I
purchased your BL36 kit around a month ago: Everything arrived in good
shape. I installed this kit onto a Titan Pathfinder mountain bike. I put
together the bike and installed the hub motor all in one session. It
took a little bit of filing with a Dermal rotary tool to optimally
install the hub motor. Also, the sheer weight of the bicycle + battery +
motor made some things more difficult to do, like tuning the gears,
adjusting the breaks, and putting the bike away for the night. That is,
until I installed this kicking double kickstand: This
product is a bit pricey, but worth it. It handles the extra weight with
ease. I should have ordered this immediately -- installation would have
been much easier. With the kickstand down, the front wheel now hovers
off the ground a few inches, simplifying break tuning. I can also push
the front wheel down to tune the back breaks and gears. I can't imagine
going back to no kickstand (or worse, the wimpy single leg kickstand
that couldn't handle the extra weight). A
few more things: I sewed the Velcro straps to the battery bag to
prevent anyone from easily removing the battery bag. Also, I got a steel
cable and a small lock from a hardware store to better secure the motor
controller to the back rack. I'm now no longer concerned about leaving
the bike outside at the train station or near stores. I covered and disguised the motor controller with some cloth. So now, except for the hub motor, it's hard to tell it's an ebike. -
The brakes that came with the bicycle just didn't have enough stopping
power, so they had to be replaced with a more beefy set. I've
ridden this bicycle all over Plano TX, a suburb of Dallas. So far it's
performed perfectly. It's pretty impressive how powerful and long
lasting this kit is. I've yet to run the battery low, even on (what
seemed to be) very long rides. This kit is light years ahead of the
previous ebike kit I've used (an old 12V Zap rear wheel friction drive
system).
Jerry Thanks
Dennis, the kit did arrive Late Saturday, as you said. It`s fabulous!
Better than I expected!.I thought there would be a big drag with
controller shut off and pedaling, but it`s not like the brushed motor,
it spins free. Can’t wait for my neighbor to get back and show him, he
will want one for sure. ...thanks again for the great service and a super product!
- Martin Just
wanted to drop a line and let you know how much we enjoy our Wilderness
Bike Kits. I bought one for my bike at first and the delivery was very
quick. I installed it on Townie 26" in about 6 hours from start to
finish and that included a run to the hardware store for some washers
and bolts I needed. ( Just the nature of the bike) We took it out the
next day and had so much fun I came back and ordered the second one for
my wife's bike, also a Townie. Once again the delivery was very quick.
By now I am a pro at installing them and completed the install even
quicker. (I will admit that the Townie fork fit the motor axle perfect
and no grinding was necessary) We then took them to Mackinaw Island
where the Ferry people said "look at the Cadillac bikes". We rode all
day, pedaling with using the motor to assist us on our ride. Of course
there were times we just used the motors. What a great way to see all of
the Island. Thanks for the great service and quick delivery. Dave In
the summer of 2008, gas prices were at an all time high here in Buffalo
NY at $4.00 a gallon... I began finding myself riding my mountain bike
more often because it was getting very expensive to fill my pick up
truck every week. My bike is just a cheap $70.00 Magna from Target. I
would quite often ride my bike 7 miles to my brothers house which would
typically take me 23-25 minutes. One day while riding, a 50 year old man
blew past me on a mountain bike and there was no way I could catch
him...I’m a 200lbs.30 year old man and I’m in pretty good shape too. I
couldn’t figure out how this guy was going so fast and able to keep that
kind of speed up... I was pedaling at a consistent 16 mph and that
still was some work for me. I kind of figured he had some kind of motor
on it. Well my watchful eye seen him pull into a Pharmacy up the road
and I just had to stop and ask him about his bike. He had a Crystalite
Sparrow unit on it and explained to me how it worked. He also told me
that he rides it everywhere because it was his only mode of
transportation because he had a little run in with the local
authorities... he had a DWI. Anyways, I thought that it was the coolest
thing I have seen in a long time and I decided that I had to have one. During
the Spring of 2009 I began looking at getting an electric ebike
conversion kit for my bicycle. I was really intrigued by the idea that
my bicycle could not only be used as a reliable alternative form of
transportation to my pick up truck during the summer months here in
Buffalo NY, but also a speedy one as well. I surfed the web for quite
some time and stumble upon Bernson E.V. I was very impressed with the
amount of information that your site provided , the different options
that your site made available to me and the fact that you have the most
unbeatable prices that I have seen anywhere online. This pretty much
made the decision for me to purchase one through Bernson E.V.
After
looking at what I wanted and what I felt was the best option for me, I
decided to purchase the Wilderness Energy 600 watt 36BL ebike kit simply
because of the fact that I'm new to the Ebike scene and it was also the
cheapest and it had excellent reviews. I ordered the kit in June 2009
and received it in just a few days. It was very nicely packaged and was
simple to assemble. Within about an hour, I had a complete ready to ride
Electric Bike.
The first spin I took on it was a
non pedaling, 7 mile trip to my brothers house and it was a thrill. I
have a digital speed-o-meter on it and at full throttle the ebike
quickly got to 23 MPH and held steady there for most of my 7 mile ride
to my brothers house. It is mainly a flat run with some small hills that
didn't even challenge the ebike at all... I think I lost maybe 2 mph
while going up them, either way, the ebike motor didn’t really care and
it just kept pulling along. Upon arriving at my brothers house the ebike
was still maintaining 21 mph and my over all trip took me a mere 17
minutes... that is 6 minutes faster than my best time of 23 minutes...
and I didn’t even pedal at all... I was completely blown away. On my way
home I decided that I would pedal with it.. I was able to maintain
24-25 mph and made it home in 15 minutes. It takes me 15 minutes to
drive home from my brothers house in my truck, and I just did this on a
bike!!!! This thing is a BLAST to ride! Anyway,
I rode My Wilderness Energy/ Magna Ebike quite a bit last summer doing
local errands or just going for a nice ride. I logged in over 400 miles
on it and I’m thinking that it easily saved me over $300.00 in fuel
cost. I paid $369.00 for the ebike kit so its quickly paying for itself!
I haven’t had any problem with the kit at all and it works flawless
every time. Unfortunately, winter came to Buffalo again and I had to put
it away for the winter.... cant wait for spring to get here so I can
ride it again. I
highly recommend Bernson E.V. and the Wilderness Energy Ebike
Conversion Kit to anyone looking to get into the Ebike scene. I hope you
post my testimonial on your site for everyone to read. Shawn Horan Buffalo NY |