I have had the following assist systems:
Advantages
Big and easy to see
Will haul a lot of cargo
Electric and peddle
http://solarelf.com/ In California
Advantage is endless range and lots of power
The disadvantage is noise, street legal only (US - not for bike trails.
Direct belt drive - no gearing leverage.
Observation: I had it installed on a two wheel townie and because it was a step through I ended up having to buy a longer throttle cable - so if you go this way make sure you specify a longer cable.
The Advantages
Easy and inexpensive to self-install on your existing bicycle
The Disadvantage
Direct drive - no gearing advantage so if you have a big hill you may have to get off and push it up
Easy to swap out the front wheel.
No throttle, just a switch, either on or off a bit uncomfortable.
Would not make it up the hill I needed to go up.
Would not recommend this one.
http://www.electric-bike-kit.com/hill-topper.aspx
Disadvantages
Used lead acid batteries
Heavy
Not a bike conversion so no local support or parts
Rusted in one year
Advantages
Cheap
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 15:26:45
Start by Grinding 14 Ounces of oatmeal (1 minute) in VitaMix into flour place into large bowel
Put these ingredients into VitaMix
11 Eggs 18.5 ounces
1/4 Cup Coco powder (optional)
Cinnamon 1 Tbl (Optional)
12 oz Almond Butter
1 OZ Vanilla
12 oz Dates
1 stick 4 oz butter - Can leave out and add more almond butter
Run at full speed use tamper to move the dates down into the blades Stop when just begins to get warm.
Pour into oatmeal and mix with spoon
Add if desired:
Chopped nuts 5 oz Almonds or any nuts you like
Chocolate chips
Using a small Scoop 1 1/2 oz or tablespoon place on parchment covered cookie sheet
I bake for 20-30 minutes 325 convection or 350 home oven
2009/07/01
Ingredients:
Optional 2 TBS coco
With Your Vitamix
8 egg yokes
9.6oz blueberries defrosted
6 oz Dates (make sure the pits are out) defrosted
6 oz Almonds (soak overnight)
1/2 0z real vanilla
put in vitamix and grind up (if frozen you may push with pusher)
after mixed add 8 oz quick oatmeal
push in to mix
part two
Using you mixer (kitchen aid - or bosche universal)
whip till stiff 8 egg white
Fold in the Vita-mix material
frozen Blueberry 19.2 oz
2 oz Cups puffed rice
2 oz Cups puffed corn
Mix together with large spoon
Dish using 1.5 oz disher
scoop out on parchment paper
makes about 72 or so
bake for 38 minutes AT 350 - rotate at 14 minutes
Remove from cookie sheet to cool
After cool place in freezer
after frozen I bag in 4 per zip top bags ( around 100 calories per 4 cookies)
the travel well in small ice chest
Older Version
11/02 2007
Ingredients:
1/2 batch
8 oz Frozen Blueberry thawed
2 oz Dates
1 oz Butter
1/2 oz pure vanilla extract
Mix above in vitamix till smooth
Add 6 eggs
Mix in
then add
6 oz Raw Almonds Soak in distilled water (2 cup container) 8 Hours
Use the plunger to force the almonds into blade
Pour out into large bowl
Add
(Optional 4 Oz Chocolate Chips)
1 Cup Quick Oats
1 1/2 Cups puffed rice
1 1/2 Cups puffed corn
Mix with large spoon
Prepare sheet pan with parchment paper
Dish out with disher to pan - makes about 36 scoops
Cook at 325 ( Convection) 21 minutes (play with time and temp)
8/19/2004 11:08AM Updated 10/31/2004 Cookie Recipe (not sweet but very Chocolate) Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you like sweet and are not concerned with carbs increase the sugar and chips to taste.
Ingredients
16 oz almonds (costco or sams are fine) grind to fine with bosche or other meat type grinder (substitute 16 oz almond butter)
1/4 pound of butter (I use 1/2 cube through the grinder before the almonds and 1/2 after scrape out the butter after- makes cleanup the grinder a bit easier)
16 eggs (yes sixteen) (30 ounces)
1 1/2 cups Hershey's unsweetened coco for baking
1/2 cup fresh ground whole wheat (hard red)
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1 oz pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking soda
4 heaping cups of quick oats
16 oz Guittard semi sweet Chocolate chips 900 count http://www.guittard.com/
I buy the chips in 25# box from local restaurant supply for about $50.00 they can order from sysco or buy right wholesale 3 day delivery - I just call them they order for me. Best quality - no wax
Instructions
grind nuts
add butter and nuts and eggs,soda, vanilla, coco & sugar to mixer and run for 8 minutes or so until looks like ganoush, smooth and yummy, add wheat, mix 4 minutes,
Change the paddles for the dough hook ( failure to change over may damage your equipment since this is a very stiff large production) add oatmeal, chips stand for 5 minutes for the oatmeal to soak up some fluids.
I use a Bosch Universal mixer. Order the
Bosch Cookie Paddles for this recipe. You will bend the whips if you use them. Until you have the heavy duty use the whips, then the bread hook.
Peterson's Bosch Kitchen Center , Salt Lake City, UT
801-272-9922 - very nice and fair- will ship
http://www.petersonskitchen.com
win@petersonskitchen.com
Mix in the oatmeal - let stand 5 minutes to absorb
pre-heat the oven 325 convection ( I bought a small oven 'Wisco 616' on ebay for 100.00 that was used in a convenience store for making cookies, pizza etc)
http://www.thepizzaoven.biz/page2.html
Any oven will be fine - you will need to experiment with the time and temp. to get your results you want.
add the chips
I prepare parchment paper so the cookies are not cooked on aluminum
I use a small ice cream scoop 25 to 30 per sheet
About 12-14 minutes cooking time
I used to use 30 oz of chips and only 6 eggs, I changed the formula based on my desire to release some unwanted weight.
I have lost 30 pounds since changing the recipe with just a little restraint.
Enjoy,
Dale
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