Adam Kos Electric bicycles they are experiencing a proper boom, which is no longer a secret to anyone. But for some, it's a rather expensive splurge, especially if they own a normal self-powered bicycle. However, the LIVALL company came up with a rather unique solution, with which you can turn your regular bike into an electric bike.
So this is a derailleur that offers tool-free installation, intelligent assistance and healthy cycling – at a reasonable price. After mounting the control unit, motorized hub and battery (so-called eBike conversion kit) to your bike, you can turn your old bike into an electric bike. E-bike conversion kits that are on the market are insanely expensive and the process of installing them is complicated, when it slowly pays to just buy an e-bike from the ground up.
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All-in-one solution
PikaBoost uses an all-in-one design that includes a battery, motor and controller to ensure the cleanest and easiest installation possible. Therefore, you can quickly install it between the seat post and the rear wheel without using any tools. This also means you can easily transfer the PikaBoost from one bike to another. This makes it much easier to use on road, shared and rental bikes. It kind of looks like an overgrown dynamo, but it drives you instead of you driving it.
The clamping mechanism resists vibrations, so it won't come loose even when driving off-road. It doesn't matter what width your tire is, because the solution is compatible with both road and mountain bikes. As stated by the manufacturer, PikaBoost uses the latest automatic adaptive speed (AAR) technology, which detects changes in terrain and driving speed in real time and dynamically adjusts engine performance without delay. It is absolutely ideal for people with weak stamina and weak knees. It uses a dual-axis linear Hall sensor to provide the earliest possible feedback with speed data to the MCU so that real-time motor performance adaptation can be achieved. There is also an accelerometer and a gyroscope. It knows if you are going downhill or uphill.
It also charges the phone
One more thing about the battery. It has a capacity of 18 mAh and its lifespan should be 650 to 4 years with more than five hundred cycles. Its added value is that it can also charge your phone while driving. The solution also has a flashlight, its own brake and is waterproof according to IP5. The functionality can be locked through a smartphone application, with which it communicates via Bluetooth. The weight is 66 kg, charging takes 3 hours and the range is 3 km.
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The project for financing is of course running on Kickstarter, and only a few days. His goal was to withdraw only $25, but he now has over $650 in his account and still has 37 long days to go. The starting price of the solution is 299 dollars (approx. 7 thousand CZK), which is half of the retail price. Delivery to early backers will begin in March of next year.
I made a similar device, it didn't work. When wet, a hard layer of sand was packed on the drive roll, its diameter increased and it no longer pulled as well.
So only in good weather.
I ride my bike only in good weather. Well, I would take it.
the terrain (hupancich) the roll jumps, the contact with the tires is interrupted.
So on a smooth road.
It can't work on a full-suspension bike if it doesn't have a full shock lockout, it can't be attached to a telescopic seat post (by the way, the "seat post" mentioned in the article is called a seat post) without the risk of damaging its glider and reducing its lift.
"saddle post"
The 18650 is not the capacity of the battery, but the designation of the cells from which the battery is composed (something like AA for the designation of pencil batteries). These tend to have a capacity of approx. 9 Wh, there are 18 of them, so a total of approx. 160 Wh. Common e-bikes have a battery capacity of approx. 500 Wh or more with a range of 120 km, so the 30 km indicated here is realistic.
It should be self-locking against the skeleton, it won't work that way or it won't work for long
Well, as people before me have already written here: only on dry asphalt. And there is also a risk that some object will get between the drive wheel and the tire (stick, stone, piece of wire, anything that can fall on the road), and then what?
It just looks like a great idea on paper, but if we think about it a little critically, I don't understand that this has even been put into production!
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This device is nonsense, I have a carrier for bags and a mudguard under it, even on every bike.