BionX kit “reads your mind” In this episode of Go By Bike I show the BionX ebike conversion kit and talk about how it works. Find the BionX hub motor kit here: http://www.cycle9.com/c9store/electric-bicycle-kits-c-5/bionx-pl-350-rear-hub-motor-kit-p-48 -Elise Go By Bike is a daily video series that talks about how to be green by riding more and using your car less, including electric bikes, electric kits, cargo bikes, bike safety, and getting motivated to bike. If you like this video, please  digg it, stumble upon it, tweet about it or post it to delicious or facebook using one of the links below. share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

BMC comes out with the V3 motor, which is supposed to be a 1000W motor. Now everyone is asking about this motor - is it better than the V2? Is that what I need? The problem with these higher powered motors is that in order to take advantage of the extra power, you need a BIG battery.

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Recently, we went to one of the steepest hills around to test the new BMC 600 watt, internally geared brushless hub motors. There are two versions, a “torque” (the V2-T) and a “speed” (the V2-S). We wanted to see how they did for steep hill climbing on an Xtracycle equipped bike, and did some head-to-head rides with them. Note that Morgan is the heavier rider by about 40 lbs, so we did multiple tests by swapping bikes back and forth to get to the heart of the question, “which motor is best for climbing?” share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

Demand on the electric bikes and kits has been beyond our expectations, so our stock has gotten very low. There’s nothing like being in the business of selling electric bikes…. and having not much left to sell! We have a group of the eZee kits on backorder, due to arrive now in early May, but we’ve already pre-sold most of them. If you want to get your claim on one of these, we suggest you order now. As

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