* Important Notes: Installation requires
that the distance (spread) between the front forks on your bike be
a minimum of 3 ¾" -- 4" is best, 4 ¼" is pushin' it, and 4 ½" is too
wide. Important Note - Our hub motors are not recommend for bikes with front shock forks, bikes with front aluminum
forks, or front disc brakes . Shock forks can flex too much, and aluminum forks are generally
not strong enough to handle the hub motor torque - breakage can occur.
Disk brakes are not included on, nor can they be installed on, the hub
motor rim which replaces your rim.
There are many different electric bikes
available on the market, and even several kits by different
manufacturers. These bikes and kits range in prices up to
$3,000! Ours are the best and most affordable
option. In fact, there are nearly ten million
of these kits in operation in Asia!
The main component of your electrified bike conversion
kit is a gearless, hub motor that is installed as the hub on the front
wheel. This motor uses solid, proven technology
and is very simple in design. It has a positive wire going into
the motor, a negative wire coming out of it, and it's driven by a
single phase electrical pulse, sent from a Controller.
These motors are extremely durable, and virtually never fail (less
than .01 % failure rate.) This leaves your bikes gears, chain, and
pedals completely unaffected by the installed electrical propulsion system,
allowing you to ride in a normal fashion any time you choose. And, we
only sell kits with the extended battery pack for the best range.
Your kit comes with a hub motor already mounted in a wheel rim,
lighted variable-speed thumb throttle, controller unit, extended-range battery pack, smart
charger, and bike rack. Our brushed-motor bike kits fit 20, 24 or 26 inch
bicycles, and our brushless-motor kits fit 20, 24, 26, inch and 700c bicycles.
To
determine the size of the wheel you need for your bike, do NOT
measure your rim. The wheel size is the rim with the tube and tire
installed and inflated -- look on the side-wall of your bicycle tire for the wheel
size. It should read something like this: 1.75 (width)
X 26 (diameter). This would mean you have a
26" wheel. The larger your wheel, the faster you
will go.
More information than you really wanted to know:
The only moving parts in this motor
(hence, parts that can wear out) are the brushes or magnets, and the center bearing.
Brushes (on brushed kits only) should last up to several
thousand hours, which should give you a minimum of around five
years of normal use before they need to be replaced. Brushless
kits have no parts to wear out. These motors are very
rugged and durable. They can accept varying voltage
from 24 volts up to as high as 72 volts, provided that you have a
controller that is capable of running it at the higher voltages
without burning up. Our kit controllers provide 36 volts -- the
optimum level for performance and long battery life. We automatically include the extended range battery pack with our
kits to assure the maximum range.
This motor provides significant torque -- meaning you can start
your bike from a stand still without any pedaling, and you can go up
hills. On any hill the bike will slow down some, and on some steeper
hills you may want to assist with
pedaling to keep up your speed. But because of the power assist the pedaling
is easy -- almost as though you were on level ground.
Should I buy a complete electric bicycle, or get your electric conversion kit for a bike I already own?
That depends on if you like the style of e-bikes available on the market now,
or you'd rather customize your own bicycle and flaunt your own "style".
It also depends on if
you feel mechanically inclined enough to install the kit yourself.
But even most complete e-bikes will require some
assembly, so if you already have a bicycle, you should consider
saving the money and getting a conversion kit. It is usually
cheaper to buy a bike and kit versus a preinstalled electric bicycle.
The various kits available on the market today
range from extremely difficult, to extremely
easy to install (ours). A rear wheel-mount kit such as Currie's U.S. Pro
Drive is much more difficult and time consuming to install
than the kit we sell - which comes already installed in the front wheel.
