Solar Cruising Bicycle (Ultracaps)

Just another of the many scams from people claiming to have a "solar powered bike". Even with a very expensive set of solar panels, it can take 3 to 5 days to recharge a battery. Beware of anyone who uses the word "solar" and "bike" in the same sentence. It's all a scam and just read the comments and you'll see how many suckers are out there.

nice joke there no motor at all and also he will never get enougth power to power the wheel very funny !!

i like r bike anything but a gas hog car.i have a trike i put a phoenix hub motor on and i go about 25 miles with no peddling before i need a recharge.i have about 3000 miles on my bike now with no problems.i have tried several different motors and think the phoenix is the best ive tried so far and it goes further and has more power than some ive tried.i am wondering how your solar panel has held up?i tell everyone i put a motor on my bike because i heard it was illegal to pedal azz.have fun

this is cute, but a 50W peak output solar panel is too week to be considered practical for transportation. As any cyclist will tell you, a 50W pedaling power is nt much. A racing cyclist riding at ~25 mph produces ~200W for a few hrs continuously. The 50W panel is a peak output, so the average output will be even less 2...4 times less (e.g. cloudy day) One would need ~10 of these panels to get a bicycle to match the power output of a typical human bicycle racer.

Awesome!!!

lol, get a small 5volt solar cell and strap it 2 a helmet 4 extra power/speed

maybe make it look like a fender

Good job mounting the solar cell! That particular bike is inefficient but we all know that so no real criticisms. I would like to duplicate the same type of front mount only I hope I may afford to go on both sides as well. This way I may carry smaller (& smaller) battery as long as more cells can be mounted.

Good luck, don't forget that a 50W panel adds 7kg, but may be you find lighter ones...

sorry forgot adding - those Siemens panels are of mono crystal type  - found at ebay