Revel at the "brand" new competitor in the direct drive Esk8 race!

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@hans_maier

Would like to have good torque and keep it looking as much as possible like a pushboard, since esk8 is illegal in Germany.

Hey Hans:
So it looks like you preferr hub motors to direct drive because hub motors look more like manual skateboard wheels – because electirc skateboards are not legal in Germany.

I did a bit of"German Electric Skateboard Laws" research. I see that you and others have been posting in another thread about the German laws and how slow they are changing? At present, Is this still true? …

@Benjo

In Germany low powered scooters and everything with handlebars are legal if you have a registration, number plate and insurance. That doesn’t apply to skateboards though (no handlebar). But politicians promised to include them as well in the future (but how much fun will it be with a number plate and like 500w max power)?

If it is, then my suggestions would be as follows:

1. If the police are not actually enforcing the laws, then just don’t wory about it and ride whatever you want. You probably would not be looking for an undetectable eskate if the laws were not being enforced but I thought I’d ask. There are lots of places where electric skateboards are not legal but in practice the cops think they are really cool and give a thumbs up when the electric skateboards ride past.

2. Buy a legal electric scooter, cut the back off of it and bolt a revel kit to the rear end. Then figure out how to hook up the revel kit remote to a handlebar throttle. I don’t think it would be to hard. I’ve been thinking about doing something like this with an old razor scooter that has a degraded lead acid battery.

3. Put together any type of electric skateboard and bolt a fixed handle bar to the front. From a distance it would look exactly like a scooter but it would function exactly like a skateboard.

It turns out they actually make such a product:

http://www.maronad.com/index.php?id_category=175&controller=category&id_lang=3

TURNING MY SKATEBOARD INTO A SCOOTER!

The youtube reviewer hated it for use in his skate park on a short board. However, if you had a nice long electric long board and you only put your forward hand on the handlebar and you rode with a normal longboard stance, then it would not really interfere wiht your ride. You could also mount the handlebar on the rear. and rest your trailing hand on it. Either way it would save you bending over to pick up your board to cross intersections.

I’m probably going to get ridiculed for suggestion number 2 and 3. But if your objective is to blend in with something that is legal in germany, then why not try to blend in with the legal electric scooters instead of trying to disguise your electric skateboard as a manual one. The thing that really gives a way an electric skateboard is not the battery and motors, Its the fact that you are traveling 20 kph or more up hill without pushing.

Also, i suspect manual skateboards are also illegal in germany so why try to disguise an illegal electric skateboard as an illegal manual skateboard.