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Finally bought a new volt meter thingy. Two Elation v2 kits bought Jan four years ago. Must have been the Elation Christmas Special that did it :arrow: :idea: Two batteries off the charger: 29.08 v 28.99 v After 1h20m 28.76 v 28.49 v After overnight 27.37 v 26.95 v Interestingly, I bought...

Looks like Trek and a whole bunch of top German engineers have come up with something like my bike

From what I know, having first seen it on the "New Inventors" and hence buying two of them about 4-5 years ago, is that the V2 uses the Cyclone type (Headline) motor. Both kits are still in use. The later V3 used a different type of motor also with gearing. This seems to be unique...

Yep, last bike was a Sedona. This time I wanted hydraulic disc brakes, 29 inch wheels and front suspension. It's a Trek DS 8.4. The front crankset has similar chainring sizes to the Elation kit with a 48T with chain guard (hard to get). I changed the rear cassette to a 9 speed 36T, the biggest...

Fine. Bought two complete kits maybe four or five years ago now. Haven't had any problems with either of them. The batteries are left on the chargers when not in use. I only pulled them apart recently to check that nothing was going to short out and they both looked fine. They are the pouch...

Thought I'd post a photo of my Elation V2 recreation.