To enter the race jack built himself a custom mid drive electric bicycle based on a surly troll bicycle with a pull behind suspension aevon std100 trailer for holding his gear and solar panels.
Bike trailer solar panel.
The load on bike is half the load to the trailer.
Convert your own bike.
Let s start with the worst case scenario.
Products rated between 7 27 watts.
So we plug the panel into an inverter that then goes to the bike s charger inverter and finally to the bike s battery.
Also the battery and inverter and bike charger add another six pounds and a lot of cables to the system.
Solar electric bicycle touring trailer for luxury camping.
Good for smaller usb powered devices for those on a budget.
You bought a 100 watt solar panel to charge your 500 watt hour ebike battery with the expectation that it would charge your battery from empty to full in 5 hours.
Search bike trailer on this silly site garage sales craigs list thrift stores ect.
As do recumbents some with interesting panel mounting.
Solar module aka solar panel this one is a 17 volt 80 watt.
Due to the highly rigid clamping of solar trailer on the bike under the driver s seat one does not feel torsion.
Freeloader super cheap small 1 5w solar charger batteries with 800 1600mah built in batteries.
Then i bolted it back on the frame and bolted scrap plywood over the wheels to serve as a strong platform.
The solar tour bike and trailer is a project developed by two mates in a garage.
Not ideal but it works.
Even at high speed 60 km per hour downhill a biker does not feel torsional load the trailer extremely well follows to attached bicycle or scooter.
Https bit ly 2dgzaur here s how the solar trailer per.
The power is going from dc to ac to dc.
A guide to understanding the ratings.
What they wanted to design was a bike we could ride all day if we liked perhaps as much as 200 miles entirely powered by the sun and our muscles.
Goal zero nomad probably the most popular solar units around for bicycle travellers because of their low cost and availability although customer service and longevity seems less than perfect.
Https bit ly 2psoeyh why is my 100 watt solar panel only giving me 75 watts.
This probably results in a 20 percent plus efficiency loss.