Electric Expectations – What to Expect from a Bike Friday Electric Assist System (BF EAS)
Design Goals – At Bike Friday we start with the end goal in mind. Bicycles are already so special and refined it makes no sense to add things that do not add to or enhance the wonderful experience of cycling. We usually think of cycling as self-powered, so efficiency takes more thought than when designing […]
The only Electric Bike you can travel with…
How to fly and with ease, bring your electric bike. LiGo Batteries are the only electric bike battery you can legally enter a plane with and Bike Friday was/is the first travel bike to employ them into the design. The Battery: The LiGo by Grin Technology Yes, these batteries really can be carried on passenger […]
Running an Ebike on Solar Energy: The Sheddy Kilowatt Story
Five minutes after I installed a solar panel on the roof of my bike shed it began to rain. Since this was April in Oregon, the rain was not an unusual or unforeseen event and in fact, the next five days were rainy and mostly cloudy. But even on those damp days, my solar system […]
E-motion is High at Bike Friday
E-motion is High at Bike Friday The 3 Es of our Electric Enhancement systems for Cyclists E-xpectations, E-tiquette, E-mancipation E-xpectations: why now? the law, realistic power & speed, + flying with an E-nhanced BikeFriday Why now? Why now and not before? The short answer is confusion. Confusion caused by multiple definitions of what an electric […]
