❤I just love this description and use of Grin tech. I have essentially this same setup on my BikeFriday Diamond Llama and just love it. Are you selling the Grin equipment for DIYers that don’t live near your Seattle location? I have a second BikeFriday with their SX1 kit and my wife’s Bikefriday has the SX1 kit as well. We have been very happy with non proprietary systems, having learned the hard way with Bionx and the prices on replacement batteries for Bosch kit. If we didn’t live so far away near Memphis, we would definitely be customers. Good luck with your business.
This bike is amazing I'd love to build it up like this, too. I have so many quedtions! First of All, if you have only 2 brakelevers, but one of them initiates the regenerative braking with the engine, how is the second disc brake used? Thank you for this awsome Inspiration! Greetings from Germany 👋🏻
The brakes work exactly as they always have. We simply add a sensor to one brake and then while the sensor is activated, the throttle switches from controlling forward acceleration to modulating the strength of the regenerative braking. It allows you to maintain full functionality of your brakes while adding proportional regenerative braking as well. The primary benefit of Regen is the reduction in wear and tear on your physical brakes along with some extra braking force. The small increase in range is just an added bonus with no downside.
Interesting stuff - I've got a modern Pino with a E6100 motor. The only thing that makes me jealous of yours is the regen braking! Especially after I just upgraded to Hope Tech v4 brakes 😂 You're totally right it being a great bike to cycle with others on. I'm taking a friend to the Netherlands on mine next month, and it looks like I might be giving a local member of our cycle campaign group a short ride on it in the coming days to see if she gets on with recumbent cycling. She's currently unable to ride a normal bicycle as she's dealing with hip arthritis.
❤I just love this description and use of Grin tech. I have essentially this same setup on my BikeFriday Diamond Llama and just love it. Are you selling the Grin equipment for DIYers that don’t live near your Seattle location? I have a second BikeFriday with their SX1 kit and my wife’s Bikefriday has the SX1 kit as well. We have been very happy with non proprietary systems, having learned the hard way with Bionx and the prices on replacement batteries for Bosch kit. If we didn’t live so far away near Memphis, we would definitely be customers. Good luck with your business.
This bike is amazing I'd love to build it up like this, too. I have so many quedtions! First of All, if you have only 2 brakelevers, but one of them initiates the regenerative braking with the engine, how is the second disc brake used?
Thank you for this awsome Inspiration!
Greetings from Germany 👋🏻
The brakes work exactly as they always have. We simply add a sensor to one brake and then while the sensor is activated, the throttle switches from controlling forward acceleration to modulating the strength of the regenerative braking. It allows you to maintain full functionality of your brakes while adding proportional regenerative braking as well. The primary benefit of Regen is the reduction in wear and tear on your physical brakes along with some extra braking force. The small increase in range is just an added bonus with no downside.
Interesting stuff - I've got a modern Pino with a E6100 motor. The only thing that makes me jealous of yours is the regen braking! Especially after I just upgraded to Hope Tech v4 brakes 😂 You're totally right it being a great bike to cycle with others on. I'm taking a friend to the Netherlands on mine next month, and it looks like I might be giving a local member of our cycle campaign group a short ride on it in the coming days to see if she gets on with recumbent cycling. She's currently unable to ride a normal bicycle as she's dealing with hip arthritis.