@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.

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.

@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)

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

Ride down #Terwilliger with us to Tryon Creek State Park #pdxBikes why would you drive? #cargoBikes #eBikes #bikeTooter #Hilltopper #SuperCargo #Portland #TrafficProtectedBikeLane

https://urbanists.video/w/se6Z4vKtGRzjL5zjtUkUXj

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