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The E-Bike that the original Segway engineers are building

https://www.superpedestrian.com/

The team includes...
JD Heinzmann
Jon Stevens

Nice concept, but can the battery be removed for indoor charging without pulling off the entire rear wheel?

Very nice indeed

http://copenhagenwheel.tumblr.com/
this clip has a little BBC newreel, shows the unit being plugged in via an extension lead while insitu. Making a removeable battery would probable make balancing the device nigh on impossible. Shame, reduces the ease of recharging.

With quick release it isn't too hard to remove a back wheel, but you have to get involved with the oily chain.

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Originally Posted by cheesethin (Post 237048)

With quick release it isn't too hard to remove a back wheel, but you have to get involved with the oily chain.

Most e-bikes with a rear wheel motors don't have quick releases. The pics and videos of the Copenhagen all appear to be bolted (bring along a hefty 8mm wrench). The solution to the oily chain is a Gates belt drive, but I don't see that as a option, yet.

The e-bike that Segway should have made:
http://fifieldebikes.com/wp-content/...atham-bike.png
Fifields top of the line Chatham. Gates belt drive and 11 speed sealed internal geared hub. Clean and almost maintenance free. Hydraulic disc brakes. 400 watts. And the frame is hand made here in NH by master frame builder Ted Wojcik. Not cheap. Worthy of the Segway name.

https://vimeo.com/100994622