Electric assist bikes

[seagrass]

Half listening to Radio National the other night, I heard an item regarding
a new electrical motor assisted bike designed at the Uni of NT and in the
shops real soon.

Anybody know more? Sydney stockers?

[Luther Blissett]

seagrass wrote:

> Half listening to Radio National the other night, I heard an item regarding
> a new electrical motor assisted bike designed at the Uni of NT and in the
> shops real soon.
>
> Anybody know more? Sydney stockers?
>
>

The outfit that did the research was the NT Centre for Energy Research
(http://www.ntcer.ntu.edu.au/)
They were granted money by the NTU Foundation for the project but there
is no mention of it on the NTCER website!
Maybe if you contact them ) they will let you
know what's happening.

--
Cheers
LB

[Luther Blissett]

seagrass wrote:

> Half listening to Radio National the other night, I heard an item regarding
> a new electrical motor assisted bike designed at the Uni of NT and in the
> shops real soon.
>
> Anybody know more? Sydney stockers?
>
>

The outfit that did the research was the NT Centre for Energy Research
(http://www.ntcer.ntu.edu.au/)
They were granted money by the NTU Foundation for the project but there
is no mention of it on the NTCER website!
Maybe if you contact them ) they will let you
know what's happening.

--
Cheers
LB

[Russell Lang]

"seagrass" > wrote in message
...
> Half listening to Radio National the other night, I heard an item
regarding
> a new electrical motor assisted bike designed at the Uni of NT and in the
> shops real soon.
>
> Anybody know more? Sydney stockers?

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/
First 9 minutes of the 16 August 2003 program.
No stockists mentioned, but they hope to have them in the
stores by Christmas. Sounds like a better engineered version
than the Toprun motor I have on my bike. A Lithium Ion
battery (a future proposal) would be great for weight reduction.

[Russell Lang]

"seagrass" > wrote in message
...
> Half listening to Radio National the other night, I heard an item
regarding
> a new electrical motor assisted bike designed at the Uni of NT and in the
> shops real soon.
>
> Anybody know more? Sydney stockers?

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/
First 9 minutes of the 16 August 2003 program.
No stockists mentioned, but they hope to have them in the
stores by Christmas. Sounds like a better engineered version
than the Toprun motor I have on my bike. A Lithium Ion
battery (a future proposal) would be great for weight reduction.

[Al User]

In the interview Developer Dean Patterson from the Uni of NT stated
that they are developing a bike icw a NZ bike company.
Can anyone spell Avanti? Cost projected around $1600

They're also looking at selling a Retrofit kit for around $1000.

Website is http://www.imtmotors.com/
http://www.imtmotors.com/Photos/Bike%20Pics/Hub%20on%20bike.jpg

"IMT currently has in their range the following products :

* Direct drive bicycle motor - several versions, up to 720W with
over 90% efficiency. These include suitable electronic controllers,
driver controls and battery management as required"
Al.

Russell Lang wrote:

> "seagrass" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Half listening to Radio National the other night, I heard an item
>
> regarding
>
>>a new electrical motor assisted bike designed at the Uni of NT and in the
>>shops real soon.
>>
>>Anybody know more? Sydney stockers?
>
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/
> First 9 minutes of the 16 August 2003 program.
> No stockists mentioned, but they hope to have them in the
> stores by Christmas. Sounds like a better engineered version
> than the Toprun motor I have on my bike. A Lithium Ion
> battery (a future proposal) would be great for weight reduction.
>
>

[Al User]

In the interview Developer Dean Patterson from the Uni of NT stated
that they are developing a bike icw a NZ bike company.
Can anyone spell Avanti? Cost projected around $1600

They're also looking at selling a Retrofit kit for around $1000.

Website is http://www.imtmotors.com/
http://www.imtmotors.com/Photos/Bike%20Pics/Hub%20on%20bike.jpg

"IMT currently has in their range the following products :

* Direct drive bicycle motor - several versions, up to 720W with
over 90% efficiency. These include suitable electronic controllers,
driver controls and battery management as required"
Al.

Russell Lang wrote:

> "seagrass" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Half listening to Radio National the other night, I heard an item
>
> regarding
>
>>a new electrical motor assisted bike designed at the Uni of NT and in the
>>shops real soon.
>>
>>Anybody know more? Sydney stockers?
>
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/
> First 9 minutes of the 16 August 2003 program.
> No stockists mentioned, but they hope to have them in the
> stores by Christmas. Sounds like a better engineered version
> than the Toprun motor I have on my bike. A Lithium Ion
> battery (a future proposal) would be great for weight reduction.
>
>

[Andrew Swan]

seagrass wrote:
> Half listening to Radio National the other night, I heard an item regarding
> a new electrical motor assisted bike designed at the Uni of NT and in the
> shops real soon.
>
> Anybody know more? Sydney stockers?
>
>
Are they UCI-approved? ;-)

&roo

[Andrew Swan]

seagrass wrote:
> Half listening to Radio National the other night, I heard an item regarding
> a new electrical motor assisted bike designed at the Uni of NT and in the
> shops real soon.
>
> Anybody know more? Sydney stockers?
>
>
Are they UCI-approved? ;-)

&roo