Electric bike 4.0 - Pulley

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Published 2018-08-03
This seems like such an easy task on the surface, but it really was a pain to figure out! I even considered swapping the disk brake for a rim brake at one point, but perseverance won in the end!

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All Comments (21)
  • I want to make something clear as a number of people have asked. I have not painted my disk brake! It's in fact the reflection of the grass being exaggerated in the camera. But thanks for pointing out it would reduce my braking ability ;)
  • @PurpleTT99
    At 7:34 I'm sure I could see some extremely proud parents behind that window ;-) You sir are a thoroughly engaging and intelligent chap, you'll go far. Watched many of your vids recently and am always impressed by your perfect blend of beautifully paced and explained theory with accurate practical implementation.
  • @mnickerson253
    It's a very cool pulley design. Although if you're driving mainly on the roads you might be able to get away with a simple friction drive approach.
  • @Deqster
    "Real Gingerneering." Tom, you know you want to. It's ok to want this... Lol thanks again for a great video.
  • @ChemicalArts
    I'm really enjoying this series. I like how you show both your successes and your failures. It gives people a feel for how real experiments work.
  • awesome video Tom! I love how you walk through the pulley design - I don't understand half of it but enjoy learning and seeing it being done
  • @JimN5QL
    Anxious to see the finished project! You are doing a fine job!
  • @zogworth
    Have marathons on my touring bike. They have never let me down
  • @ota024
    I like the fact that you managed to keep the disc brakes. Job well done.
  • @yurimow
    Totally agree with the schwalbe marathon plus. Mounted mine 4 years ago after a puncture (crap original tyres). They are a bit on the heavy side, but i've had no punctures since
  • @rens2998
    Aaaahhhgggg, I CANT WAIT FOR MORE!
  • I am seriously jealous of your skill. Makes me want to bust out my CNC mill more. Keep us updated!
  • @benabbott9984
    Thanks so much for explaining how you did the pulley!
  • @Eumldeuml1234
    A short tip for designing in Fusion 360: If you want to make something like a pulley or a gear, don't rotate the sketch elements but rather the created element (this requires you to extrude the tooth seperately from the pulley body). The reason is that Fusion gets quite laggy with big sketches but it doesn't have this problem if your sketch has only a few elements
  • @jamiejon2410
    I have those tyres on an ebike that I regularly do 40+ on had them for about 5000 or more miles never had a puncture, on road and light off road through industrial estates best Tyres i've ever had there still going strong loads of tread left.
  • @jackedrussell
    Good tyre choice. I had the same on my mountain bike, I've done 2000 miles so far with them regularly at 65ish km/h down a hill and they pretty much still look brand new.