Rubbee - turn any bike into an electric one!

Whatleymeister · Jul 29, 2013

Got sent this today:

http://www.brit.co/rubbee/

Seems like an interesting design concept and cheaper than an actual electric bike if you were so inclined. I wonder how much it wears the tyres down though. Then it linked to this at the end, a DH bike with the gadget fitted, looks fun!

http://vimeo.com/69878556

greenstiles · Jul 29, 2013

is there a stop start, just wondering what you need to do to stop quickly,

velomaniac · Jul 29, 2013

Sir Clive Sinclair came up with that idea many years ago and it was both noisy and rubbish. I think his were called Zeta. Possibly the rubee has a quieter motor and better battery but I doubt it will be any more effective !

Whatleymeister · Jul 29, 2013

No idea how to stop it in a hurry! As far as I could tell they just brake normally, they certainly dont seem to reach down for a switch or anything?

This certainly seems efficient, the chap riding it in the first clip seemed to be whipping along nicely and the dh guy certainly had some speed about him, but I agree that I cant imagine it is incredibly efficient and I still think ir would just eat up tyres. Still want a go on one though for a laugh!

02gf74 · Aug 1, 2013

re: videdao ^^^^ what is the point? you have gravity and pedals to help you go downhill - I would have been more interested/impressed if he had ridden the bike up those steps.

xerxes · Aug 2, 2013

Not exactly a new idea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VéloSoleX

BobToo · Aug 2, 2013

xerxes":sa3pyouf said:
Not exactly a new idea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VéloSoleX

That's what I was thinking. I can clearly remember Mme Bertillon, the mother of the family in my school French book, had a motor on her bike that could be engaged with the tyre when required. That was in 1980 and there was no suggestion that this was in any way unusual.

I had a theory about motorising my bike by fitting a battery to the bottle dynamo.

Rubbee - turn any bike into an electric one!

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