Bone Wagon Curiosity: For Bones.
... it's even better company now!
Bone Wagon Curiosity is my customized folding pedelec.
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Some specs:
- Single-speed transmission
- Alluminium alloy folding frame, 26 inches
- 36V Lithium-ion battery
- Gearless 250W rear hub electric motor
- Customized torque arms to strenghthen the rear dropouts
- Arduino-based gas legalizer to make the use of throttle compliant with the European regulation
- Double saddle (very comfortable!)
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Some pics:
the folding frame unpacked
the installation of the bottom bracket
the cranckset
the PAS: the pedal assist sensor has been installed on the opposite side with respect to the crackset
the magnet disc for the PAS, 12 magnets for more angular resolution
the headset
the fork and the stem
the place of the battery: we got very close!
torque arm model
ready for the cut of the torque arm from a steel 8mm plate
this is just the beginning =)
here we are very close to the end, only the hole of for the motor axle
finally installed, what an effort!
the position for the motor controller
Arduino-based gas legalizer: you can see the small IC that is an optocoupler used to turn on and off the trottle
the test of the gas legalizer, more info will come soon about it!
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Arduino-based gas legalizer
Download the source here (tested on Arduino Duemilanove).
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Hand-made torque arms
Download the drawing here (drawn with Inkscape).
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