Help! Can you tell me about this bike?

[chris667]

I have recently acquired this bike, but I can't find pictures of it anywhere so I know nothing about the brand.

Has a Nuvinci N360 hub at rear, and an 8fun SWXK35 front hub, rated at 250w.

Just needed a charge but otherwise appears to be working as intended.

Does it have a weight limit? I am about 18 stone and although I regularly ride pedal bikes eBikes are something I haven't had until now. I live in the Peaks so there are hills round here.

 

[guerney]

Googling Images can occasionally turn up results, when text search doesn't easily.

Does it have a weight limit?

120kg? See link:

Storm 26 "

Electric mountain bike

goelectric.pl

LENGTH
188 cm

HANDLEBAR WIDTH
63 cm

HEIGHT WITHOUT SADDLE
75 cm (1)

SEAT HEIGHT
41 cm (2)

LOADING
120kg

TOTAL MASS
24 kg (3)

RANGE
25 - 70 km (4)

MAXIMUM SPEED
25 km / 33 km (5)

ENGINE TYPE
36V brushless front wheel

ENGINE POWER
250 W.

DRIVING WITHOUT PEDALING
yes - option (6)

TYPE OF BATTERY
lithium (Li-ion); removable (7)

VOLTAGE AND CAPACITY OF THE BATTERY
36V / 10Ah

CHARGE TIME
5-6h

BRAKES
disc - front and rear

LIGHTING
automatic - photosensitive

TIRE SIZE
26 "

FRAME
aluminum

SHOCK ABSORBERS
in the front fork and seat post

DERAILLEUR
rear internal - 3 speeds

 

[guerney]

They ran an online contest for the logo design in 2013, so it must be less than 10 years old.

LOGO FOR ELECTRIC BICYCLE By Harrison1

Contest launched by harrison1 for project LOGO FOR ELECTRIC BICYCLE

www.zilliondesigns.com

The contest holder could be contacted?

Contest Holder Profile harrison1 | Zillion Designs

Learn more about our contest holder harrison1 who've successfully launched their design contest on our crowdsourcing website.

www.zilliondesigns.com

 

[AndyBike]

Maybe think of upgrading a few bits if you intend to give it a workout. Ebays your friend there.
Maybe start with the brakes, 18 stone plus the weight of the bike is a lot to stop.

 

[chris667]

Thanks! I see it's been "upgraded" to 3 speed.

I know nothing about ebikes but quite a lot about pedal bikes - it seems massively overengineered, and not in a good way. I remember estay bikes first time round.

Actually, the hub might be one of the things that gets upgraded. I hear those Nuvinci hubs tend to fail - 3 speed is always the best IGH. And the suspension fork! I have never been keen on front suspension.

 

[AndyBike]

And the suspension fork! I have never been keen on front suspension.

Makes a massive difference when you rattle into a council dug* pothole at 15mph

* I reckon they are actually digging them, because they're certainly not filling them.