Comments on: RPEV hybrid electric bike and more

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:19:42 +0000

These are great e-bikes. I would love to sell them on my website- let me know if you are interested. thanks.

By: greenobike

greenobike — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:19:26 +0000

Q-factor may be normal. I’ve been running a dual freewheel setup on a retrodirect drive for a few years now with a normal q-factor crank.

By: art

art — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:36:05 +0000

It looks like there’s an extra 3cm on the drive side. It might have made more sense to use a rim brake in the rear and run the motor chain on the left side.

By: ABQ Steve

ABQ Steve — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:53:16 +0000

What’s the Q-factor on that thing? Seems a bit wide to be used for pure biking duties.

By: James Thomas

James Thomas — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:09:55 +0000

Andy said, "I’d smack talk the hubless wheels, but I’m sure anyone could just find a previous comment I’ve written about how silly those designs are." I didn't want to rehash my thoughts on hubless wheels either. That's why I included a link to the official hubless wheel hater thread on the Core 77 discussion boards. Check out this link too. Some of the pictures are pretty funny.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:55:26 +0000

OK, so digging around on their web site it looks like the reference is intentional, though it’s buried in unreadable text on a jpeg. Christ.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:52:14 +0000

It’s not actually called the “Ingsoc” is it? So now people trying to design bikes are not only technically illiterate, but regular illiterate too? Jesus and baby Jesus help us.

And yes, I know maybe not everyone remembers what Ingsoc is from 9th grade English class right off the top of their heads, but don’t people google their potential product names?

Note: given that the logo for this bike is a fish biting a hook this may just be an epic troll, but that’s a lot of CAD time for a troll.

By: Tiemen

Tiemen — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:50:06 +0000

Nice system on the RPEV!

The 2nd bicycle looks like a bad rip off of the peugot concept bicycle

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:10:31 +0000

The RPEV looks great. That’s the way all electric bikes should be unless they want to be licensed. I’m a bit concerned with the no-pedal e-bikes that push 30mph, but this is a better design.

The second bike is so well designed that the front wheel floats. That’s amazing! I’d smack talk the hubless wheels, but I’m sure anyone could just find a previous comment I’ve written about how silly those designs are.

By: eCortina on Bicycle Design Blog | www.RPEV.org

eCortina on Bicycle Design Blog | www.RPEV.org — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:18:18 +0000

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