Gavin (from Dallas, Texas) is a full sized E-biker (His endless-sphere username is “Drunkskunk“), and he felt somewhat cramped on most of the available frames. Plus he wanted a fat bike, which are not yet available in full suspension. So…since he owns a welder…he did what any other garage builder would do in that situation. He built his own full-sized fat bike off-road frame, that he designed to be a hub-motored E-bike, with a large battery pack built into the downtube assembly.
Masterwork
Drunkskunk, DIY Full Suspension Electric Fat Bike
Gavin (from Dallas, Texas) is a full sized E-biker (His endless-sphere username is “Drunkskunk“), and he felt somewhat cramped on most of the available frames. Plus he wanted a fat bike, which are not yet available in full suspension. So…since he owns a welder…he did what any other garage builder would do in that situation. He built his own full-sized fat bike off-road frame, that he designed to be a hub-motored E-bike, with a large battery pack built into the downtube assembly.
Kepler’s Carbon “Super Commuter”
With all these sexy, sleek, and expensive production bikes hitting the market in the last 6 months (Specialized Turbo, Stromer ST1, Neo Jumper, Currie Eflow) it is tempting for the home builder to just go out and buy one. They are breaking the 20-MPH legal speed limit (between 20-25-MPH) and doing it with torque sensing systems that make them a really sweet hybrid that is super lightweight (for an ebike) and still pedals and feels like a bicycle. Not surprising, some ebike
With all these sexy, sleek, and expensive production bikes hitting the market in the last 6 months (Specialized Turbo, Stromer ST1, Neo Jumper, Currie Eflow) it is tempting for the home builder to just go out and buy one. They are breaking the 20-MPH legal speed limit (between 20-25-MPH) and doing it with torque sensing systems that make them a really sweet hybrid that is super lightweight (for an ebike) and still pedals and feels like a bicycle. Not surprising, some ebike
AussieJester’s custom E-bikes
Occasionally we like to celebrate some of the heroes of the electric bike revolution. Aussie Jester is on our list of 10 most influential people of the ebike movement, and we have been intending to do an article celebrating his creations from the very beginning of electricbike.com. If you visit the “non hub” section of endless-sphere, it won’t be long before you stumble across references to a builder named Kim, from Perth in Australia. His username is “AussieJester”, and as the name implies, he
Occasionally we like to celebrate some of the heroes of the electric bike revolution. Aussie Jester is on our list of 10 most influential people of the ebike movement, and we have been intending to do an article celebrating his creations from the very beginning of electricbike.com. If you visit the “non hub” section of endless-sphere, it won’t be long before you stumble across references to a builder named Kim, from Perth in Australia. His username is “AussieJester”, and as the name implies, he
EBee Mid-drive Handmade Ebike
Submitted by renowned mountain bike frame builder Paul Brodie. This is one of the most beautiful custom builds we have seen. It started last March as NAHBS 2012 (North American Handmade Bike Show) in Colorado was winding down. I wandered over to see Sam Whittingham in his Naked booth, and we chatted about the show. After a while we got onto the subject of what we might do for this year’s 2013 show, and I volunteered that I was considering
Submitted by renowned mountain bike frame builder Paul Brodie. This is one of the most beautiful custom builds we have seen. It started last March as NAHBS 2012 (North American Handmade Bike Show) in Colorado was winding down. I wandered over to see Sam Whittingham in his Naked booth, and we chatted about the show. After a while we got onto the subject of what we might do for this year’s 2013 show, and I volunteered that I was considering
Electric Chopper “Patient Zero”
Word on the street is that Manny Da Silva (from Toronto, Canada) has put together an unusually radical idea for Tattoo and Piercing artists. When we first put out an article on Patient Zero it didn’t seem ready for the road. This chopper style bike features a beautiful hand built frame and a wonderfully handcrafted aluminum battery box. And some of the coolest “retro” battery gauges we have seen: Although it looked pretty we had some questions. Why use SLA
Word on the street is that Manny Da Silva (from Toronto, Canada) has put together an unusually radical idea for Tattoo and Piercing artists. When we first put out an article on Patient Zero it didn’t seem ready for the road. This chopper style bike features a beautiful hand built frame and a wonderfully handcrafted aluminum battery box. And some of the coolest “retro” battery gauges we have seen: Although it looked pretty we had some questions. Why use SLA
Spider E-Bike, DIY Mountain Climber
Nik from Italy sent us pictures of his recently finished home-built mid drive mountain bike which is indeed another clean and elegant example of what can be accomplished from a garage build. He calls it the “Spider Bike” and it is powered by a 500W Cyclone motor. Although 500 watts does not seem like much when compared to various hub motor powered E-bikes, this is a mid drive (as opposed to a common hub-motor), and mid drives are the ultimate
Nik from Italy sent us pictures of his recently finished home-built mid drive mountain bike which is indeed another clean and elegant example of what can be accomplished from a garage build. He calls it the “Spider Bike” and it is powered by a 500W Cyclone motor. Although 500 watts does not seem like much when compared to various hub motor powered E-bikes, this is a mid drive (as opposed to a common hub-motor), and mid drives are the ultimate
Mini Hub Motor Mountain E-bikes
Electric bike home builder Nader Alizadeh lives in Hamburg Germany, where electric bikes are popular, but restricted to a maximum watt limit of 250 watts. Unlike most home builders these days who focus on speed, range and affordability, Nader decided to focus on stealth and minimal weight, so that his E-bikes look and ride like bikes. Climbing hills is not an important consideration for him because where he lives is not very hilly. To achieve his goals Nader uses small geared
Electric bike home builder Nader Alizadeh lives in Hamburg Germany, where electric bikes are popular, but restricted to a maximum watt limit of 250 watts. Unlike most home builders these days who focus on speed, range and affordability, Nader decided to focus on stealth and minimal weight, so that his E-bikes look and ride like bikes. Climbing hills is not an important consideration for him because where he lives is not very hilly. To achieve his goals Nader uses small geared
Stealth Bomber and Fighter / Modifying the Beast
Many would wonder why anyone would want to modify such a well-proven package like the Stealth Bomber or the Stealth Fighter and I suppose the simple answer is “because we can”. In my case I wanted to differentiate both my Bomber and Fighter from the standard offering, but in two completely different ways. In the case of the Bomber, the project was all about in your face grunt and speed…however with the Fighter, modifications were practically the inverse and they
Many would wonder why anyone would want to modify such a well-proven package like the Stealth Bomber or the Stealth Fighter and I suppose the simple answer is “because we can”. In my case I wanted to differentiate both my Bomber and Fighter from the standard offering, but in two completely different ways. In the case of the Bomber, the project was all about in your face grunt and speed…however with the Fighter, modifications were practically the inverse and they
Guerrilla E-biker / Filmmaker
Adam’ got a unique opportunity when his family moved to a home in Brittany France that was just 500 meters from the beach. While walking around his new neighborhood, Adam noticed there was some great coast side riding trails with filmic scenery. With some lithium a123 cells from a disassembled Dewalt drill packs, Adam slapped them on a kids mountain bike with 20 inch wheels with a direct drive 9c hub motor built into the rear. Riding in the style
Adam’ got a unique opportunity when his family moved to a home in Brittany France that was just 500 meters from the beach. While walking around his new neighborhood, Adam noticed there was some great coast side riding trails with filmic scenery. With some lithium a123 cells from a disassembled Dewalt drill packs, Adam slapped them on a kids mountain bike with 20 inch wheels with a direct drive 9c hub motor built into the rear. Riding in the style
Specialized Super-Charged Racer
Its ironic that in the same month that Specialized announced the release of their first electric bike and touting it as the “fastest ebike ever” (read Specialized Turbo article here), a DIY electric bike builder, Simon Howarth out of the UK converted a Specialized downhill mountain bike frame into one of the best (and fastest) full suspension ebikes ever created. Specialized spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, had infinite resources, and took 4 years with a secret team in Switzerland to
Its ironic that in the same month that Specialized announced the release of their first electric bike and touting it as the “fastest ebike ever” (read Specialized Turbo article here), a DIY electric bike builder, Simon Howarth out of the UK converted a Specialized downhill mountain bike frame into one of the best (and fastest) full suspension ebikes ever created. Specialized spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, had infinite resources, and took 4 years with a secret team in Switzerland to