Electric Rail bike Build Q&A

This is answering some of the questions I got on building the Electric Railbike and the Railbike video.
Timestamps -
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Frame/Bike
03:26 - Battery
07:06 - Rail Attachment
10:04 - Filming
11:58 - Narration

[@Hephera]

your narration of this video was far better than the awful AI narration of the other video. You already have a good voice for youtube, you dont need ai

[@JackButlerVideos]

This one is also AI, he tricked you ;)

[@zapcjw]

Frame and swingarm kit would be great to sell so we can source the other stuff locally and customize to our needs - looks like a very solid frame and design

[@jshireley]

Another vote for this as well. Sourcing the battery, controller, hub motors, brakes, etc. are all relatively trivial now, but a good frame is hard to find. I'd buy this frame in a second if it was available on the market.

[@bharathreddy1856]

🤚me too im too interested in frame

[@jqmark]

Me too I would be interested in the frame as a roller. It's one of the nicest designs I've seen.

[@rivieramayagaffer]

I'd love this too!

[@Nilewhite411]

I'd love to buy one.

[@abettermankind9761]

Your video production is as good as your ebike fabrication skills... Well done and God bless ❤️🙏❤️

[@purplepenguin43]

brilliant engineering, ebikes truly are the future of transportation.

[@innercityprepper]

This is an INCREDIBLE video, the video that has been needed for the railbike community.

[@pentachronic]

Just saw your 120 mile video and came here. Got to say you’ve done a stellar job with the egineering of the ebike and the development of the rail system. Really enjoyed everything. I now have to find put where your route was as I want to trail run parts of them!!

[@felixthecatinthehat.]

The frame looks interesting. And I look forward to finding out if you decide to build more to sell.

[@lothre]

Excellent build explanation. Your bike design is fantastic. Love the long range version. I know these would sell well, should you decide to start production

[@arniegreenberg2719]

Great video, I drove PCH along that route many times and always wondered about the train right of way. I appreciate that you took the time to show us the nuts and bolts of your eBike and your logic for it's design. Your drone shots are very professional and adds a lot to the overall video. Thanks.

[@AlenMarkov]

Everything absolutely excellent made - thank you for sharing and best of luck!

[@zenobikraweznick]

This is a masterpiece , I'm genuinely impressed , shock and awe.

[@spirieo]

I'm so glad you made this video, it's a great compliment to the original rail biking vid. So cool!

[@Ksn.J]

The best hub- motor built, I` ve ever seen! great job!

[@adamgroves2811]

Brilliant video, amazing engineering! Keep up the good work.

[@wollinger]

Wow....Just wow, id love to have one for my commute but probably costs the same as my old car.

[@arliewinters2776]

Killer stuff ! Loved the ride along, video from the drone, and the explanation of how it was all put together....!!!

[@ericlamandia4702]

Very well done. Loved the 120 mile video. You are truly talented and look forward to more videos. Your rbike is awesome. Truly inspired me

[@gangoffour6690]

Great work of engineering and fabrication.

[@kiteblaster]

Congratulations! This is some beautiful design and construction work!

[@printmastert]

You just gave the world your fine skills. Thank you and this stuff takes a smart person to build.

[@poetac15]

Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing the reasons behind some of your design decisions.

[@kennyness8881]

Boys and their toys: Very fancy, well engineered, nicely done, toys. Respect. Thanks for posting.

[@minskmade]

what an awesome build....beautiful....super tight fabrication skills...im in the midst of doing a 1970 p200e vespa electric conversion....

[@WES-JGC-2013]

Extremely Impressed! I have always wanted to do this, and exactly what you are doing because railroads are a huge interest to me! Keep making vids and I think you will go far with your ideas and more! This is one of the best setups I have seen!

[@ivtrader4369]

Amazing engineering! Very nice!

[@colekeller]

Incredible work

[@battonfive]

Big thanks for the insights. Perhaps I can suggest a rear view reversing camera feeding a small screen on the handlebars, that way you dont need mirrors, dont need to look over your shoulder and can still see whats behind you. Can always power it with a 12v step downboard from your main battery array 🙂 Helps of the saftey and general awareness front. Keep up the great work!

[@zeruzio1345]

Just got recommended this channel and am amazed by the quality and content. Thanks so much for the FAQ, really great work. I was interested about the AI voice, it is crazy how close to real it has come.

[@SimonTekConley]

So, in a video, you've sold me on getting a drone, finally buying a dslr, and buying an ebike. Impressive. I've never really understood why people got them until now.

[@aleksandrsnaumovs4277]

Dude....amazing! Keep it up! ❤

[@uhlijohn]

Incredible! You are quite an engineer my friend!

[@matthewfish6113]

An excellent video, thank you for taking the time to make it. (the bikes not bad either ! ).

[@johnmcgowanireland695]

Excellent video's and build explanation, new subscriber here. I bought a Trek bike that was converted to an e-bike. It has a 1000W rear hub motor with a 48 watt controller and 14 AH battery. I disconnected the speed limiter wire, and that thing will get me up to 30mph (flat ground) with a range of around 40 miles. Your bike is the most bad ass bike I've seen and could only wish.

[@Dash41198]

Watched the rail video: Loved it, and came to the channel looking for this. Cracking couple of videos, mate. Well done. I didn't even pick the AI voiceover and got confused as hell at the sound of your voice on this one. 😀 Wouldn't worry too much about it.

[@leonard07CA]

Great bike and great video. I live in Santa Cruz and always wanted to ride these rail but you beat me to it. Wally

[@canadiangreg5313]

Great job, very impressed on the whole project.

[@Lone_Feather]

Great video 👍 And that's one awesome bike!

[@t3chnicolor]

The fact that AI speech has gotten this good is unbelievable. Thanks for the Q&A

[@gabrielsierra6890]

Thanks for sharing!

[@ethanmessinger4798]

You promised and delivered!! thanks!!

[@csiebester]

This is so impressive.

[@fentonfun]

I have a Jackal electric bicycle from Thunderstruck motors. Would love to convert mine. Its original design is very open to conversion like yours. I would not need any of the rail bike capability. But the rest is ;right up my alley. Would love to talk about this further!

[@hesedken]

Great ideas!

[@Littlehornification]

A very nice build dude!

[@user-od9iz9cv1w]

Fascinating.

[@KCM25NJL]

Oh man, Eleven Labs have definitely surpassed the uncanny valley. I watched that whole thing and just didn't notice....or was too taken aback by the visuals to really focus on any narration inconsistencies. It was the first time watching you and I frankly am surprised you're not a 20 something kid who built some cool stuff for a youthful adventure :D.......... Bravo ! :)

[@Skiridr22]

Great episode, I thought you forgot about us but thank you

[@thegrouchyoldman6909]

The ebike track ride was the 1st video of yours I had seen. I had no idea it was an AI voice and thought u were younger until I saw a face shot. I thought the voice was perfect and shared the video with a lot of friends. Very fun video!

[@TaylorAlexander]

Very interesting thanks! I just checked the other video again. I prefer your natural voice from this video! Sounds great. Also what beach is that? I grew up in the Santa Cruz mountains and I would love to take my ebike to the coast!

[@de-bodgery]

Love the frame, jsut fix that swing arm so it can mount a motor right at the pivot and make this mid-drive capable or hub capable.

[@2mraid3r]

I love the concept of a long range bike. How many cycles can/have you gotten from your battery pack?

[@uuzd4s]

Nice Piece-o-Werk ! 😉 😊

[@hoobadooba8173]

I would love to have one of these ✨🙏🏻🙈

[@cojacq]

Thank you so much for sharing specs on the bike! I love the in-depth design process. Very cool that you're testing out new models/iterations of it. How much does the smaller 2.0 version weigh?

[@cojacq]

Also! Are you able to incorporate regen in the system with the hub motor?

[@hot_coldman]

This is so cool

[@patrickkelley4653]

That's funny I didn't even notice the narrator was synthesized it sounded great to me! The first thing I wondered in this video was wait why does he sound different? 😆

[@sterlingbaker2992]

I don't know why some of these so called people wouldn't like the incredible talent you have...must be jealous 😂😂

[@mobyhunr]

You're a genius. Stay humble

[@user-gz9vv1nl3b]

You certainly are an engineer. And I'll add a role model as well. if I could afford one of your bikes... (?) Sold.

[@Dimmer333]

Thank you!!!!

[@cjsoutdoors4412]

Brilliant! 👏 👏 👏 🇺🇲

[@KapitanWalnut]

This is awesome. I'd love to build the rail attachments for myself - any chance I could get a copy of your CAD files?

[@steverads8816]

Would like to know your prices on the bikes and if there are any restrictions on exporting the higher end motors to europe. You are a excellent engineer and film maker. ❤

[@b.griffin317]

Nice build man. You work for Apple?

[@HardcoreHokage-cw4uq]

more building and fabrication Idris please.

[@jolonsweeney8387]

Thank you for doing this video it answers a lot of questions. What price will it be ?

[@CamperVanGuy]

🎬🏆🎥Outstanding concept, engineering, production quality, and execution. Ever make an electric camper bike that I could send folks out on the vast Rails-to-Trails network?🧐🤠🤙🏽

[@TimNelms]

Have you ever thought about adding a locate function to the inside of the outrigger to keep you on the rail from that side?

[@IrLosin]

I love the longboard wheel. No need to reinvent the wheel, pun intended. I do have another question about the rail attachment. Since the rear arm is mounted on one side, doesn't it affect the center of gravity so much it's harder to keep the bike balanced?

[@tacticooldennis]

I wonder if it would make sense to swing the battery and seat so that its weight is more in the center of the tracks.

[@grippinggriffon6853]

id I'd be interested in buying the frame or a frame like that without the running gear just the frame fork and rear shocks no wheel or breaks or handel bars i like the look for this frame Lots of space and it looks strong I've got ebike running gear controllers and batteries

[@ciliciaann3504]

Thank you. 🚴💥💨💨💨

[@jamesprivet]

Thanks for the video! Is that aluminium or steel frame?

[@dean5485]

interested i really like your frame design alot of thought went into this unlike most others you have the battery low in the frame making it low center of gravity very responsive it just stinks of performance well done by chance would you consider building another frame or even maybe you still have the paper template to share lol

[@ryanrandomness]

Cool build. Let me know if you come to Southern California and want to ride the rails together.

[@jimmypoobah8094]

Great video. Do you have a source where one could find maps of abandoned tracks in California/USA?

[@happyjourneygateway]

I want some rail attachments like those.

[@truthmirage]

Any consideration for adding a front regenerative hub, to capture forward inertial motion and implement self charging. Why that feature isn’t on all electric vehicles is astounding IMO. Great job.

[@kev7777777777]

The bike has regenerative braking, so it charges when you brake. That's one of the advantages of a direct drive hub motor.

[@truthmirage]

Yeah I always wondered why consumer market was satisfied with just hard braking regenerative charging. Remember bicycle generator lights ? No reason a separate hub dedicated to charging one half pack while you use another. And that’s the glaring point. Why this free ranging concept to electric cars was not implemented.

[@KapitanWalnut]

@@truthmirage Regenerative breaking on lighter vehicles traveling at low speeds (like an ebike) typically only extends range by about 5%... whereas using a mid-drive motor with good gearing can extend range by 15% compared with a direct drive hub motor. So the trade-offs aren't worth it in most cases. If a direct-drive hub motor was chosen for other reasons, like in this video, then you might as well add regenerative breaking.

[@williammiller4549]

hey there!! May I ask you to build me a set of the front/outriggers?@@kev7777777777

[@kavinbell4621]

What would you charge for your cargo ebike version with a single battery?

[@Kehsejogi]

nice

[@groundcontrolgainesville4841]

GOATED

[@kotisded]

Really nice work. Greta frame build. I'm also constructing something simmular. Would You be so kind to instruct me how to connect pedals to a rear hub motor?

[@itwillbefine2791]

Brilliant donuts sell these? There are so many rail tracks here in Australia, this would be great love the ski tips

[@someguydino6770]

The necessity for an invention can be a mother- D.D.D.

[@jroysdon]

What do you think a 28mph pedal assist, or 20mph non-pedal-required model would cost with the rail attachment? Just high-level ballpark.

[@dewaynewofford6486]

Im curious is there anyway to self charge a dual battery set up....riding on one and charging the other with a power source for continuous riding........really really loved your videos

[@Vijay3778]

Buddy I am from India, impressed with your building skills, and floored by the robustness of the EBike. Would like to get one for me, how can we work that out? Please let me know.

[@Nickaholic]

Would buy one in a heartbeat. Care sharing the average range you can get on that thing?

[@n3r0z3r0]

Well done! My question I build an electric bike with similar motor and bicycle brakes, and I completely not satisfied of the bicycle brake performance on this much weight, Could you please share some your brake experience?

[@demetrius8594]

have you looked into brakes from a trials motorcycle?

[@happyjourneygateway]

Wouldn't it be safer if the rollerblade wheel thats fixed hooked up under the track edge?

[@onebradh]

How much do you have into the motor, battery and controllers to basically put on my own bike?

[@jpesicka999]

What was the estimated total cost of the build?

[@steveturansky9031]

Is there less drag on the rails than on the road? In other words, would you get better range on the rails?

[@dennisyoung4631]

What alloy/metal is the frame made of? 4130?

[@hotchihuahua1546]

I am curious what you would charge to make one for a customer like the one you took on your 120 mile rail journey less the front and rear rail attachment ?

[@prdprdprdprdprdel]

I like how he paused the shot of his "redacted" e bike plate at the moment when you can clearly see the whole thing through the tape..

[@ks1u]

What would a frame alone cost? I have an electric skateboard I built a few years ago which has a 50-mile range and a top speed a lot faster than I'm willing to go. This is a more practical way of getting around without relying on a car.

[@pavelm44]

Good day! Where to find your bike frame drawing?

[@dlloyd6300]

Not sure I would be able to afford one but I would be VERY interested in purchasing one of your bikes...

[@kelseywhite3014]

I would love to buy one of these please