Titanium E Bike - Lightning Rods powered E bike with overview and ride footage in Odessa
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- This is Richards Lightning Rods powered titanium e bike. I have been watching this one get built over the last year and am really pleased that this can be the first High Voltage video of 2024. This is an amazing machine. Sleek and graceful but with plenty of power. The video has a bit of an overview of the bike and then a bit of a tour around the city of Odessa where Richard lives.
The bike uses a 120 volt battery which is 30s 6p of Molicell P42a. The ebike laws where Richard lives allow for 3000 watts.
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0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Bike Walkaround
4:26 - Opera House
6:52 - On Roads
8:29 - Odessa Boardwalk
14:56 - Higher Speed riding
If you want a unique ebike that stands out of the crowd then the lightning rods drives are a great option and are not that much more expensive than using a BBSHD or CYC. You can make contact with Lightning Rods via our discord community. highvoltagekits.com/discord 
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Thank you so much for your support keep up the good work
You are welcome. Cheers
Apart from being a great bike, never seen Odessa before, it looks like a beautiful city
I know right. History, architecture the ocean and decent weather. Lots to like.
I'm in Canada any recommendations for a reliable Company to buy the BBSHD mid drive motor
West Coast Electric bikes sell them. Also Golden motor. There are cheaper options if you get direct from somewhere like Ali Express. I used EM3EV which is another option. Some of those you might get some duty on them.
That's a badass hardtail. Pretty clean build too. I like it
Glad you like. Cheers
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An American riding too fast for the conditions in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I hope we don’t lose any more of it.
You can see why it gets a Unesco rating. Apparently there is a huge subterranean cave complex as well which sounds really interesting.
what would you recommend for mid drive, I'm looking for speed and torque and reliability
BBSHD with your upgrade kit looks good
The CYC photon again looks good I'm concerned about on going issues
Or do look at the CYC mid drive motors
For speed torque and reliability I would take a BBSHD with our kit over anything else I have as long as it will fit with the frame you want. Its untouchable for reliability in the 3-5kw power range if you build it correctly with the gearing etc. My Fatbike has thousands and thousands of trouble free miles on it. The CYC gets you a torque sensor and is more flexible in terms of mounting it. But they don't last as long and are harder to service and maintain and more expensive to service and maintain. The only motor that has real speed or power with CYC is the X1 motor. The Photon is a pedal assist 500 watt motor.
Nice bike. I can see the engineering skills and money it took to build. It looks like a simple e-bike, but it's not. I didn't mind the engine noise. Probably because I'm also partial to noisy cars as well. The chain slap at low rpm might irritate me
Odessa looks like a beautiful city. I imagine more so in summer
Well done
I think in person it's not going to as loud as some people think. But it's dual 219 as well. I suspect a bit of motor idle would help with chain slap. Riding on cobbles for large parts did not help either. It's beautiful to see it all though. Stunning architecture.
Most that noise was from the cellphone holder on handlebars.
That noise is not the chain slapping. It’s my cell phone holder. No phone in it. I should have taken it off.
I think in the future I'd like to do a lightning rods big block motor on an eeb clone frame, but with derailer instead of single speed. These motors just have a cadence sensor correct, no torque sensor?
Right now the LR stuff is cadence based. We are looking at a torque sensing version we just need to find the right one.
I don’t believe you need a derailer. I could be wrong. The torque is crazy.
@@rich3317 I want to be able to pedal it at lower wattages and still go all out if needed via throttle.
@@_Drae2210 ok . Ya you will need that if you want to pedal.
@@_Drae2210 you may want to think hard about using a bicycle chain. I had a cyc motor on it first. I was really disappointed in it. Shifting every 3 sec or so. The lighting rods power is a handful.
Cool bike but the dude doesn’t know anything about it lol. He said the battery is a “36p so it has quite a bit of voltage”. I’m guessing he meant it’s 72v 36ah.
It's his first video for this kind of viewing. He meant to say 30s 6p of molicell p42a. So 120 volt battery. I guess it kind of cones out as 36p. He knows his stuff and has built quite a few other bikes over years.
@@HighVoltageKits that is a massive pack!
100%
Holy smokes a 30p!!@@HighVoltageKits
Guys. Sorry I wasn’t clear on the battery specs. It’s a 30s. 6P. 126 volts. I can go about 75 miles on a charge. The batteries are p4200a
If it was a titanium modded bbshd I'd for sure but it but this thing is beyond loud and the chain rattle is not my cup of t 😢😅
I'd like to get a feel of it as a bystander in terms of noise. If you notice alot of the riding where you here rattle is over cobblestone or pave as the French call it. Anything is loud on that. Cheers
That noise is not the chain slapping. It’s my cell phone holder. No phone in it. I should have taken it off.
F-ing Putin. God Bless Ukraine and the bravest men on the planet protecting their homeland. What warriors the Ukranian people are.
Thanks for sharing your amazing bike with us.
Cheers from the US.
Cheers Luke. It was quite eerie listening to the matter of fact way he talked about drones and rockets. Like it was the weather or something.
how much would he sell it for? :)
It wasn’t easy getting everything together here in Ukraine. Lighting Rods mid drive kit’s start out $695. The big block is 10,000 watt. 3 times the power. Michael hand build every motor to your specifications. CYC is over $1100 last I looked. By the way I have a cyc for sale. Only 20 miles on it. Comes with a asi 2000 controller, $700
LOL. You can get the drive and a controller package for about 1200-1400 depending on options. Then you need a solid frame. Does not have to be Ti though. This one here can likely do 100mph with the right gearing but you don't need to go that crazy. You could have a nice bike with a Chromoly frame and a 72 volt battery that will ride really nicely for under 5k if you do most of it yourself. If you use second hand frame etc. The battery will likely cost the most. So it depends on how fast and far you want to go.
Great looking ebike, but that motor noise is just way to much.
High-powered, exposed gearing, mid-drive life.
Dual 219 chain reduction. There is a belt drive version that is pretty much silent. Really though once the speed gets up you don't want to be silent.
don't think that rattle is motor specific as the rattle sound was amplified over bumps. Bumpy roads on a hardtail but I am pretty sure that rattle could be tuned out with suspension or chain tensioner mods.
This is the reason I went rear hub for my build, although one day I'd like to try riding a mid-drive, heck it may even convert me but my 1500w48v 52v20ah shunt modded build is a little lightweight flying machine that kills the steepest of hills at 20mph + so I can't complain
But one day I may go for a mid-drive build, the price is a bit too much though, and geez that noise I think would just annoy me too much.
Great build/vid.
Your right. That noise was my cell phone holder. Cell phone was on my helmet. I should have taken it off.
120.202kg*
w00t Ti builds
I'd love to do a Ti frame one day.
@@HighVoltageKits take your time, you want the frame to meet all the specs ya want for dimensions and ease of DIY motor/battery fit 🫡. It’s not a cheap thing to be compromising on details
Absolutely. The dream bike should not be rushed
Your Ebike is very noisy lol, i have a dyi Ebike with a 3000W 72V hub motor and it's a lot more silent, that's what i hit with mine, around 60mph and my bike weighs about 65 pounds.
It's a mid drive with dual 219 chain reduction. Hubs are always quieter there are no chains.
But your bike is insanely slow compared to any Lightning Rods setup 😂
@@sidehopHe stated in the video it goes 60kph with the way he has it geared. It's a hard trail on road bike. It's designed for crusing, no all out top speed. The guy has 126v on tap. 100+ kph would be easy with that setup if he wanted.
@@ryanmerrill887960 mph. Is what it does. Get a few different gears to play with next month.
titanium is so expensive as a raw material to begin with. then welding and repairs... expensive (double shielding needed). I think there are more cost effective means to reduce weight. but for cool factor and the feel of the stuff... yea i gotta give props but ouch in the wallet.
Yeah. I have never done a Ti build for that reason. Chromoly is my frame of choice. Lightish but strong and cost effective. If money was not an issue one day I would love to have a Ti frame though. Cheers