Animalector
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Hello there from Sunny Queensland Australia. My name is Andy aka. Animalector or TheAnimalector on Youtube.
I live most of the way towards the top of Australia (Cairns) where it's been around 35deg C for the past couple of months. Only now are we starting to get some wet weather action to cool things off.
I've ben into EBikes for the past 10 years or so. Building my first Dual Suspension Ebike with an old Raceline 110mm XC bike with a hub motor and a LiFePO4 battery duct-taped into the triangle.
Next was a 5500W E-Moto (with pedals) using a frame from Croatia called a Greyborg. It weighed in at 55kg, did 80km/h had two speed pedal input and used moto wheels and pit-bike suspension front and rear. It was super fun but way too illegal for street use and I could not find enough places to ride offroad in Melbourne, where we were living at the time.
Then, I built up a Bafang BBS02 on a Dual Suspension Diamond Back frame. This one used a "Dolphin" battery using 18650 cells which I welded myself.
Next was a Norco DH Team with a BBS02 again. this time I went "full custom" tab welding a custom shape battery pack and integrating a nice aluminium case into the triangle for a sleek factory finish. After bottoming out the motor on a rock, I tried a cyclone 1650W setup for a while, but went back to the BBS02 for a smoother, quieter ride..
I proceeded to build up 4 other bikes for mates (Norco Shore BBS02, x2 roadbikes with TSDZ and a Step-through granny bike with TSDZ). After all this, I thought I should make the leap to a factory-style bike. Seeing a market for lower priced OEM ebikes, I sourced an Ebike from China. Two actually! They arrived in one piece, and this was my first expensive lesson in Quality Control (lack of?) in China. Between these two bikes, one was "straight" the other had an obvious welding skew to the head tube. The chain also rubbed on the tyre when on the big cog. The bikes were still amazing fun to ride, with the Early Bafang Max drive (350W torque sensing). They were very long with a 500mm'ish chain stay length, could climb anything and not even think about looping out, but Wheelies.... Forget it!!
After that I got serious about OEM ebikes. I travelled to China to visit factories. I found a supplier I liked who were willing to work with me on a project, and proceeded to work with them to develop a frame. I was actually standing in a factory looking at the 3d printed prototype of the Dengfu M09 (Luna X1), but alas, I was not a fan of the frame design.
So, that's where I'm at - I've got a cool ebike that I love to ride. I've picked up a bucket-load of experience along the way and I'm looking forward to ebikes changing the game over the coming years.
I live most of the way towards the top of Australia (Cairns) where it's been around 35deg C for the past couple of months. Only now are we starting to get some wet weather action to cool things off.
I've ben into EBikes for the past 10 years or so. Building my first Dual Suspension Ebike with an old Raceline 110mm XC bike with a hub motor and a LiFePO4 battery duct-taped into the triangle.
Next was a 5500W E-Moto (with pedals) using a frame from Croatia called a Greyborg. It weighed in at 55kg, did 80km/h had two speed pedal input and used moto wheels and pit-bike suspension front and rear. It was super fun but way too illegal for street use and I could not find enough places to ride offroad in Melbourne, where we were living at the time.
Then, I built up a Bafang BBS02 on a Dual Suspension Diamond Back frame. This one used a "Dolphin" battery using 18650 cells which I welded myself.
Next was a Norco DH Team with a BBS02 again. this time I went "full custom" tab welding a custom shape battery pack and integrating a nice aluminium case into the triangle for a sleek factory finish. After bottoming out the motor on a rock, I tried a cyclone 1650W setup for a while, but went back to the BBS02 for a smoother, quieter ride..
I proceeded to build up 4 other bikes for mates (Norco Shore BBS02, x2 roadbikes with TSDZ and a Step-through granny bike with TSDZ). After all this, I thought I should make the leap to a factory-style bike. Seeing a market for lower priced OEM ebikes, I sourced an Ebike from China. Two actually! They arrived in one piece, and this was my first expensive lesson in Quality Control (lack of?) in China. Between these two bikes, one was "straight" the other had an obvious welding skew to the head tube. The chain also rubbed on the tyre when on the big cog. The bikes were still amazing fun to ride, with the Early Bafang Max drive (350W torque sensing). They were very long with a 500mm'ish chain stay length, could climb anything and not even think about looping out, but Wheelies.... Forget it!!
After that I got serious about OEM ebikes. I travelled to China to visit factories. I found a supplier I liked who were willing to work with me on a project, and proceeded to work with them to develop a frame. I was actually standing in a factory looking at the 3d printed prototype of the Dengfu M09 (Luna X1), but alas, I was not a fan of the frame design.
So, that's where I'm at - I've got a cool ebike that I love to ride. I've picked up a bucket-load of experience along the way and I'm looking forward to ebikes changing the game over the coming years.
