OneWayTraffic
100 W
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2008
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This is my first post in about 4 years.
I bought a ebikes.ca Ezee kit around about August 2010 and installed it into a Kona smoke (all chromoly).
Rode it regularly for a year and a half then got a job in South Otago NZ, (wet, windy and cold) and lived literally next door to the school I taught at.
The poor bike sat in a drafty wet 100 year old garage for three years. Took it out about 3 times a year for about 3-5km rides at a time. If that.
Long story short, I have moved to a warmer city and am looking at commuting 5km each way to school. The Kona is now rusty, too small for me and will be replaced with a TBA internal hub commuter style bike.
The ebikes LiFePO4 battery pack still seems good but as I have only just now ordered that CA I don't really know how much juice the battery can still hold. I used to get 25km a charge, so 10km should still be doable for a while. No issues in the two times I've ridden in so far.
Any idea how long it will be before a gently used ebikes LiFePO4 pack gives up the ghost?
PS I normally wouldn't bother with ebikes for a flattish 5km, but since I have the kit already I may as well use it. Maybe longer commutes are in the future.
I bought a ebikes.ca Ezee kit around about August 2010 and installed it into a Kona smoke (all chromoly).
Rode it regularly for a year and a half then got a job in South Otago NZ, (wet, windy and cold) and lived literally next door to the school I taught at.
The poor bike sat in a drafty wet 100 year old garage for three years. Took it out about 3 times a year for about 3-5km rides at a time. If that.
Long story short, I have moved to a warmer city and am looking at commuting 5km each way to school. The Kona is now rusty, too small for me and will be replaced with a TBA internal hub commuter style bike.
The ebikes LiFePO4 battery pack still seems good but as I have only just now ordered that CA I don't really know how much juice the battery can still hold. I used to get 25km a charge, so 10km should still be doable for a while. No issues in the two times I've ridden in so far.
Any idea how long it will be before a gently used ebikes LiFePO4 pack gives up the ghost?
PS I normally wouldn't bother with ebikes for a flattish 5km, but since I have the kit already I may as well use it. Maybe longer commutes are in the future.