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    El~Silvio conversion of Silvio is in service

    My request for at long distance bike was large wheel's. 20" tyre has a higher risk to puncture. I have two candidates for this job the Silvio (28") and the Tripendo (26"). The El~Silvio have cost me 36.000Dkr, and the El~Tripendo would have cost 10.900?. I could use the standard front wheel 28"...
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    El~Silvio conversion of Silvio is in service

    LargeI have bend the rear rack, and create 2 new parts: The small part to lift the rear rack over the rear brake. The large bottom part. I have sensor in the crack, to measure that I move pedal's. I dont know it it that you are mension about the crack.
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    El~Silvio conversion of Silvio is in service

    The Answer: The Speed improvements ;) I have now a half year exerience with the Silvio, where I have used it at my prime move for 2x 30km distance every day. I have normally wind against me when I go home. If I have 8-10 m/sek it will increased my travel time with 20-27 min compare to...
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    El~Silvio conversion of Silvio is in service

    The streamer studding is design to be mount under the frame, to get the right angel on streamer. I have also added El~Silvio in the same text style as Silvio :lol: What did I got for the money ?? A lot of fun. If a normal recumber is similar to a WWI fighter bi-plane. The Silvio is a WWII...
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    El~Silvio conversion of Silvio is in service

    I have very easy update of the Silvio with a standard hub motor (250W), controller, Throttle and battery (29.4V/10Ah) from Protanium. The battery's weigh 2.8kg. I will guess that Cruzbike will could get a nice price buying it direct from Protanium. I have buy it for 6000 Dkr...
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    El~Silvio conversion of Silvio is in service

    ewThe normally front hub motor fit perfect as a rear hub motor on the Silvio. But there need two metal plates to get the carrier/battery to be in horizontal. The streamer mount is witout changing the Silvio, so the Streamer studding has been addapted to the bike. To be continue:
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    "Long range" Silvio for daily use

    DanD- I understand your opinion. The company Protanium selling VO1 system and it is a comment component in lot of E-bike at the market (over 50% of the Western market). I am going to used V01 system, becouse it is easy to attached to Silvio bike. Maybe I have to change the wire length, but the...
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    "Long range" Silvio for daily use

    Hi JonB I am working in Frederiksberg, so we could meet in Copenhagen after work. Br Agent Orange
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    "Long range" Silvio for daily use

    Hi DanD I have focus on the weight. The front wheel is a smaller and lighter than a rear wheel. The lithium batteries is about 2 kg. The controller, wires and batterie station is under 2 kg. I am using the standard electronic from Schwinn bike ( but I buy it direct from the manufacture of the...
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    "Long range" Silvio for daily use

    Yes, the front wheel hub fit perfect to be mount at the rear wheel. :D The distance that I daily travel has a weak wind in the morning (< 7m/sek), and in the afternoon it has more power ( 10-14 m/sek) and allways wind from west (as cross wind). I have also a E-bike, that have a lower max...
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    "Long range" Silvio for daily use

    I am using my Silvio for my daily transport for work in Denmark. The distance I bike is 30 km, where I have bicycle patch beside the road the hole way, but I still have about 30 traffic light's, to delay me. The best time I have was with 14m/sec wind from the back 1 hour and 3 min (the opposite...
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