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A weekend getaway to the Adirondacks is always too short. A quick stop in Old Forge, Saranac Lake, and Potsdam.

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Guest: David Pearce

Hosts: Greg Crist, Troy Rank

Format: Interview

David, the founder of Phasor Cycles, speaks with us about the challenges of Ebike frame Design.

Checkout David’s work at: https://www.phasorcycles.com/

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Guest: John Wessel

Host: Greg Crist, Troy Rank

Format: Interview

John speaks with us about his unique and efficient friction drive design (known to many as the Kepler friction drive). Possibly the only way to truly have your ebike, and ride it too!

•  http://www.eboo.st/

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Guest: Thud (Todd Lane)

Host: Greg Crist

Format: Interview

Greg and Todd get together for a fireside chat about the exciting new emergence of the mid-drive as a fully realized option. Even more exciting;  Todd and Greg chat about Todd’s new high-performance mid-drive.

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Guest: Matt Bentley

Hosts: John Kennedy, Troy Rank

Format: Interview

We meet up with with Matt Bentley, Industrial Designer for Zero Motorcycles, at the International Motorcycle Show in New York. Matt talks with us about his work with Zero Motorcycles and his excitement for electric motorcycles.

After the interview there is also a good casual chat with John Kennedy, President of the Rochester Institute of Technology EV Team, which is developing an electric bike to compete in the TTXGP race.

Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Head-Gasket Replacement from Troy Rank on Vimeo.

While getting my “winter” bike ready, I had to go through and replace the headgasket, and while I’d rather have spent the time working on some electric bike project, the venerable Nighthawk 700 has been far too good to me to neglect it. Unfortunately, it apparently still needs valve seals. The life of a winter beater bike is not an easy one

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Guest: Dan Hanebrink

Hosts: Greg Crist, Troy Rank

Format: Interview

The legendary Dan Hanebrink joins us to talk about his new Hanebrink Hustler X5, and his amazing history in bicycle and motorcycle design. From gravity bikes, to avante garde motorcycle design, to fairing design, Dan has done it all and we spend over an hour hashing out just a small sliver of Dan’s lifelong bike design.

You can find more information on Dan’s bike’s at http://www.danhanebrinkbikes.com/Hanebrink/

• http://youtu.be/xGVozzh0-E8?t=5m41s  Incredle Hanebrink Gravity Bike Racing
• http://www.gravitybike.com.au/news/the-godfather-of-gravity/
• http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/09/29/monotrack-experimental-by-dan-hanebrink/ Hanebrink Monotrack Motorcycle design
• http://craigvetter.com/pages/470MPG/1982%20Fuel%20Economy.html Dan’s efficient fairing design in the Vetter challenge
• http://arcticglass.blogspot.com/2012/04/south-pole-bike-revisted.html  Hanebrink X2 travels to the ends of the earth

Try to ignore the **ahem** awkward camera angles, and appreciate my “artistic” efforts

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Guest: John Rob Holmes

Hosts: Greg Crist, Troy Rank

Format: Interview

John Rob Holmes talks with us about wheelbuilding, his ebike projects, and his new Ebike shop.

• John’s new shop : Volt Riders http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=43261&p=630814&hilit=holmes#p630814
•  Holmes Hobbies
• John’s Le Toy Build: http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fendless-sphere.com%2Fforums%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ff%3D6%26t%3D10175%26start%3D135%23p343157&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEvnxaf5pm5_4T08sdsHrFayKSYkA
  
• John’s awesome Moped/Bicycle wheel hybrids: http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=35442&hilit=Johnrobholmes+wheel+build

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Show Notes Hosts: Pete Prebus, Troy Rank

Format: News

Pete and Troy talk about Pete’s trip to the Interbike show in Las Vegas and all the latest in Ebike Gear announced! Woohoo!

• Unrelated to Interbike Zero Motorcycles have released their 2013 models! Awesome new 11.4kWh battery and the Zero FX Urban Powerhouse http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/2013/
• Electric Bike Report Coverage in glorious detail:
• http://electricbikereport.com/electric-bike-interbike-2012/
• http://electricbikereport.com/electric-bike-scene-interbike-2012-2/
• http://electricbikereport.com/electric-bike-scene-interbike-2012-3/
• http://electricbikereport.com/the-electric-bike-scene-at-interbike-2012-part-4/

As always you can find all of Pete’s extensive coverage of the consumer ebike scene at electricbikereport.com