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37 custom electric bike builds (with more to come)
When I started writing for electricbike.com, one of the things I wanted to accomplish was to expose some of the great custom garage-builds to a wider audience. Each one has some aspect that is useful...
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Custom Build Gallery, The Appel Cruiser
Here is an ebike where the builder is using a common hubmotor, but…he is mounting the motor into the frame, and connecting it to the rear wheel by a chain. Of course, most available frames wouldn’t...
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Custom Build Gallery, Tom’s 3D-printed RC drive
Tom Stanton is an engineering student, and a few years ago he became interested in learning how to use CAD / CAM programs. As an exercise, he decided to design and build a light-weight and compact...
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Meet Sparky, the giant unicorn art electric quadricycle that you can actually...
My good friend Doug Shire told me a year ago that he was going to build an art car. I asked him “Why build an art car that is expensive, heavy and will just get harassed by the cops when you drive it...
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“Dr Chopper”, building Hot Rod Street-Cruiser ebikes
Hot Rod cruisers are a style where most people have a clear divide over whether they love them of hate them. That being said, Doctor Chopper (in Philadelphia) has wrestled with customers over what...
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Converting a vintage Vespa to Electric
I’ve always liked the style of vintage vehicles, and there is a growing trend of converting old gassers to an electric drivetrain. Jim in Virginia has done a beautiful job, and fortunately for us he...
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Adam’s Black Panther, with BBSHD Ludicrous V2, 3-speed, and Gates drive
So this is a multi-part build report on my latest ebike project. I’ll start with a quick history, hit on the highlights of the build and my impressions, and then jump into more build details than most...
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Dan’s 1967 Honda CA160 conversion
I’ve always loved vintage conversions to electric power. Dan is located in Kansas, and one day he showed his wife some pictures of motorcycles to see what kind she likes, and they settled on a vintage...
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Steve’s Wooden Vectrix
This beautiful custom scooter really impressed me as soon as I saw it. As you can imagine, Steve is a experienced wooden boat builder, and he also makes fine furniture out of wood. If that wasn’t...
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The Sun Pony is a Tri-motor Tandem Tricycle designed for Epic Long Distance...
My good friend Laurence Clarkberg is the one who destroyed my life about a decade ago by selling me my first ebike. He decided to build an ebike that could take him and his wife Judy across the country...
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