Kalkhoff Pro Connect.

[Crystal_pixie]

Good Morning.

My name is Lynette and I am just about to take the plunge by buying my first ebike a Kalkhoff Pro Connect i8.

I have heard some horror stories about motors breaking after just a few miles. Now I am wondering if this bike is worth buying. Unfortunately, I can't afford anything above £1500.

Has anyone had some experience with the Pro Connect model range?

Thanks.

 

[Trevormonty]

Unfortunately this model has Impulse drive which has checked history. Any of Bosch drive bikes in their range would be better bet.

 

[ttxela]

I have a Pro Connect 9G which I bought just after Christmas and have since covered around 1000 miles with.

So far I have not noticed anything particularly untoward and am rather please with it.

Fingers crossed though!

 

[Crystal_pixie]

I have a Pro Connect 9G which I bought just after Christmas and have since covered around 1000 miles with.

So far I have not noticed anything particularly untoward and am rather please with it.

Fingers crossed though!

Thanks for letting me know. I have bitten the bullet and purchased the bike.

Rode it home (14 miles) without too much difficulty but I am now concerned how can I condition the battery? It ran flat about a mile away from home so I have charged it fully. I am hoping it will be able to cope with my 11 mile each way commute.

Any tips on battery conditioning would be welcome!

 

[Deleted member 4366]

The best tip is don't. Just use your bike and charge it.

For some bikes, there's a pocedure to get the predicted range right, but that prediction never meets reality, so that's probably a waste of time too.

 

[ttxela]

Mine came with swathes of paperwork in amongst which was some instructions relating to running the battery completely flat for the first 3 charges. Whether this is useful or not I couldn't say. I did it and haven't had any problems so far.

 

[ttxela]

14 miles seems a bit low to be completely flat, I do a 24 mile round trip to work and had to do 2 days commute then ride around the village a couple of times to get mine to go completely flat. Maybe yours was not fully charged when you got it?

Mind you I am in flat Cambridgeshire.

 

[Crystal_pixie]

To be fair I think the guys at Cycle Surgery only gave the battery a quick charge. It was half way when I got the bike and it lost a lot of power on one of the bigger hills on my commute.

I was concerned too that I didn't get 14 miles out of it so hence my question.

I charged it fully last night and I am going to give it another go this afternoon to see if is still losing charge.

 

[Crystal_pixie]

Update on battery. I gave it a full charge and I have done around 30 miles on half the battery so pretty pleased with that.

I am unfortunately getting a clicking noise from the motor intermittently.

Back to Cycle Surgery I think!