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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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Thanks to a few recent technical and commercial developments, I was able to come up with an e-bike conversion that cost me less than US $200 and yet functions impressively. He'd been selling kits for his mount in small numbers. Consider the two e-bikes described in. this month's Gizmo column , which each cost thousands of dollars.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

Thanks to a few recent technical and commercial developments, I was able to come up with an e-bike conversion that cost me less than US $200 and yet functions impressively. He'd been selling kits for his mount in small numbers. Consider the two e-bikes described in. this month's Gizmo column , which each cost thousands of dollars.

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The Soviet-Era, Z80-based Galaksija Dared to Be Different

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The Galaksija is a Z80 -based, 8-bit DIY machine, cleverly designed so that its bill of materials meshed exactly with what a Yugoslavian was able to import from Western Europe. During its brief heyday, thousands were built, leading to commercially assembled Galaksijas finding their way into homes and schools across the country.

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