Electric Bicycle

New electric bicycle for about the cost of gasoline savings over the next year! The top speed is about 25 km/hr. It cost $1500 Canadian and I have added about $400 of extras. Range is about 40 km or more if you pedal alot. It seems fast enough to ride, but 25 km / hr is kinda slow. Today I e-biked about 20 km or so. The route is busy to drive, takes about 1/2 to 1 hour depending on traffic. The e-bike took about 45 minutes and although it is slower you never have to stop for traffic. There is no exhaust, which is one thing I don't like about mopeds in general, there is no smell and the bike is quiet.

I wanted to update this video information a little. It is early Sept. 2008 and I now have 2 e-bikes,2 batteries, a 12 and a 13 amp hour, both 36 volt batteries. I can do about 60 to 80 km. with both batteries. I did about 110 km one day along a very flat trail, the Galloping Goose and Lochside Trails on Vancouver Island, so I did pedal alot since my range would have been more like 80 km or so without pedaling. I have discovered that getting the correct sized bike is extremely important, my newest e-bike is more comfortable to me since the frame is slightly bigger and I have installed a handle bar extension.

If anyone out there wants to purchase an e-bike that is quality but not too expensive drop me a line at JoeDavis@shaw.ca I found a new supplier with much lower costs and better quality too. If you are local or can make it to Vancouver, B.C. I can arrange to have my friend assemble it from the box. I would recommend that new brakes and a quality back rim are installed giving an excellent day commuter bike.

I also added a bike computer to my old e-bike and I do about 600 km per month or so. I ride both bikes presently.

You may wonder about rain and ebikes and this model does well in water. I fly around town in the rain and only find that my bike gets really dirty mostly with sand that wears out the brake pads faster. I totally soaked one battery one day by riding in continuous rain for about 10 hours, it went dead; but surprisingly took a charge and worked again the next day after drying out at home. Leave your e-bike in a dry place overnight.

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[tommy8ball]

I have an e-cig now I need an e-bike and then an e-wife if it comes out in the near future.

[RockinJoeDavis]

Yea an e-wife would work for me too.

[Pnkbong]

I bought a "Made In China" gasoline motor bicycle conversion kit on ebay. What a pain in the ass it was to install and it's very noisy and I have to mix oil with the gasoline and now the throttle is getting stuck inside the carburetor and cheap plastic gas line became brittle and came loose off the gastank and started leaking gasoline while I was riding it. Lucky that there was no fire. I should have gotten an electric conversion lit instead.

[RockinJoeDavis]

Everything made in China is generally garbage. I have replaced all the parts on my second ebike from China with made in Canada, US. France, Germany etc. (anywhere except China) parts excepting the motor, battery and controller. Now it is tough enough. Joe

[Ian7570]

nice, i live next to lochside in Saanich and have been thinking about getting an ebike.

[RockinJoeDavis]

You would be really close to the Lochside Trail and the Galloping Goose Trail as well, so you could scoot into Victoria, Sooke or Sydney for about 8 cents worth of electricity for about 40 km of travel! If you want to purchase one email me and I can arrange to get you one for about $1000 US. Have a look on ebay too. Cheers and here's to cycling re-cycled rail lines! :) Joe (:

[RockinJoeDavis]

Vancouver, B.C., we start off in downtown and head north across the Burrard Street bridge, then west through the parks along the ocean ... the second bridge is the Lion's gate into West Vancouver, B.C.

[AiCProductions]

Where in Canada is that?

[TheWEEDshow]

thanks