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Tag Archives: recumbents
Crown eTrike Batteries – Charging
It appears this may be the most complex part of this project. Thus far everything is very much plug and play. That is, each major component be it the motor, controller etc can be attached and plugged directly to each … Continue reading
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Tagged 12s, charging, cycling, electric bike, electronics, eTrike, Greenspeed, recumbent, recumbent bike, recumbent trike, recumbents, tppakcs, trike light
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Crown eTrike Batteries
I finally settled on the batteries that will be used for the eTrike. They are the same ZIPPY Flightmax 5000mAh 6S1P 15C from hobby city that I have previously mentioned. For those not versed in battery speak, 6S is 6 … Continue reading
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Tagged Ah capacity, cycling, electric bike, eTrike, Greenspeed, lead acid, lithium, lithium batteries, pannier bags, recumbent light, recumbent trike, recumbents, zippy
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More beamshots.
I thought I would take some outside breamshots tonight. For comparison I did a side by side shots next to a friends car. The images are in this order: The car headlights only The car and wide beam lights of the trike … Continue reading
Posted in Trike Lights
Tagged bike light, recumbent light, recumbent trike, recumbents
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Front Recumbent Lights Completed
I found the time today to knock up two more light assembly’s similar to the ones I already made. The difference with these is that they contain a much wider beam optics. These should create an oval shape directly in front … Continue reading
Posted in Trike Lights
Tagged Cree, ledil optics, recumbent light, recumbents, trike light, wide beam
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