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"motorized assist" for steep Ascents!
I was thinking today about the possibility of installing some kind of electric motor to help assist in those steep uphill climbs. I'm thinking like on motorized electric bicycles; the unit would be attached somehwere above the uni wheel, and a small rubber wheel (part of the motor assembly) would be in contact with the uni tire, so that at a push of a button or switch, power would come on and help move the uni wheel forward. The motor would be of compact size and be powered by a lead-acid battery all fitting below the seat somewhere. Is this possible/practical? I think it would be AWSOME if it worked, and make the need for "shuttles" or hiking up hill obsolete! -- terrybigwheel Impotence: Nature's Way Of Saying "No Hard Feelings". Uni is just a cycle I'm going through. You -can- "Tune a fish". You simply adjust their "scales"! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ terrybigwheel's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11418 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48564 |
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"motorized assist" for steep Ascents!
hopefully you could implement some sort of Turbo Boost for any rocks you may encounter on the technical uphills [image: http://www.ilexikon.com/images/f/fc/Kr_tb.jpg] -- Brian MacKenzie 'Training Wheel Not Required DVD - New 6min short as seen on www.unicycle.tv' (http://www.LBMmultimedia.com/videos/TWNR_uniTV.wmv) All proceeds from TWNR go directly into my next movie due for release Sept 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian MacKenzie's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7650 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48564 |
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"motorized assist" for steep Ascents!
The only problem I'm thinking would be that with a uni you constantly "correct" to keep your balance... if you have something help drive the wheels how will you be able to correct your ballance? It would need to be weak enough that your pedaling could override it so to keep your balance but if it's that weak it probably wouldn't be strong enough to pull you up a hill. -- Victory 'My Gallery' (http://tinyurl.com/ln5ml) whenever someone makes fun of you, wheel your unicycle over to them and ask if they would like to try riding it. i've never seen people shut up so fast. - unisteve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Victory's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10062 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48564 |
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"motorized assist" for steep Ascents!
I have thought of that too a while ago. I don't know how it would work but if it were on a muni then it would probably weigh you down a bit. If it were a coker or something then the extra weight wouldnt really matter. I want to see someone make one. -- litldude2 Gallery.unicyclist.com/spencer Litldude2 (att) aol (dott) com MR 'Reply 60,000' (http://tinyurl.com/qbhsa) 'Page 4000' (http://tinyurl.com/lyfj4) James_Potter wrote: I think we could just apply the same cure we use for bread, to humans. just scrape off the cancer with a butter knife, then put jelly on it, and eat it...mmmmmm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ litldude2's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6134 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48564 |
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"motorized assist" for steep Ascents!
terrybigwheel wrote: I think it would be AWSOME if it worked, and make the need for "shuttles" or hiking up hill obsolete! And make balancing nearly if not totally impossible. -- pdc "What doesn't kill you strengthens you, what kills you strengthens your mother" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pdc's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8160 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48564 |
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"motorized assist" for steep Ascents!
pdc wrote: And make balancing nearly if not totally impossible. Obviously it would not be feasible where hopping or quick changes in direction would be invloved; I was thinking mostly that it would be most helpful on smoother ground ascents. And remember I said "assist", meaning that your pedalling would still be required, and the motor would basically "help" you get up hills by providing maybe 30-50% of the workload. This % could also be adjusted. And when more technical/bumpy sections are encountered and require some hopping or corrective moves, the motor could easily and quickly be disabled. It should be quite do-able. -- terrybigwheel Impotence: Nature's Way Of Saying "No Hard Feelings". Uni is just a cycle I'm going through. You -can- "Tune a fish". You simply adjust their "scales"! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ terrybigwheel's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11418 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48564 |
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"motorized assist" for steep Ascents!
You could probably do this with a 'Zap SX Kit' (http://www.zapworld.com/products/sxkit_bike.asp). It would be odd to learn the balance at first, but I think it would be feasible. The thing would double the weight of your unicycle, though. -- tholub ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tholub's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/804 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48564 |
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"motorized assist" for steep Ascents!
here is an all-electric uni, that would help up hills but u couldnt pedal at all http://tlb.org/eunicycle.html -- onewheelisbetter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ onewheelisbetter's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11411 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48564 |
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"motorized assist" for steep Ascents!
that is cool! -- terrybigwheel Impotence: Nature's Way Of Saying "No Hard Feelings". Uni is just a cycle I'm going through. You -can- "Tune a fish". You simply adjust their "scales"! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ terrybigwheel's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11418 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48564 |
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"motorized assist" for steep Ascents!
In think it is very do-able. Isnt that the kind of thinking and technology associated with a Mo-ped? -- red_rider ONE DAY AT A TIME! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ red_rider's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11841 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/48564 |
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