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Their website https://www.prodecotech.com/ cannot be reached.

At design time I searched on Internet and I did not find it... Unfortunately the item you pointed on above link does not ship to Canada, so for me it would not help. Otherwise yes, it looks like a good choice. Anyway, while I designed and built the whole thing I remembered the old times when I...

Searching the Web I did not find a good solution for turning & tail lights powered from the engine battery (48V). As consequence I created a "homemade" solution. I shared my work here if somebody is interested how to do this: http://softhardware2004.blogspot.ca/

Thanks all for your suggestions. Today I fixed the rack issue in the following way: First I found a store which sold me the aluminum bars: http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/ The advantage for above store is that they have a retail location nearby - I could get the bars right away. The price was...

1. Thanks for suggestion related to rack. If you know a (thread) URL it will help me greatly. It is not obvious for me at which store to go and ask for these bars. I would prefer to not buy the bars from Prodeco anymore - since they will break again. With different bars may be I can center the...

I'd like to share my experience with Prodeco bike, this information might be useful for prospective buyers. Prodeco comes with the engine mounted - no need to assembly in your backyard. I bought "Folding Prodeco Mariner 2012" and now it has been used for more than one year. During this year I...

The price for the leafbike kit is not so low after you add shipping (the shipping charges are not displayed on their web page from the beginning). To be more specific, the kit I bought was USD 481.52 (including shipping to Canada). Regarding the way to burn a "fast wind" engine I have these...

Thank you both for the detailed explanation. This helped me to understand what happened. I think both buyers and leafbike would benefit if leafbike adds this kind of information on their web page for each engine they sell. Something like this: "This engine has fast wind and is more suitable...

The URL for the new engine is: http://www.leafbike.com/products/diy-bike-conversion-kit/26-inch-electric-hub-motor-kit/newest-26-inch-48v-1000w-rear-hub-motor-bike-conversion-kit-903.html For the old 500W engine there is this URL...

As I said, the first 500W engine was direct drive (DD). I bought it from Ebay together with a LiFePO4 battery as a "kit". I know that geared motors have more torque, but that DD 500W + its controller was able to help me to climb the hill. I was using that 500W engine since March 2010.

I'd like to share my experience with "leafbike" engine. First of all, I was using a no-name direct drive motor 500W 48V for several years. The engine was set on the 26 inch rear wheel. I was able to climb a hill which had a 20% grade and 500m length, with a load of 120kg. I was pedaling as much...