The Latest Electric Cycle Amazes the World

Technology has reached such a level that it currently amazes everyone with different innovations in different fields and industries. As no domain remains untouched by the advancement of technology, mobile phones, computers and cars aren’t the only things amazing us every day. The advancement of technology has now reached the industry of cycle, the electric cycle being its latest rocking achievement.

Maybe one of the greatest impacts electric cycles have had upon the world was when someone participated into a race, Cycle of the Sun, riding an electric power assisted bicycle and climbed the Haleakala Volcano in Maui. The motor of this bicycle had been built by the rider himself and the entire race was supported on rechargeable batteries.

The purpose of that attempt was to test the newly invented electric cycle model. His construction used a brushless motor of 750 watts, a three-speed hub shifter in a modified version and nickel-zinc rechargeable batteries and started off in its first major challenge. Usually, electric bikes use lead acid batteries and are powered by 250 or 400 watt motors, but the more powerful the motor, the more efficient the vehicle is with more speeds and hill climbing. The motor of this vehicle weighed seven pounds and used a windmill for solar power.

According to specialists, the road is inaccessible to ordinary bikes as the incline is too big, as it is too long and too steep, as well. An ordinary electric cycle only resists to about a quarter of the race because of the batteries and because of the fact that motors tend to overheat at 750 watts on such long runs. The thing about this electric vehicle built by Randy Draper was that it used batteries twice as powerful as lead acid batteries, therefore making this race possible.

There is a sort of testing point on this route and that is the National Park, a point where the participants could choose to stop in case they didn’t want to take their chances at higher altitudes. Draper passed that point, refusing to give up on the race like many other participants had done, no other electric cycles enlisted. There two hundred and fifty participants at the start line. Draper succeeded in finishing the race although he hadn’t had time to test his batteries before entering the heat of battle.

This was one of the turning points of technological advancement, everyone in the race and with the race being totally impressed by the things this cyclist, Randy Draper, had achieved with his new electric cycle powered by a 750 watt motor and Evercel batteries. The truth is that this might have been one of the elements leading to the popularity electric bicycles have gained, in spite of the fact that they cost a bit more than ordinary bicycles. However, they are easier to maintain and keep, as recharging their batteries is not such an expensive operation.