Stealth Bomber and Fighter / Modifying the Beast
Many would wonder why anyone would want to modify such a well-proven package like the Stealth Bomber or the Stealth Fighter and I suppose the simple answer is “because we can”. In my case I wanted to...
View ArticleMini Hub Motor Mountain E-bikes
Electric bike home builder Nader Alizadeh lives in Hamburg Germany, where electric bikes are popular, but restricted to a maximum watt limit of 250 watts. Unlike most home builders these days who focus...
View ArticleSpider E-Bike, DIY Mountain Climber
Nik from Italy sent us pictures of his recently finished home-built mid drive mountain bike which is indeed another clean and elegant example of what can be accomplished from a garage build. He calls...
View ArticleElectric Chopper “Patient Zero”
Word on the street is that Manny Da Silva (from Toronto, Canada) has put together an unusually radical idea for Tattoo and Piercing artists. When we first put out an article on Patient Zero it didn’t...
View ArticleEBee Mid-drive Handmade Ebike
Submitted by renowned mountain bike frame builder Paul Brodie. This is one of the most beautiful custom builds we have seen. It started last March as NAHBS 2012 (North American Handmade Bike Show) in...
View ArticleAussieJester’s custom E-bikes
Occasionally we like to celebrate some of the heroes of the electric bike revolution. Aussie Jester is on our list of 10 most influential people of the ebike movement, and we have been intending to do...
View ArticleKepler’s Carbon “Super Commuter”
With all these sexy, sleek, and expensive production bikes hitting the market in the last 6 months (Specialized Turbo, Stromer ST1, Neo Jumper, Currie Eflow) it is tempting for the home builder to...
View ArticleDrunkskunk, DIY Full Suspension Electric Fat Bike
Gavin (from Dallas, Texas) is a full sized E-biker (His endless-sphere username is “Drunkskunk“), and he felt somewhat cramped on most of the available frames. Plus he wanted a fat bike, which are not...
View ArticleTruck Trike; A Heavy Duty Hauling Ebike
Every once in a while we see an ebike that breaks the mold. Imagine instead of investing in a small pick up truck, you bought an ebike large enough and powerful enough to carry a descent amount of...
View ArticleAn Ebike Story of Evolution – The 2WD
This story was written by Kingfish, electricbike.com contributing writer who is known for building bikes and doing epic 1000 mile + rides on them. Kingfish is a talented engineer and problem solver....
View ArticleCustom build gallery: MattyCiii’s A-line
Written by Ron/Spinningmagnets August 2013 Endless-sphere.com member “MattyCiii” decided to put together an extensive build based on a Norco A-line full-suspension off-road bike. With most builders, I...
View ArticleCustom Build Gallery: Rodgah’s Big Hit FSR
Written by Ron/Spinningmagnets, September 2013 I don’t know what’s in the water that they’re drinking down in Australia (or is it the Aussie beer?), but whatever it is, there seems to be a high...
View ArticleCustom Build Gallery: Miles’ eMoulton
Written by Ron/Spinningmagnets, October 2013 The featured custom build this month is from Miles, one of endless-sphere.com’s most helpful and respected members, who lives in S.E. London, in the UK....
View ArticleCustom Build Gallery, Teklektiks dual-motor Yuba Mundo
Written by Ron/Spiningmagnets, November 2013 Alan is an electrical engineer and drives a Volvo station wagon (endless-sphere username: Teklektik), so it’s no surprise that when he wanted an electric...
View ArticleCustom Build Gallery, Zlatko’s Mental Manno
This months custom build is from Croatia, in Eastern Europe next to the beautiful Adriatic Sea. Zlatko Vidić is a mechanical engineer and when he decided to make an electric bike, he wanted something...
View ArticleCustom Build Gallery, Duty Cycle AWD
This is an awesome All-Wheel-Drive E-bike, and it is also a folder so that it can be carried onto a train for day-trips to the mountains. It has been designed and built by a brilliant guy named Ben,...
View ArticleNAHBS 2014, Paul Daniels custom mid drive
Once a year at the North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS, in Charlotte, North Carolina)…custom-made one-of-a-kind bicycles are displayed to show off the builders skill, and to present new ideas for...
View ArticleCustom Build Gallery, Deecanios Astro mid drive
This mid drive build was started way back in 2008, but…it was so ahead of it’s time, it is still awesome by todays standards. Deecanio is the member-name of an endless-sphere.com builder from the UK...
View ArticleCustom Build Gallery, Matt’s 20-inch Astro Hooligan
Matt Shumaker really made a name for himself a few years ago by developing high performance electric bikes that used the high-end Astro Flight RC motors. The distinctive feature of his drives were the...
View ArticleCustom Build Gallery, Hannes’ crossbreak-style mid-drive Kona
This mid-drive build features an innovative configuration that makes it easier for a builder to pedal along with the motor if you need to ride at speeds above 30-MPH (48-km/h). It was built by a man...
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