Swampratt an easier way to electrify your bicycle

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I read the reviews and I feel mine is better but not easier to install.

Theirs has an overheating issue and will turn off on hills for many people using it.
It mentions overheating in the manual.

Mine (homemade) overheated 1 time then I got out the rectangular aluminum tubing and JB weld and made heat sinks and no more overheating.

If I put something into production I would have the cooling system lined out.

Pretty cool way to mount theirs though.
But I read the left and right mount are different and it wants to fall one way on the tire.

That seems like an odd way to make something.
 

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I read the reviews and I feel mine is better but not easier to install.

Theirs has an overheating issue and will turn off on hills for many people using it.
It mentions overheating in the manual.

Mine (homemade) overheated 1 time then I got out the rectangular aluminum tubing and JB weld and made heat sinks and no more overheating.

If I put something into production I would have the cooling system lined out.

Pretty cool way to mount theirs though.
But I read the left and right mount are different and it wants to fall one way on the tire.

That seems like an odd way to make something.
It was meant as a joke! But the device did look pretty cool. Too bad it has issues.
 

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There is a guy riding a bike around Ponca with a tiny little gasoline engine driving the rear wheel. Well over 30 mph. If I can ever find it parked, I'd like to look at what he's got and how he has it mounted. It's a homebuilt unit. I can tell it's a two stroke by the exhaust sound.
Not electric as is the theme of this thread, but home built.
 

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