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Exert from “The Power of Electric Bikes”

Exert from “The Power of Electric Bikes” by Jim Turner BATTERIES The Battery is The Gas Tank The key to any electric vehicle is the battery and how much energy it can hold. The battery is the gas tank. The…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeNovember 15, 2012

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The Relationship Between Battery Cycle Life and Mileage

A battery can easily outlast the vehicle it is in. Let’s assume you own an electric car. If your car can travel 300 miles per charge and you can recharge it 1000 times, that battery pack will last 300,000 miles.…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeOctober 14, 2012

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Battery Capacity and How it is Measured

As a consumer, the new world of electric vehicles continues to require us to learn a new vocabulary. Last issue, we learned about how volts and amps are like water flow. In this issue we will learn how to determine…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeSeptember 13, 2012

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Volts, Amps, Watts- What do they mean?

We are all familiar with miles per gallon for gasoline vehicles, but there is a new vocabulary used with electric vehicles. This vocabulary is often confusing, because we are not familiar with it. It is necessary to understand this new …

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeAugust 22, 2012

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The summer on the Optibike

By Tim Kyer It’s been a great summer on the Optibike 1100R-Pro, a special variant built for use in professional racing and training settings! Having now had world and national champions “on the wheel” of the 1100R-Pro, both on the…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeAugust 21, 2012

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Ask Optibike: "Why are light wheels important on an electric bike?"

Another great question. Many electric bikes put the weight of the motor in the wheel, which accounts for several pounds of unsprung mass. The following writeup on unsprung mass was taken from Wikipedia: In a ground vehicle with a suspension,…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeAugust 12, 2009

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Ask Optibike: "Why do you use the monocoque frame design?"

Great Question. A great electric bicycle is perfectly balanced, the Optibike has the lowest center of gravity of any electric bike. Balance and Performance based design Award winning electric bike designer and former National Motocross champion Jim Turner designed the…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeAugust 11, 2009

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One riders experience with a quiver of Electric bikes.

This wirteup was posted to a forum populated with perhaps the most dedicated group of electric bike enthusiasts on the internet. These guys and gals have collectively tried about every combination of E-bike, kit, and everything inbetween on the market…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeJune 26, 2009

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Ask Optibike! Does the Optibike charge while you pedal?

This question from J.B: "Hi my guestion about the Optibike Helia had an error on it so please answer this question for me does the Helia recharge itself when you pedal or do you need to charge it every time?"…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeMay 19, 2009

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Ask Optibike!: Tell me more about the Optibike Riding Modes.?..

This question came in from Jim: "The specs indicate there are two "riding modes" = Fast and Economy. When clicked into either of these, is the motor outputing a 'constant' speed or is the throttle dynamic like a motorcycle would…

Jim Turner - Inventor and Founder of OptibikeMay 1, 2009

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Exert from “The Power of Electric Bikes”

The Relationship Between Battery Cycle Life and Mileage

Battery Capacity and How it is Measured

Volts, Amps, Watts- What do they mean?

The summer on the Optibike

Ask Optibike: "Why are light wheels important on an electric bike?"

Ask Optibike: "Why do you use the monocoque frame design?"

One riders experience with a quiver of Electric bikes.

Ask Optibike! Does the Optibike charge while you pedal?

Ask Optibike!: Tell me more about the Optibike Riding Modes.?..

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