#CanYouSeeMtHoodFromBurlingameFMpickupSpot4 at 2pm on the Tuesday of 6pm Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting in March, 2005 #pdxBikes?
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#CanYouSeeMtHoodFromBurlingameFMpickupSpot4 at about 2pm today, Feb 25th?
no. #leaveTheCarAtHome #hillTopper #cargoBikes #climateActionTuesdays #EV
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@InkySchwartz @meganL @ascentale @WGH #BikeNite A2 front hub motor gives you 2WD but can also lose traction while climbing unless your bike geometry or posture specifically weight the front to compensate for the slope. A small kit like #hillTopper is easy to install but limited speed and power would require you to work harder on steep hill to keep the motor at a speed where it's effective. On slight hills it's fine and the slope doesn't affect traction much. A rear motor hub vs derailer 
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30W #solar on a cloudy day, makes me think it might be a good roof year-round. The #hillTopper battery is about 200Wh, so 30-80W could add a lot of range. #eBikes #cargoBikes
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@ascentale @ai6yr A3 #BikeNite I bought a grocery-specific bike, the supermarche, and outfitted it with a little #hillTopper front wheel motor kit. It's not really enough motor for these hills and heavier loads, but it's a work in progress. Usually I just do the 1/2 mile of groceries in acoustic mode for the exercise. I previously had a double-wall cardboard box strapped to the xtracycle deck for light bulky goods, plus loading the cargo bags below with cans and heavy stuff, plus an ikea bag.
how is the #hillTopper sprinter kit for going up a big hill in a hurry with an empty 110lb #superCargo bike for a 200lb dad? Not terrible. But you should get a bigger motor if you want to do this a lot. I'm doing 16mph on the flat/slightly uphill, had been running the motor at max for 2min at that steady pace up Bertha (60ft climbing.) Then another 70ft climbing in about half the time. Would be easier without cars in the way.
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@graham_freeman @kevinschaper correction on the 12mph with the #hilltopper, today I timed it at 16mph on a slight uphill, which I think is the same as their bigger wheels, meaning they have used a faster winding for the 20in one (they should make a cargo version with the slow winding and a wider rim.)
Is the #HillTopper motor and little "sprinter" battery enough for this #supercargo to climb Terwilliger after riding up Mt Tabor? Kinda? Not really, but I had a second inverter battery pack to charge it up a bit, shoulda plugged it in earlier but I did make it almost to the Chart House before it turned acoustic. #cargoBikes #pdxBikes #eBikes
The SW Ridge Dr hill south of Stanley Ct, 80-ish lb kid, #superCargo with 350W #HillTopper front hub motor. I think I was distracted talking about the motor and probably could have mashed the throttle more in the flat spot between these two lumps. #eBikes
@graham_freeman with the #hilltopper sprinter kit, for like half that price albeit maybe smaller battery, I have trouble with the front motor spinning as there is so little weight on the front wheel. My project is still in progress once grin motors get here but this 350W is probably enough as a second motor. The rim is a little narrow but it's okay with the holy roller 2.0in tire.
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@rbellinger not mine, a local on a ride last weekend, but I can confirm the utility of a small geared hub motor #hillTopper 20in wheel with the much heavier #superCargo + passenger (ideally I would want more power for steep hills but I can deal and it is light, top speed is probably higher with his kit that looks like a 48V battery, maybe field weakening involved)
Ride down #Terwilliger with us to Tryon Creek State Park #pdxBikes why would you drive? #cargoBikes #eBikes #bikeTooter #HillTopper #SuperCargo #Portland #TrafficProtectedBikeLane #HowSpidersWork
Been running around in a #cargoBike with a #hilltopper 180Wh #eBike kit on it but not outside of the neighborhood much. 30 miles from Hillsdale (SW Portland) to Beaverton and back was too far with the 9yo on board. 
have a 190Wh "generator" pack and could take a charger with me, should be able to get (.8*.8 eff) ~120Wh into it, especially if it can run up the 450ft hill while pulling 80W through the charge port(?) #eBikes #superCargo
Make your tiny garage feel enormous with this one weird trick. #eBikes #CarReplacement #ClimateAction #UmbrellaBike #BanCars #nPlus1or2 #hillTopper
bike check / mountain check for the yuba #supercargo with the little #hillTopper #eBikes kit. Rode from Barbur up Terwilliger to downtown, around with the @bikeloudpdx #pdxBikes #eBike policy ride, and back out Barbur from 1st. The battery indicator was red (of blue, green, red) when I got home but it never faded on the long steady climb out Barbur, 10 minutes for 2.5 miles with 200+ft elevation (ODOT, get your cars off of our essential historically-streetcar-graded bikeways)
