Justin is more of a Characatacus Potts from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang fame than a Willy Wonka type. 🙂 It so nice to see so much of Vancouver in your videos.
Indeed Grin deserves more press attention to get more companies inspired to provide people with a lot of mico mobility solutions. It is more than and I quote "To get cleanly from A to b just for fun". Because that can also be said by the car industry that heavily promoting the car as a fun thing to get from a to b. This micro mobility is the solutions to get less cars on the road and get a normal efficienty weight ratio when moving people/stuff. (Example: car: 80kg person/1500kg car, electrified bike: 80kg/30kg bike. ...And doing this while having real fun.
@@r1nusVi use ebike for commuting to work but that cant replace a car. Winter and rain conditions are tough and i cant imagine a girl going through 10cm snow everyday like i do xd Weather is big problem.
It is not about replacing the car but provide more less energy consuming solutions to get people from a to b. If more businesses would focus on micro mobility then the solutions would be more known and widespread.
For me, that has to be one of the best FC show episodes yet. I really loved the guys enthusiasm and eccentricity. He’s the sort of guy that will come up with the next genius thing. Brilliant!
Thai construction workers and DIY enthusiasts have used 2 wheel *Pull Type* tipping wheelbarrows for decades, overcoming most problems faced by Western adherents to single wheel *Push* barrows. However, an electric hub motor is still a good solution.
Justin is possibly the most influential person in the world when it comes to diy ebikes and personal EVs. Anyone thinking of converting a bike should buy their first kit from Grin. They provide amazing tech support sometimes directly from Justin himself. This is an awesome interview! Thanks.
They should open more to the european market. Me and my friends would buy it but with shipping its few times more expensive than chinese motor. Many european people would like to buy their great tech.
@@bobikbobikowy5458But Justin said he doesn'tike that aspect if running a business- its not his forte to be an accountant/business type. He likes being outlandishly creative. Your idea would be good if you could convince him to delegate the European Expansion to other entrepreneurs in some kind of flexible partnership.
this new style of the show is phenomenal! its like the best of Robert and none of his adorkable proclivities. Imogen and producers make the perfect combination. Love it!
Nice to see Justin getting some press. He's been helping all of us in the ebike space for years. I can't tell you how many hours i spent on his motor simulator finding the right ebike motor. Statorade is such a great invention.
I was the guy that fell off the penny farthing. Chin is all healed up now! I love Justin's enthusiam. Grin is truly a different kind of place to work at.
that solar land yacht is close to what I'm working on- just no rowing machine. What's the lightest vehicle you can make to carry 2 people or 1 and cargo, plus a little drive battery for flexibility and as much solar roof as possible. A vehicle that will get you and your survival gear across a desert... eventually if you have enough time and water
Thanks for this video, sporting the Justin of Grin Technolgies that I had excellent Email discourses with over quirks and small troubles with their excellent Cycle Analyst and Anaolooger display technoligy on my first electric scooters, starting in 2011 😁
This is just a teaser of all the amazing stuff Justin has done... it should be mentioned that he purchased the main DIY ebike forum so that it wouldn't get commercialized, and routinely stays up until 4am doing crazy experiments (like measuring the heat dissipation of hub motors with different cooling mechanisms installed) and sharing all results with the public. Built different. Buy Grin!
Justin the guy in the video, has been doing ebikes on the internet for a very very long time, one of the founders of diy ebikes supplies on the internet. Initially there was hardly anything to buy till the chinese took up producing ebikes, and everything changed. Justin of course is using chinese suppliers like everyone else, but he has also developed many different things of his own volition. His electronics and physics knowledge is really top notch, the motor simulator he developed is on his website ( grin technologies), the cycle analyst also his brainchild going way way back and a highly developed piece of electronics. He has done much in battery technology also and designed and producing his own hub motor. This is all without trying to get investors and backers from the outside. Its a bit of a shame fully charged didn't really know who they were interviewing, there was a distinct lack of research for the interview, I guess thats the nature of being 'reporters'. Justin has truly done the hard yards for a very long time, I'm guessing he will do this till he cant do it anymore, he really deserves about 10 gold medals at least, oh he saved the endless-sphere forum from disappearing too......the list goes on and on
Grin are awesome, their commercialised bike stuff is very neat and obviouysly makes them some money but they reinvest at least some of that in these enabling technologies for others. I’d imagine it is a fun place to be.
I love everything about this. Upgrading existing small vehicles to electric is so much more elegant and sustainable than having to buy bigger, Jennifer new ones. ❤
Grin Technologies is so cool i got an electric bike kit from them in 2009 cant remember the wattage of the motor. the battery was a 14ah 36v i no longer use it i gave the bike it to my dad. i had it because i could keep the bike behind the sofa. i live in a towerblock. so it was easy to grab the bike go out the door down the elivator and out. my other ride was a motorcycle. that i kept in the garage. that took a lot more time to get out and get ready to use. like i would have to put on the biker gear. (boots, jacket ,trouers.) walk to the garage, unlock the door. unlock the bike. take the bike out lock the door up again. was a lot more hassle so i only used the motorbike for longer trips. i could carry more cargo on the electric bike too. as i had panniers on the back and the frount 56l between the back two and 32 between the frount. was good for food shop. i nolonger ride at all as i got hit by a texting driver in 2015 while stationary at a roundabout. now im a full time wheelchair user. i have a powerchair for long days out. and i have 2 manuel chairs. i do with the electric one was a little faster to make it safer crossing roads.
Your story is reality check for people like me who would love to live in an electric powered world of light transport instead of driving an ICE car. At 78 years old, and having survived my youth riding motorcycles, I know that I'd be mincemeat on today's roads in Asian Traffic.
@imogenbhogal your presentation style is excellent and a lesson to others on how to get the message across without resorting to childish humour. Thank you.
Jolly Good ideas. Made me grin from start to finish. The future is in safe hands. I recently watched New Zealand's *Marty T Channel* convert a Quad Bike to rear wheel electric drive with what appear to be similar Hub Motors. Maybe Marty had a Grin while he was doing his conversion😊
Is anyone working on making mobility scooters more up to date and cool? I’m 55, recently became disabled and don’t really want to chug to or around the shops on one of those red things you see ‘older’ types on. Surely something could be done to make them … gooder!
@@keithforster2615 that would be better than the 3mph versions I see round where I live! Not sure how safe that would be while I’m in the aisles grabbing my milk and a loaf of bread…
Very vietnamese-type sort of things... I dream about times when slower types of pleasure vessels would go fully electric... And they are quite preadapted to this - they usually have large flat roof(for solar panels), thay are slow, and making trips 1-2 times per day... And electified boats would have an immediate advantage in being quite and smokeless
Whenever people who have purchased ebikes that are no longer supported by the company that sold the ebike, I direct those people to call Grin Technologies for a solution to get them back on the road. Very good people there.
This is the kind of ethos I wish was driving more of the movement to decarbonize transport (as well as other fields). Joy and play are sorely lacking in much of our present endeavors in technological sophistication and we'll just end up replicating new problems (that are old problems with a new coat of paint on) unless that spirit is driving our curiosity and desire to change. I know there is plenty of it out there, it just doesn't have seed money.
This guys looks real familiar 🤔, i'm sure i knew this guy back when we were all kids. Wait... ok.... did EVERYONE know this guy as a kid? Here they are.
@@grahamjohnson4702Not really. There are many factors. Cost, Rights, or simply doesn't know of. It is rather new in comparison. If he's in the investigation phase, he wouldn't bother yet. There is a lot more data to compare with using a standard prop.
@@nc3826 Might be, but it's also real. There's data confirming better stats. There are 2 types, air and water. I'm not sure about the differences. Apparently, there's some company that owns the rights to the design and they charge a lot for a replacement part. If you don't try selling it, you can probably find the 3D diagram and print it yourself for your own use.
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Right. Who votes for the handbag skateboard??!
I truly enjoyed this video. Please do MORE content like this.
Justin is more of a Characatacus Potts from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang fame than a Willy Wonka type. 🙂 It so nice to see so much of Vancouver in your videos.
Imogen is fit
brains and beauty !
Probably better than the skateboard handbag
I vote for you to become the host of every video on Fully charged show.
Imogen you are so beautiful
Grin deserves a lot of good press for the IP they've contributed to the online micro mobility community. Thanks.
Indeed Grin deserves more press attention to get more companies inspired to provide people with a lot of mico mobility solutions. It is more than and I quote "To get cleanly from A to b just for fun". Because that can also be said by the car industry that heavily promoting the car as a fun thing to get from a to b. This micro mobility is the solutions to get less cars on the road and get a normal efficienty weight ratio when moving people/stuff. (Example: car: 80kg person/1500kg car, electrified bike: 80kg/30kg bike.
...And doing this while having real fun.
Agreed. There's a reason that 7 out of 10 car commercials show the vehicle racing around and climbing over rocks.@@r1nusV
@@r1nusVi use ebike for commuting to work but that cant replace a car. Winter and rain conditions are tough and i cant imagine a girl going through 10cm snow everyday like i do xd Weather is big problem.
@bobikbobikowy5458 at least you are doing your part when you can. 🫡
It is not about replacing the car but provide more less energy consuming solutions to get people from a to b. If more businesses would focus on micro mobility then the solutions would be more known and widespread.
For me, that has to be one of the best FC show episodes yet. I really loved the guys enthusiasm and eccentricity. He’s the sort of guy that will come up with the next genius thing. Brilliant!
He already has!
@@JasonWD I see, What is it?
@@keithforster2615he designed and is producing best motor for ev available on the market, i think it counts.
I spent about a week using a wheelbarrow to haul concrete in building grain silos. An electrified wheelbarrow would have been a godsend.
Especially up any kind of incline. Such awesome ideas
@@yeeeeyee…both ways. In deep snow and mud. Through a forest frequented by mountain lions and grizzlies and wolves
@@shreerajvasistha419 True. On mud, wet grass or sand a manual wheelbarrow is just awful to use.
Thai construction workers and DIY enthusiasts have used 2 wheel *Pull Type* tipping wheelbarrows for decades, overcoming most problems faced by Western adherents to single wheel *Push* barrows. However, an electric hub motor is still a good solution.
I met Justin 15 years ago after he e-biked thousands of km across Canada. He's a definite star of the e-movement.
Justin is possibly the most influential person in the world when it comes to diy ebikes and personal EVs. Anyone thinking of converting a bike should buy their first kit from Grin. They provide amazing tech support sometimes directly from Justin himself. This is an awesome interview! Thanks.
They should open more to the european market. Me and my friends would buy it but with shipping its few times more expensive than chinese motor. Many european people would like to buy their great tech.
@@bobikbobikowy5458But Justin said he doesn'tike that aspect if running a business- its not his forte to be an accountant/business type. He likes being outlandishly creative.
Your idea would be good if you could convince him to delegate the European Expansion to other entrepreneurs in some kind of flexible partnership.
One of then best videos I have seen, not trying to thrust things down your throat but informing you, more like this please.
this new style of the show is phenomenal! its like the best of Robert and none of his adorkable proclivities. Imogen and producers make the perfect combination. Love it!
Creativity of this fellow is stunning. Lots of inspiration for micro mobility. Love it! ❤
Nice to see Justin getting some press. He's been helping all of us in the ebike space for years. I can't tell you how many hours i spent on his motor simulator finding the right ebike motor. Statorade is such a great invention.
What a delightful man and a delightful company. Thank you for bringing Grin to our attention!
Fantastic! Could watch Justin and amazing Grin products for hours!
I have been following Grin and Justin for a few years. Happy to see him getting featured on this channel.
I've been so blessed to have GRIN on my doorstep. They've been helping me with my e-cargo bike for 15 years. Really top bunch of people.
I was the guy that fell off the penny farthing. Chin is all healed up now! I love Justin's enthusiam. Grin is truly a different kind of place to work at.
Love this eccentric approach which is possible for lightweight transport structures! Wait till they get flying!!!
that solar land yacht is close to what I'm working on- just no rowing machine. What's the lightest vehicle you can make to carry 2 people or 1 and cargo, plus a little drive battery for flexibility and as much solar roof as possible. A vehicle that will get you and your survival gear across a desert... eventually if you have enough time and water
really very practical creativity. nice enjoyable video which will motivate engineering students.
Thanks for this video, sporting the Justin of Grin Technolgies that I had excellent Email discourses with over quirks and small troubles with their excellent Cycle Analyst and Anaolooger display technoligy on my first electric scooters, starting in 2011 😁
Thank you for this video. I smiled the entire time.
So cool to see Grin Technologies featured!
This is just a teaser of all the amazing stuff Justin has done... it should be mentioned that he purchased the main DIY ebike forum so that it wouldn't get commercialized, and routinely stays up until 4am doing crazy experiments (like measuring the heat dissipation of hub motors with different cooling mechanisms installed) and sharing all results with the public. Built different. Buy Grin!
They're doing super cool stuff and have a bunch of good info published online!
As a Grin customer who lives in the US, I can tell you they are awesome!
Great promotional video for Grin - well deserved 👏🤞
We need more people like that.
Wishing Grin a happy future. 🙂👍
Definitely loved this crazy inventor 👍
Brilliant, brilliant brilliant, just brilliant. What a great guy and company. Such fun too
Fascinating episode, and Justin seems like a fascinating guy.
Justin the guy in the video, has been doing ebikes on the internet for a very very long time, one of the founders of diy ebikes supplies on the internet. Initially there was hardly anything to buy till the chinese took up producing ebikes, and everything changed.
Justin of course is using chinese suppliers like everyone else, but he has also developed many different things of his own volition. His electronics and physics knowledge is really top notch, the motor simulator he developed is on his website ( grin technologies), the cycle analyst also his brainchild going way way back and a highly developed piece of electronics. He has done much in battery technology also and designed and producing his own hub motor.
This is all without trying to get investors and backers from the outside.
Its a bit of a shame fully charged didn't really know who they were interviewing, there was a distinct lack of research for the interview, I guess thats the nature of being 'reporters'.
Justin has truly done the hard yards for a very long time, I'm guessing he will do this till he cant do it anymore, he really deserves about 10 gold medals at least, oh he saved the endless-sphere forum from disappearing too......the list goes on and on
Grin are awesome, their commercialised bike stuff is very neat and obviouysly makes them some money but they reinvest at least some of that in these enabling technologies for others. I’d imagine it is a fun place to be.
Nice to see some production quality on YT. Good work!
So fun…! You must be having a blast, waiting for the LIVE mashup, Imogen!
I love everything about this. Upgrading existing small vehicles to electric is so much more elegant and sustainable than having to buy bigger, Jennifer new ones. ❤
Hilarious ! .... Just how transport should be, without the guilt.
Where is the guilt actually!? Lol!!!
each creation has so much character! my ideal city is littered with these.
What a fun and inspiring video!
Grin Technologies is so cool i got an electric bike kit from them in 2009 cant remember the wattage of the motor. the battery was a 14ah 36v i no longer use it i gave the bike it to my dad.
i had it because i could keep the bike behind the sofa. i live in a towerblock. so it was easy to grab the bike go out the door down the elivator and out.
my other ride was a motorcycle. that i kept in the garage. that took a lot more time to get out and get ready to use.
like i would have to put on the biker gear. (boots, jacket ,trouers.) walk to the garage, unlock the door. unlock the bike. take the bike out lock the door up again. was a lot more hassle so i only used the motorbike for longer trips.
i could carry more cargo on the electric bike too. as i had panniers on the back and the frount 56l between the back two and 32 between the frount. was good for food shop.
i nolonger ride at all as i got hit by a texting driver in 2015 while stationary at a roundabout. now im a full time wheelchair user. i have a powerchair for long days out. and i have 2 manuel chairs. i do with the electric one was a little faster to make it safer crossing roads.
Your story is reality check for people like me who would love to live in an electric powered world of light transport instead of driving an ICE car.
At 78 years old, and having survived my youth riding motorcycles, I know that I'd be mincemeat on today's roads in Asian Traffic.
So glad you filmed with Gron
This is a wonderful interview. Thanks for sharing.
I just love the creativity.
@imogenbhogal your presentation style is excellent and a lesson to others on how to get the message across without resorting to childish humour. Thank you.
I have learned so much from this dude sharing his knowledge...just about all i know regarding ebikes came from him.
Woohoo!!! Grin Tech!!! Ive used there products for years especially on my recumbent trikes with there V3 displays. so cool!
The Wheel Barrow...brilliant!
What a nice chap. I hope his business goes from strength to strength.
Justin is a living legend. and very humble.
Great ideas, really enjoyed this. 👍
Awesome chap 🤩
Please, more videos like this 😀
Justin is amazing.... I just wish they would also focus mid-drive not just hub motors...
Awesome!!! Going to the Grin website now..!
Jolly Good ideas.
Made me grin from start to finish.
The future is in safe hands.
I recently watched New Zealand's *Marty T Channel* convert a Quad Bike to rear wheel electric drive with what appear to be similar Hub Motors. Maybe Marty had a Grin while he was doing his conversion😊
That guy was awesome
Great episode!
So much fun. Love these wild creations. Electric motors are so versatile!
Just like ICE lol!!!
Love the "Jay Leno Collection" Onesie ! LMAO
Love it!! I think of doing stuff like this every day.
what an incredible toy shop for grown up kids like me!
Love GRIN, love the CEOs exhuberance and energy and Heath-Robinson'esque designs - long live the looney!
I would love to learn and work for you to be able to bring technology to Lima Peru. They should do classes for mechanics all over the world.
Such a nice video !
I have a petrol version of the powered wheelbarrow it’s a commercial product called a powerbarra but the electric version is a great idea!
Is anyone working on making mobility scooters more up to date and cool? I’m 55, recently became disabled and don’t really want to chug to or around the shops on one of those red things you see ‘older’ types on. Surely something could be done to make them … gooder!
I bet you want one that is aerodynamically styled, tested in a wind tunnel and does 120mph on your run to the shops? 😂
@@keithforster2615 that would be better than the 3mph versions I see round where I live! Not sure how safe that would be while I’m in the aisles grabbing my milk and a loaf of bread…
Very vietnamese-type sort of things... I dream about times when slower types of pleasure vessels would go fully electric... And they are quite preadapted to this - they usually have large flat roof(for solar panels), thay are slow, and making trips 1-2 times per day... And electified boats would have an immediate advantage in being quite and smokeless
Wonderful! Thank you.
Grin are fantastic. Great ideas
I love Grin!
fun fact: i used to live in that marina on my sailboat.
Grin is awesome they've come up with some great fixes for the DIY market
So these EVs are... 'eclectic' vehicles? 🤭
Beautifully cracked!
Some great stuff thanks
Love this dude! 👏🙏
Whenever people who have purchased ebikes that are no longer supported by the company that sold the ebike, I direct those people to call Grin Technologies for a solution to get them back on the road. Very good people there.
Yeah!
Thank you
One name Atomic Zombi … every DIY BSO going for over a decade.
Hi Imogen. Love your work 👍
I want to work at that shop! 😭
This is the kind of ethos I wish was driving more of the movement to decarbonize transport (as well as other fields). Joy and play are sorely lacking in much of our present endeavors in technological sophistication and we'll just end up replicating new problems (that are old problems with a new coat of paint on) unless that spirit is driving our curiosity and desire to change. I know there is plenty of it out there, it just doesn't have seed money.
Power induced heat can be a very serious problem on water vessels...so...easy does it cujo...
GRIN are brilliant
Hmm are they the ones that make the only thru axle ebike hub motor on the market?
Yup, the all axle. Recently came out with the rear drive version.
what a star, amazing hat you can achieve
6:09 Also: he doesn't want to compete with his customers!
"Grimace Technologies" for boring commercial business.
lol, perfect.
Brings a grin to your face 😉
why didn't you share the website link and even went into hiding the address on the screen recording?
This guys looks real familiar 🤔, i'm sure i knew this guy back when we were all kids.
Wait... ok.... did EVERYONE know this guy as a kid? Here they are.
He should use a toroidal blade. It may increase the power and/or range.
their is always one smart Alec who knows better, don't you think this person knows what is best?
@@grahamjohnson4702Not really. There are many factors. Cost, Rights, or simply doesn't know of. It is rather new in comparison. If he's in the investigation phase, he wouldn't bother yet. There is a lot more data to compare with using a standard prop.
toroidal blade = TH-cam fad
@@nc3826 Might be, but it's also real. There's data confirming better stats. There are 2 types, air and water. I'm not sure about the differences. Apparently, there's some company that owns the rights to the design and they charge a lot for a replacement part. If you don't try selling it, you can probably find the 3D diagram and print it yourself for your own use.
new?real? You mean it's really old.... It was invented in the early 1890s ...
You would have made a great Mythbuster.
should make a school with virtual classes
I can understand why the company is named GRIN
Build an euc!
That’s a doctor dolittle push me pull you 😆
Top Top Top ! 😉
❤❤❤
She even showed up in a Canadian tuxedo... Kinda
Capital O for Of. Someone has used Of too many times so it pops up first.