I call this bike "Going Green." This is the electric side hack my wife's dad and I built for my wife's and my trip to Burning Man this year. The frame was wielded out of 1" square stock wielded to L frame stock and then attached to a Dyno stretched beach cruiser with U bolts. I used a matching beach cruiser rear tire for the side hack drive wheel to which I attached a 44 tooth sprocket to the original 12 tooth drive sprocket with small screws. I found an old ten speed bike and we cut the crank assembly off and wielded this to the side hack. We then attached an 11 tooth D-bore sprocket to the opposite end. The 11 tooth sprockets we used were from TNC scooters, item # 106022. I then attached a 750Watt motor to the side hack by notching ¾" wood that was already attached to the side hack so I could adjust the motor as necessary. The motor was also bought from TNC scoters, item # 106155 (MY1020-B). I used an 11 tooth sprocket for the motor, same as the one attaché to the opposite end to the crank assembly. This let me use ½" x 1/8" bicycle chain for strength and to limit stretching. I added the two chains giving me a 16:1 gear reduction for my bicycle. 11 tooth motor sprocket turning a 44 tooth ten speed sprocket attached to another 11 tooth sprocket turning a 44 tooth sprocket on the drive tire. This was needed since with the motor, batteries, side hack, bicycle and both passengers weighed in at about 500lbs. For batteries I used two Sears Diehard deep cycle batteries wired ...
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