About this project
Elise et Denis (France) took part in The Sun Trip 2015, the long-distance adventure on solar-powered bikes held since 2013.
The machine is a solar trike.
Élise and Denis were the first sister-and-brother duo in Sun Trip history, riding solar trikes that Élise designed and built. She is a vet in France; he was a linguistics student in Colombia who speaks more than ten languages. The 2015 Sun Trip was their first big bike journey – and in 2017 their father Michel followed in their tracks on the Sun Trip Tour, on bikes designed by Élise.
Technical data
| Name | Elise et Denis |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Sun Trip | The Sun Trip 2015 |
| Vehicle | ICE Adventure FS trikes |
| Motor | Bafang BBS02 mid-drive (36 V, 500 W) |
| Solar | 4 flexible 60 Wp panels (SunPower back-contact cells) overhead on a 75 × 220 cm wood-and-aluminium frame |
| Battery | LiMn, 36 V, 14.5 Ah |
Sources
The details on this page are based on the rider’s profile on The Sun Trip website.
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