Vintage Ebike

[Pedalpat]

Been thinking as I really like vintage everything really.
Taking a 1920s or 1930s 28" wheel Elgin bike and turning it into a mid drive bafang Ebike. Battery can be hide in the false tank. Can even add a 7 speed internal rear hub.
Definitely use disc brake wheels. Might look trippy with the original truss forks but I'm betting it'll work with a little fabbing.

So yeah taking real oldy Goldy and kicking it up with current Ebike craze

Thoughts?

 

[gowjobs]

Maybe check this thread out. Exactly what you're talking about...
https://ratrodbikes.com/forum/threads/1930s-shelby-motobike-ebike-conversion.115245/

 

[Pedalpat]

See great minds think alike
That's what I'm talking bout right there. And keep the onlookers wondering how am old crate can go so fassssttt

 

[RustyGold]

Not a 28"er, but vintage none the less...and very well done...

Project Ed

Project Ed build thread

 

[Pedalpat]

That's a cool one too.
I got alot of catching up to do.

So even if an EMT shut the electric grid down well there is solar to recharge the battery with still.

With fuel costs at the highest Ive ever seen in life it's pedal power time .

 

[RustyGold]

Technically, adjusted for inflation, we are still under the 2008 high. That technicality isn't going to matter for long... unfortunately.

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

So even if an EMT shut the electric grid down well there is solar to recharge the battery with still.

What if an ATC pulls the plug?

I think you may have meant EMP/Electro-Magnetic Pulse.

 

[Pedalpat]

What if an ATC pulls the plug?
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I think you may have meant EMP/Electro-Magnetic Pulse.

Yeah that too


Was typing with a bandaged hand EMT emergency medical treatment ...