Cycling Adventures

2012-01-19T02:44:00.000-08:00

Purchased REID Aquila road bike from Cash Converter !

Dinner with Marc

2011-11-09T14:42:00.000-08:00

Marc arrived from Lausanne so we had a nice dinner in Brighton. Great steak!

It was also during the great storm of 2011 unfortunately. Arrived just in time when the rain/gale poured but went home wet. It was pretty wet and dark, lost sense of direction and took a wrong turn at South Road just as a 'bonus' ...

Elation eBike Technical Support - V2

2011-10-13T06:13:00.001-07:00

Reserved

Tribute to ELation eBike Australia

2011-10-09T18:14:00.000-07:00

A Tribute ...

It is very unfortunate that in September 2011 eLation closed for business. The farewell message from Allan Dow was simple:

It is with deep regret that eLation Has ceased business.

This is doubly sad as it comes at a time when eLation was enjoying success from it's V3 system.

This decision was very hard to make and was based on factors relating to health and family - please look after your own.

Thank you to all who supported eLation over the last 5 years.

Here, I will try to document interesting builds/conversion based on Elation:

Full Carbon Elation build

website

"Yuba Mundo". An Elation-converted bike to transport the kids!
website

My own build, Polygon-Quatro Elation conversion

Another conversion of mine, Schwinn road bike converted to Flat Bar and Elation

Vectra Diamondback
website

Repco conversion with Elation v1
website

Specialized conversion using Elation v3 motor
website

Giant conversion - Elation v3
website

From "Two Girls and Their Bikes" Blog. Giant Cypress.
website

Installation story with very descriptive pictures!
website

Victoria's great flood of 2011

2011-02-09T10:00:00.000-08:00

The past week had been quite horrific in terms of Melbourne weather. Literally someone was jetskiing on the streets!

Our area was flooded but the house was safe. So we decided to check out the situation. This is normally a dusty trail...

Bike to Work 2010

2010-10-13T08:09:00.000-07:00

Bike2Work organised by Bicycle Victoria. Cloudy and drizzle, 17km Bonbeach to Moorabbin and back.

Dave prepared breakfast at the office.

Zermatt

2010-09-20T10:04:00.000-07:00

This is the last ride in Switzerland, taking the train to Zermatt (1600m) via Visp by train. Then up towards Gornergrat (3000+m) but only halfway due to the unridable and extreme terrains.

From Visp the MGB continues the journey towards Zermatt, a very beautiful resort where there were no cars allowed. The transport inside Zermatt is done by electric vehicles.

From Zermatt the Matterhorn, a famous and deadly alpine peak, is clearly visible and looks majestic. From there I took the road up in the direction of Gornegrat which normally taken by train. The road soon became narrow gravel track - first rideable then impossible.

Some photos of the more rideable section. At this stage I had reached halfway and about 2000+m. It was very tiring to ride at this altitude.

There is a restaurant in the middle of nowhere and mainly serving hikers and occasional mountain bikers. The view from the table was amazing and food was great.

Lausanne to Vevey via Lavaux - Mt. Pelerin

2010-09-19T09:45:00.000-07:00

An easy 30 km ride from Lausanne to Mount Pelerin, via the beautiful winery region of Lavaux. This was the route taken.

At Lavaux and meeting the Lavaux Express taking the tourists for a view which I rode before.

Beautiful Villette.

Towards the left of Chexbres the view is Swiss Alps, to the right it's Lausanne.

Nearing Mt. Pelerin and the famous Vevey-Mt. Pelerin Furniculaire. I had a Rivella drink then rode downhill to Vevey and took the train home.

Morzine-Avoriaz (Tour de France)

2010-07-11T10:26:00.000-07:00

I took the Elation to another long ride, this time up the mountain of Morzine-Avoriaz to see Tour de France.

The climb was 500m to 1700m in 45km. I tried to conserve the battery by pedalling but it's just simply a big climb. Battery was ok up to Morzine (45km) but on the way down I was tempted to race a few bikes downhill and flatten the battery at km 60. But from there it's all downhill,

I did 50kph with no motor and no pedalling. So the total trip was 90km with battery available to 60km.

Around Lake Geneva

2010-07-04T10:18:00.000-07:00

Note: This was originally written for Endless Sphere. It is also featured in Elation website.

I took the Elation for the most torturous test to date. Starting from Lausanne then going around the lake Leman (lake Geneva) to Montreux, Vevey, Villenueve then crossing to France - Evian, Thonon and various small towns along the way back to Switzerland in Geneva.

Total distance was 136km and took 11hrs to complete (relaxed riding and enjoying scenery). Hence I took the frugal approach with the battery, basically to use it only on ascending part. And there were *a lot* of it. I saw the first yellow indicator light at 120km past France and approaching Geneva. Then the next 15km saw the first red light. Not bad at all for a tiny battery package!

Route map (google)

Departed 9:30 at the picturesque Ouchy area of Lausanne then on to the road between Lausanne and Montreux. Perfect weather!

Off the beaten track nearing French Border. The border itself was like a toll booth and the person just simply waved me on, not interested in any passport. Visited endless French villages like this at Yvoire. If I had to stop and take pictures everytime I saw something interesting I would never got to my destination!

Everytime I park the bike people would glance at the motor/battery. Why eBike is not yet a primary transport in such beautiful and hilly countries actually beggars belief.

Lausanne to Lutry

2010-07-01T12:15:00.000-07:00

Cycling from Lausanne to Lutry. Close ride of 15km return. 30°C. Moderate to Extreme climb

eLation 200w e-Roadbike

2009-07-12T01:15:00.000-07:00

Fitted the electric kit to my roadbike (Schwinn).

Story here.

eBike conversion (eLation)

2009-06-06T00:11:00.000-07:00

Installed eBike kit from Elation. 200watt motor and 10AH LiFePO4 batteries.

This ebike will cruise comfortably at 25-30kph. It doesn't accelerate well so what I do is pedal up to a certain speed and let the motor hold the RPM there.

Read my experience and review as first-time ebiker at Endless Sphere Forum.

Battery test 12/6/2009 - New condition

Full charge (immediately): 28.9 v
After about 1hr it settles at 27.6v
Quick run of the motor (not riding): down to 26.4 v, but then up again at 27v.
I left it for the night and in the morning it settles at 26.4v.

About the indicator on the battery. there are 5 leds. When full and settled (28.9 and 27.6), all leds correctly lit. But in the morning (26.4v) only 3 leds lit. So It seems that the indicator do not have enough resolution for the top 26-29v. This doesn't bother me but it would be nice if it was accurate

Ebike Links:

Inside the Cyclone motor (eLation uses Cyclone motor)
Cyclone motor dissassembled
Elation Review: Endless-Sphere Forum
Elation Technical Support (V2): Endless-Sphere Forum

Schwinn Prelude Road Bike

2009-02-07T19:55:00.000-08:00

Nice bike from KMart.

Bonbeach trail, behind our house

2008-01-13T19:14:00.000-08:00

Andrew sekarang cepat sekali naik sepedanya, sampai menyusul Ariel !

Bike to work

2006-07-28T17:43:00.000-07:00

Mordialloc

Mentone beach trail

Ride with the kids (yarra river)

2005-06-25T17:40:00.000-07:00

Ride around the city

2004-04-11T16:38:00.000-07:00

Federation square

Williamstown train

2004-04-04T16:33:00.000-07:00

Rode with Ian Samson, trail is under the bridge and nice crossing on a punt

Moved to Hampton

2004-03-28T16:27:00.000-08:00

10/44 highett rd, hampton

Brighton beach

2004-03-03T16:00:00.000-08:00

City trail (yarra river)

2004-02-23T15:54:00.000-08:00

Cycling di F1 track Albert Park !

2004-02-22T15:42:00.000-08:00

Brighton foreshore

2004-02-20T15:39:00.000-08:00

First ride !

2004-02-19T15:35:00.000-08:00

Brighton beach

St Kilda

St Kilda pier

Siap dikirim ke aussie

2004-01-26T15:28:00.000-08:00

New bike !

2003-12-14T15:12:00.000-08:00

Beli polygon quatro di Malang sebelum pindah dari persada bhayangkara singosari