The Real World User Guide for ebikes

By Tim Sutton

This Real World User Guide tells of my (sometimes painful) experiences and e-biking realisations whilst riding some 3500kms (2000 miles) on Swiss urban and mountain trails. It also now includes some 2010 and 2011 updates on my current ebike antics/progress!

Hopefully my mistakes, learned the hard way, will help you (or a loved one!) make the right decisions when buying, building or riding an expensive (and fast) electric bike.

This ebook features: The Bionx 250HT ebike conversion kit and a Montague Folding Mountain bike (and a Wike Golf Trailer) but is an invaluable read for all ebikers and potential ebikers.

The guide also pulls together a variety of ebike information and technical help that the author has learnt from nearly 5 years of surfing the online e-bike forum world!!

And: The Big Brother section!! - Tips on Staying Alive, including the telling of my 5 very close calls to meet the Great Kahuna in the sky!

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"Useful guide, just as described. Easy to use."Oct-01-09

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tim Sutton
• Release date: Jan 24, 2012
• ISBN: 9781465847720

Tim Sutton

A hardcore e-biker since 2008. I ride throughout the Swiss winters. I sold over 250 copies of the "Real World User Guide to ebikes" on ebay before I discovered Smashwords :) I am also a single handicap golfer and I used to be a successful ski instructor, which has lead me to try and find a way to help other golfers get better as quickly and as painlessly as possible. (Which is easy, just read my guide :) I am also an avid vegetable and tomato grower and have for most of my life been involved with either my parents vegetable patch or my own kitchen garden.

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The Real World User Guide for e-bikes

by

Tim Sutton

Luzern, Switzerland

Copyright 2012 Sutski Enterprises

Smashwords Editon

Smashwords Edition License Notes

This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever including Internet usage, without written permission of the author.

Featuring: The Bionx 250HT electric bike conversion kit and a Montague Folding Mountain bike (and a Wike Golf Trailer!).

This ebike guide tells of my (sometimes painful) experiences and ebiking realisations whilst riding some 2500kms on Swiss urban and mountain trails.

Hopefully my mistakes, learned the hard way, will help you (or a loved one!) make the right decisions when buying and riding an expensive (and fast) ebike.

Welcome to my Real-World User Guide for the BIONX ebike Kit.

Table of Contents

How this online guide works and introduction to Adobe BUZZWORD

Quick facts about the BIONX Kit.

My credentials and BIONX history.

The Bionx kit introduction.

How much does it cost to charge?

How long does a charge last in the real world?

How long does the battery last before degradation sets in?

What are the limitations of the system?

What to look out for in a bike you are going to fit it to

How well does it stand-up to bad weather?

How to turn off the speed limiter and other marvellous Codes to Freedom!

How fast can you go and how far does it go?

The Codes of Freedom - to allow you to alter the wheel size, top speed, assistance levels and a host of other customisable digital parameters.

False battery charge reading solution.

The Big Brother section - Tips on Staying Alive. - including the recounting of my 5 very close calls to meet the great Kahuna in the sky...

What do you need to carry with you at all times - general good ebiking advice

Locking it - what you need at least

Lighting it - LED's baby!!

Insuring it - Yes do. And do it well.

General good tips about staying alive whilst ebiking in an urban setting

Goodbye

Some pictures courtesy of www.greenspeed.us – Go visit them, they are great!!

The small print: Please remember this is by no means an officially endorsed BIONX user guide, but more a real-world users guide to saving your ass if you ever decide to ride a BIONX powered bike or any other-way powered bike :)

Please keep the ebook you just purchased to yourself (in the spirit of fair play!) so that I can continue to offer it as a useful tool for potential buyers of BIONX kits and current BIONX users.

Thanks so much.

In short am I a very happy BIONX customer ? Yes, a thousand times YES!

Just be bloody careful out there and read the tip on the right !!! [1]

Gloves, a backpack and glasses are an absolute minimum. And always, always, always, wear a helmet. Seriously. Don't even think about not wearing one. It's saved my twice so far, I kid you not.

Also, keep your mouth shut at all times, even when going Wheeeeeeeeee , which you will do repeatedly on an ebike, like a 10 year old, a lot. :)

Check out this dude on a BIONX powered tiny folding bike whooping