Monthly Archives: November 2017

Review from John, November 2017

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This is a review from John, who recently purchased and installed one of the SOLAR BIKE mid-drive conversion kits. We were a bit concerned about him using his own very small 4.4Ah battery but it seems to give him quite a good range.Johns electric converted middrive solarbike

HAPPY CUSTOMER. I just wanted to give some feed back. The motor I bought is just what I needed. The 4.4 Ah battery carried me on turbo mode in the morning and speed mode in the afternoon to and from work. I used the motor and pedalling for the 8.5 km journey. The battery needed a charge after this. Yesterday it used 25% battery capacity on the way to work. I Managed to hit speeds of 40- 50 km/h, though I can do this pedalling also. I will ask a friend to build me a water proof aluminium case for my battery and charger to fit in triangle. It took me 4 hrs to fit – inexperienced bike mechanic.

Cheers, John

Electric Dutch WORK CYCLES Cargo Bike, November 2017

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Work cycled mid drive electric conversion

This is the GR8 from WORKCYCLES, imported by Dutch Cargo Bike and also sold locally in Perth.  It’s very hard to see now but it’s been electrified with our mid-drive kit and PANASONIC 14Ah lithum ion battery, it just fits behind the seat tube. The bike is a superb bike for carrying loads up to 200kg and also for carrying kids. They have plenty of accessories to deck it out so a kid can sit on the front as is shown here or else on the rear heavy duty carry rack. The short wheel base and nice fat 26″ tyres make it very maneuverable around town. The conversion kit went on pretty easily, the only bit that required a fair bit of fiddling around was to get the original chain cover to go over the motor. Had to be spaced out and a few crafty cuts made here and there. All up, it’s one of the best electric cargo bikes we’ve come by.

Mid drive MERIDA Speeder

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Merida Speeder 100 Mid drive electric conversion

 

This is the MERIDA Speeder 100 that we’ve made electric using our mini mid-drive conversion kit. It’s a super combination for people wanting a fast electric flat bar road bike at a top price. The bike handles really well and the geometry is designed for speed, comfort and performance. It has carbon forks to make it light and softer over bumps and has SHIMANO hydraulic disc brakes. This is MERIDA’s new 2018 model and it’s proving to be a splendid bike for electric conversion using either a hub motor or a mid-drive motor. Our small mid-drive motor has torque sensing, making it comparable in performance to either the BOSCH or SHIMANO mid-drive system with the only difference being you also get a throttle, are able to control paramaters like power output and set your own speed limits and you can also couple it to any of the latest PANASONIC lithium ion batteries. Please come in for a test ride, hopefully we’ll still have one set up when you get in.