A Mumbai-based startup dubbed ‘Strictly Electric’ has created a DIY package for turning a daily bicycle into an electric-powered two-wheeler with easy-to-do switches and a transportable battery pack that may simply be carried in a purse or backpack.
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Founded by Durgesh Garud and Mihir Pawar they name their product ‘The EasyKit’ — a DIY answer to show an analogue bicycle and convey it to the electrical future.
Durgesh Garud/ Mihir Pawar – Strictly Electric
The idea is actual easy — they have a package which consists of all of the parts you’ll have to make the DIY change, together with a motorised entrance wheel, digital controller, battery again, braking it and wiring and so forth.
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Strictly Electric claims that the transition from a primary bicycle to an electrical one will take lower than 20 minutes. The entrance wheel has a 250W motor that may provide speeds as much as 25 kilometres per hour on throttle mode.
A management panel on the handlebar permits the consumer to vary the quantity of stress that’s on the pedal (when in Pedal Assist Mode). In case you want to journey the bicycle with none laborious work, you possibly can change to throttle mode the place it should run like a traditional electrical scooter.
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Speaking of the battery pack, it’s a 209 watt-hour unit that may provide a variety of as much as 25 kilometres on throttle mode and as much as 40 kilometres on help mode. The 2A charger that’s included within the package juices up 70 p.c of the battery in an hour.
Moreover, all of the parts are waterproof, so monsoon rides received’t actually have an effect on its efficiency.
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The StraightforwardKit isn’t the primary product to permit common bicycles to be transformed into electrical bikes. Just a few weeks in the past we had seen one by Gursaurabh Singh dubbed Dhruv Vidyut Electric Conversion Kit (DVECK), nonetheless, the tech that makes it work is completely totally different.
For starters, DVECK is extra of a plug-and-play utility and doesn’t require main modifications to be made to the bicycle because it makes use of the chain array to drive the automobile. However, Strictly Electric’s implementation with the removable battery pack makes it really feel much more refined and consumer pleasant.
Strictly Electric’s complete package prices round Rs 29,999 and customers can pre-book it for simply Rs 499 on their web site. In case you don’t have a bicycle, they promote a whole cycle unit with the package preinstalled for Rs 37,499 which additionally might be pre-booked.
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