Hybrid Electric Bicycles

[efusco]

Originally Posted by zenMachine

It looks kinda heavy. Is it?

Forgot to address this part of your question....
It weighs around 100lbs w/ the battery (85 w/o it) I haven't weighed it as seen in the pics so it could be a little heavier with the baskets and such...not sure exactly. It's easy to handle though...I was able to carry the bike w/o the battery or front wheel about 50 ft. from the cargo dock to my car and load it up myself.

I've pedaled it a few times without turning it on and it does not pedal easily...it feels pretty unweildy...without the upper brace most bikes have it feels like it's wobbly to pedal. When riding with the electric boost you don't really notice that at all except in high speed turns it feels a bit uncertain.

[zenMachine]

Originally Posted by efusco

Forgot to address this part of your question....
It weighs around 100lbs w/ the battery (85 w/o it) I haven't weighed it as seen in the pics so it could be a little heavier with the baskets and such...not sure exactly. It's easy to handle though...I was able to carry the bike w/o the battery or front wheel about 50 ft. from the cargo dock to my car and load it up myself.

I've pedaled it a few times without turning it on and it does not pedal easily...it feels pretty unweildy...without the upper brace most bikes have it feels like it's wobbly to pedal. When riding with the electric boost you don't really notice that at all except in high speed turns it feels a bit uncertain.

OK. Thanks for that description. It kinda fits with what I imagine how this thing works.

Is it easy to move/remove the battery? Sounds like it. Can you charge the battery when it's not mounted on the bike?

[efusco]

Originally Posted by zenMachine

Is it easy to move/remove the battery? Sounds like it. Can you charge the battery when it's not mounted on the bike?

Very easy to remove and reinsert. On the image below you can see the handle you lift to pull it out. There's a plug on the battery you can plug the charger into directly or you can plug it into the charge point on the bike while the battery is onboard.


If you go to THIS Page...you'll see interactive labels.
You can see all my e-bike photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/efusco/...7607521612983/

[zenMachine]

nice detailed pics!

so this thing comes with a separate charger? i thought you'd have to plug it into a wall socket or something.

[efusco]

Originally Posted by zenMachine

nice detailed pics!

so this thing comes with a separate charger? i thought you'd have to plug it into a wall socket or something.

Yea, separate charger...you can see it in one of those bad pics of the bike in the garage...small green box maybe 8"x6"x3".

[zenMachine]

Ah, see it now. Missed it the first time. You might want to put a square label around the charger in that pic in case folks don't notice that little detail.

Yea, I can see how it'd fit very nicely into the little cubby hole under the seat. (Plus a raincoat )