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What Are Electric Bikes? How to Buy the Best Electric Bike Joe Goodwill www.AverageJoeCyclist.com Published by Brave New World Publishing © 2015 Joe Goodwill Electronic Text ISBN: 978-0-9878986-9-2 www.averagejoecyclist.com If you find this guide useful, you might also like: Average Joe Cyclist Bike Buyers Guide and Extraodinary Recipes: How We Lost Weight by Eating Well See all buying options in our online shop at http://averagejoecyclist.com/shop/ And see our cycling blog, www.averagejoecyclist.com, which has tons of free information All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Average Joe Cyclist Guide: How to Buy the Best Electric Bike Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................1 Electric Bikes are for Everyone! ...............................3 What are Electric Bikes?.............................................6 14 Reasons to Get an Electric Bike ...................... 11 Electric Bikes and Good Health ............................. 25 How Many Calories are Burned Cycling on an Electric Bike? ..................................................... 28 How an Electric Bike Can Help to Come Back From an Injury ........................................ 31 Electric Bikes and the Law: A Pretty Sweet Deal ........................................................ 34 Should Cyclists Obey the Traffic Laws? ................ 37 Tips for Electric Bike Commuters ........................ 39 All About Bike Lights ................................................ 40 Basic Tools to Carry with You ................................ 50 Types of Electric Bikes ............................................. 51 Types of Electric Motors for Bikes ........................ 57 Brushed and Brushless Motors .............................. 57 Sensorless or Permanent Magnet BLDC Motors .................................................. 57 Crank Drive Motors ................................................. 58 Hub Motors ................................................................ 58 Friction Drive Motors .............................................. 59 What Size Motor Should You Buy?........................ 60 Other Issues to Consider when Buying ............... 63 Price ............................................................................. 63 Range ........................................................................... 64 Throttle vs. Pedal Assist ........................................... 65 To Regenerate or Not? ............................................ 67 What if Your Battery Runs Out? ............................ 68 What Kind of Battery Should You Buy? ............... 69 How Battery Power is Measured .......................... 69 Types of Batteries ..................................................... 70 Lead-acid Batteries (SLA) ........................................ 70 Nickel-cadmium (NiCd) Batteries ......................... 71 Nickel-metal Hydride (NiMh) Batteries............... 71 Lithium-ion (Li-ion) Batteries ................................. 71 Lithium-ion Polymer (Li-pol) Batteries................. 72 Lithium Cobalt (LCO) Batteries ............................ 72 Lithium Manganese (LiMg204) Battery ................. 73 Wrapping up the Battery Debate ......................... 73 Practical Questions to Ask Before You Buy Your Electric Bike ..................................... 77 Reviews of Selected Electric Bikes ........................ 79 A2B Electric Bike Review ........................................ 79 BionX Electric Bike Kits Review ............................ 80 BionX PL-350 Review .............................................. 82 BionX PL-250 Review .............................................. 84 Bionx After-Sales Service ......................................... 87 Brompton Electric Folding Bike Review ............... 90 Currie IZIP Zuma Review ....................................... 91 Dahon Folding Electric Bike Review – Dahon Matrix with Bionx PL-350 ................ 93 EcoBike Vatavio Review ............................................ 96 eFlow Nitro Electric Bike Review ......................... 97 eFlow E3 Nitro Review by Turbo Bob ................100 Emotion Neo City Electric Bike Review ............103 Emotion Street 650 Review by Mrs. Average Joe Cyclist (Maggie) ..............107 Elite Electric Bikes ...................................................110 eZee ForZa Review .................................................110 Haibike Electric Mountain Bikes ..........................112 Haibike Xduro Trekking RX – for the Urban Mountain .............................................114 IF Reach Folding Bike Review ...............................115 Kalkhoff Electric Bikes ...........................................117 Kettler Twin Bikes ...................................................118 Kettler Twin Review ................................................119 Montague Paratrooper Folding Mountain Bike Review .....................................................120 Optibikes ...................................................................123 Pedal Easy Bike Review ..........................................124 Sanyo Eneloop Electric Bike Review ...................128 Schwinn Electric Bikes ...........................................134 Strida 5.0 Review ....................................................134 Stromer Review .......................................................136 Another Stromer Review, this one from Turbo Bob ........................................................139 Tern Verge X20 Review ..........................................141 Emotion BH Race Bike with Panasonic Mid-Drive Bike Motor ..................................147 Guide to Bike Sizes .................................................157 Guide to Bike Terminology ...................................160 Introduction ost people don’t spend a couple of thousand dollars without thinking carefully about their purchase. MElectric bikes are expensive, high-technology machines – they are not something anyone should buy on the spur of the moment. Research is required to ensure you spend your hard- earned money wisely and get years of savings, transport and good health from your purchase. This is especially the case today, as more and more cheap electric bikes are flooding the market, making decisions all the more complicated. Do you buy cheap and hope for the best, or sink a lot of money into a really high-end, quality bike? It is definitely not a one-size-fits- all situation. A 100-pound woman commuting 20 miles a day on flat ground in a moderate climate needs a different electric bike than a 350-pound man commuting 40 miles a day on hilly ground in a snowy city. The bottom line is that there is no such thing as “the perfect electric bike.” You could buy the most expensive electric bike in the world, but if it didn’t suit your needs, it would not be the right electric bike for you. The bike that best meets your individual needs is the best electric bicycle for you, and this book will help you figure out which bike that is. I have used electric bikes for many years. I also belong to several cycling organizations, do volunteer work to promote cycling, run an electric bike meet-up group, and write several bike blogs, including my own (www. averagejoecyclist.com). Over the years, through personal experience and through talking to many different people, Click here to I have learned a great deal about electric bikes, and I want return to to pass that knowledge on to others. A good electric bike Contents is not cheap, but if you buy the right one, it could save you page How to Buy the Best Electric Bike 1 a lot of money, improve your health and generally change your life for the better – so it’s worth investing a little time to read this book and make sure you buy the right electric bike for your needs. No matter who you are or what your needs are, this book includes all the information you need to make a wise decision when you buy your electric bike. Even though electric bikes are high tech machines, you don’t need to worry if you’re not a techie genius. I have made sure that all the information in this book is down- to-earth: you won’t need a degree in electrical engineering to understand all you need to know. What I have done is give you an overview of the relevant technology, and then bottom lined it down to the nugget that the average buyer needs to know when choosing an electric bike. You can choose to assimilate all of the technology, or just use the bottom line to guide you. Happy cycling! Click here to return to Contents page 2 Average Joe Cyclist Guide Electric Bikes are for Everyone! s gas prices and obesity skyrocket, more and more people are looking for creative, sustainable Aalternatives for their transport needs – and more and more people are seeing the incredibly exciting potential of electric bikes. Electric bikes make cycling possible for average people – not just the lean, young, fit minority. As a result, they offer almost everyone a way to travel without gas and get fit at the same time – at a cost that is almost ludicrously cheap compared to cars. No wonder the popularity of electric bikes is soaring! In 2010, 27 million electric bikes were sold; by 2011, that number had grown to 30 million. Admittedly, 28 million of those were in China, but the European market grew by 20%, to reach 1.2 million electric bikes. Today, electric
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