Norco

With eZee kit from www.ebikes.ca

July 19, 2008

( I am writing this now in jan 2011.. but this page info dates back to 2008 )

" J " ( I shall call the owner of this bike J, to preserve anonymity )

J. Wanted to get an E-bike not long afer a drop in visit while the owner of the Bike-E ( with cyclone 500w ) was picking up his new bike.

Quote J " i'm curious about an electric motor for my bike. i bought a bike 2 years ago, with the thought of cycling back and forth to work (25km each way). the problem is that it takes me more than one hour each way, and i work long hours. if i couuld shave off 15 minutes i'd be happy. there are a few hills, but it is mostly wind that slows me down. will turning my bike into an e-bike help me? what will it cost me? (ball park - 500$, 1000$) "

J is a tall guy and his daily driver bicycle was a Miele hybrid with 700C wheels, at the time it was impossible to get the eZee kit in a rear motor and the fork on the miele was too fragile for a hub motor, so we had to go with a different donor bike...

Shortly after.

Email sent to J :

" I picked up your new bike today and rode it home from Bungay's bike shop, I had them install an adapter to the front fork for the 7" front disk brake on the ezee motor, the rear wheel will be V brakes.

The bicycle is a Norco Mountaineer, aluminum frame, 21 speed, thumb and index shifters, front suspension, all around nice bike.  .They had it as 499 $ plus tax, on sale for 350 taxes in.

I picked up a rear rack, and a kick stand. The kit should arrive very soon and i will test it out right away and let you know how it goes ! "