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Will this work?

2K views 6 replies 2 participants last post by  Zoggthefantastic 
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Hi all,

Very good forum, just finished reading the whole Ripperton thread, inspiring stuff!

Which is why i'm wondering if my plan will work, as i've been inspired but i don't have any space to do any work, so i'm looking at a very minimal build on a pedal assitance push bike.

The idea being to mount the motor on a fettled pannier rack, run a chain down to the largest cog on the cassette, and then adjust the derailleur so it cant move the existing chain that far up the cassette.

Here's a very quick sketch
http://flic.kr/p/btgVQA
the motor being the red circle and the blue loop representing the chain.

Also part of my reasoning is that this method will provide a simple way to build a weatherproof housing for battery and motor

Any thoughts appreciated!
 
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