes the motor and the battery, with Skarper claiming an impressive range of up to 60 ...