Here is my experience fitting and riding with a Dillinger Bike kit.
It was bought to try to encourage me to use my bike for a 10 mile each way commute to work.
The donor bike is Trex 6500 mountain bike, bought about 8 years ago and sat gathering dust and scratches in my shed.
This is the kit i purchased. http://dillengerelectricbikes.co.uk/electric-bike-kits/best-sellers/street-legal-electric-bike-kit-samsung-power-13ah-by-dillenger.html
Wanted road legal or at least not huge power! The idea was to increase my fitness not have an electric motorbike.
I choose the above kit in front wheel mode with a frame battery. Should have picked a rack battery as it ended up being too large to fit in the frame. This was me not measuring properly. I just did a quick glance with a tape measure.
The kit seems pretty good quality and fitted without too much trouble. Even as my first ever kit. I did open up the controller and add some extra wires as I planned on having lights running from the battery.
The cadence sensor was a tight fit and I had to remove all the splines. I did not fit the throttle as I really want to pedal and also I don't think 250w it really enough to just use the throttle except on the flat.
Here's some pics of the finished (for now) bike.
The lights I added were purchased online. I have a front and rear led, the rear flashes red. These were £2.43 including postage! The main front light I have switched and this was about £20. All these lights are 12-85v so no transformers needed. They seem to work well and make no difference to range.
On the subject of range the furthest I've been is about 18 miles in one trip. I still haven't seen the battery meter drop a bar yet. Maybe it doesn't work so well.... time will tell.
The spokes in the front wheel were fairly loose on purchase, I tightened these up and after 20 miles they were all loose again! I've now tightened them a lot!
I choose a front wheel to keep my 9 speed cassette.
Overall I'm pleased with it so far. Takes the sting out of hills and long uphill sections. Does a max of 20mph which is plenty. I usually choose the assistance depending on the speed I want. Eg If I'm climbing up a hill at 10 mph I won't; choose level 5 as the bike will be trying to go 20 mph, I'd choose level 2 so it's trying to do 12 mph. I find this works for me and hopefully reduces stress on the motor. They like to keep spinning really and you can feel them bog down if you really slow on a hill.
It was bought to try to encourage me to use my bike for a 10 mile each way commute to work.
The donor bike is Trex 6500 mountain bike, bought about 8 years ago and sat gathering dust and scratches in my shed.
This is the kit i purchased. http://dillengerelectricbikes.co.uk/electric-bike-kits/best-sellers/street-legal-electric-bike-kit-samsung-power-13ah-by-dillenger.html
Wanted road legal or at least not huge power! The idea was to increase my fitness not have an electric motorbike.
I choose the above kit in front wheel mode with a frame battery. Should have picked a rack battery as it ended up being too large to fit in the frame. This was me not measuring properly. I just did a quick glance with a tape measure.
The kit seems pretty good quality and fitted without too much trouble. Even as my first ever kit. I did open up the controller and add some extra wires as I planned on having lights running from the battery.
The cadence sensor was a tight fit and I had to remove all the splines. I did not fit the throttle as I really want to pedal and also I don't think 250w it really enough to just use the throttle except on the flat.
Here's some pics of the finished (for now) bike.
The lights I added were purchased online. I have a front and rear led, the rear flashes red. These were £2.43 including postage! The main front light I have switched and this was about £20. All these lights are 12-85v so no transformers needed. They seem to work well and make no difference to range.
On the subject of range the furthest I've been is about 18 miles in one trip. I still haven't seen the battery meter drop a bar yet. Maybe it doesn't work so well.... time will tell.
The spokes in the front wheel were fairly loose on purchase, I tightened these up and after 20 miles they were all loose again! I've now tightened them a lot!
I choose a front wheel to keep my 9 speed cassette.
Overall I'm pleased with it so far. Takes the sting out of hills and long uphill sections. Does a max of 20mph which is plenty. I usually choose the assistance depending on the speed I want. Eg If I'm climbing up a hill at 10 mph I won't; choose level 5 as the bike will be trying to go 20 mph, I'd choose level 2 so it's trying to do 12 mph. I find this works for me and hopefully reduces stress on the motor. They like to keep spinning really and you can feel them bog down if you really slow on a hill.
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