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So, what are you guys into aside from watches?

adam78
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Yes Barramundi and one of Australias top table quality fish in restaurants.

I fondly remember having it at a barbeque during my (all too brief) visit to Australia 20 years ago!
 
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Great on the BBQ. No bones and nice thick steaks
 
Trev
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Just finishing up building an electric bike. It's a 100V system.

There's a 3-way toggle switch next to the left grip for the main power settings:
1 - Roughly 200W (street legal)
2 - 4000W
3 - 6000W

Top speed of around 75km/h (46mph) in the current configuration, which is optimised for acceleration more than high-speeds. It's faster off the line than average cars or motorcycles, so it's pretty fun. It also climbs hills well, being able to still accelerate decently on most of them. The current lithium polymer pack is nice and small/light (typically mounted on the front fork), but still gives up to 40k's worth of aggressive riding per charge. A larger pack and riding more leisurely would mean a range of around 90k.
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On concrete it tends to really want to dig in more, you can do wheelies while sitting stationary. On grass, you can tear it up, I was doing so yesterday and spun out the bike from under me 😀
 
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That is really cool. How much does it weigh? Is it a kit?
 
Trev
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Not a kit, no. It's based on a downhill mountain-bike with all individual electrical components made to work together as smoothly as possible. Total weight with battery is 35kg/77lbs
 
U
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Is this someting you made from scratch or was there a working plan?
 
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Bought the downhill MTB used, then pieced together the rest of the electrical stuff from various suppliers online. Most of the parts are from the US, rear wheel was laced in Sydney. Drilled extra holes in the motor for better cooling. I had torque arms/plates laser cut in Canada from strong steel to prevent the motor from tearing apart the bike. The computer is called a cycle analyst and manages the battery pack, plus provides a nice running dashboard and various statistics.

I'm better with electronics and software than metal fab/mechanical engineering type stuff. Sorting out how to re-enforce the rear dropouts (where the axel goes through) took me the longest by far. I don't have any welding gear, so ended up sandwiching the steel and aluminum parts with a very strong 3M metal epoxy, then bolting them for added strength and alignment.

It took a few months, but that was only working on it in my spare time.
 
Alpha
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Surely needs a very long cable 😁

Seriously, a wonderful project well done. What's your anticipated production rate 😉
 
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Quartz bike! 😗
 
styggpyggeno1
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Just bought a summer house. Guess it classifies as "into aside watches"? I am actually more into the 100 sqm garage than the rest. It is an old school built in the 1880: ies and my better half is going to fill it with what ever she wants... As long as I can fill the garage with what ever I want.

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Cool. Is that an outhouse? 😜


Did you mean a cludgie 😉
 
styggpyggeno1
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Did you mean a cludgie 😉

Guys... when are you going to understand I am not English/Aussie/Northern American? ulackfocus - what do you mean with outhouse and then your "stick out tungue"? Alpha - ..?

I realize I must come thru as a complete bore here but make yourselves more understandable when dealing with me - please (pretty please with a cherry on top - something I have picked up from a movie - which?). Let me in on the fun stuff.

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JE
PS - today I looked up "mutt" - a word that came up here a day or two ago in regards to my silver dialed Speedy. Now I understand. And yes it is a mutt. I prefer to call it a bastard though... Sounds much more hard core...mutt - sounds a little too cute.
 
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An outhouse is an outdoor bathroom. The pink .gif is for "laughing", meaning I was joking about the shed being an outhouse.

Note to self - stop telling jokes that need to be explained.
 
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Dennis is asking if the small building off to the right in the first picture is a bathroom/toilet...A bathroom/toilet not connected to the main house is known as an "outhouse" in English. In winter it would be a long cold walk to use it, thus the "stick out tongue" I believe, Dennis will chime in if I'm assuming incorrectly. A cludgie is a Scottish term for toilet. You have a very nice summer property there!👍
 
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U ulackfocus
Cool. Is that an outhouse? 😜

Aha! Somewhere along the line you assumed that I would connect "that" with the small house on the side. Note to self - start mind reading...

And no, that is actually the old laundery. There are three modern bathrooms in the house - no cold walk anywhere. It is not a summer house in that respect. When compared to almost any English or Australian house I have seen this is a modern house. It has its plumbing inside... (choose smiley of own choice). Something we have had since plumbing was invented. And central heating. And we do not have wall to wall carpeting in bathrooms...
 
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Certainly no offence intended, friendly banter that obviously did not travel to well.

Many happy times in your new property 👍
 
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