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>> Court: So this is two electric bike kits from Leed Bicycle Solutions. They offer just
a wide range of kits that basically you can add to almost any bike and sort of electrify
it. I opened this earlier and kind of sorted through but I wanted to give you the full
experience of what it would be like to receive this in the mail. What we're looking at here
is a pre-spoked rim with a 250 watt geared hub motor, along with the cable in there for
running it. So this is what you mount to your bike. And then a bunch of accessories in here,
so this is actually the 30k Samsung battery kit right here. It uses Samsung cells. And
then a couple of bike bags here for mounting it to your frame. And a Specialized Speed
Zone wireless computer to help you understand how fast you're going and stuff. That might
come in handy later... and then some Quick Release Pro axle release levers here. And
then there's a charger and some instructions and stuff. I'm going to dig in a little bit
deeper and set this thing up and we'll go from there! So this is my regular bike, it's
just an older GT Timberline. Its got 26 inch wheels with basically just V-Brakes, so very
simple. So the Leed kits do work with disc brakes but this is an inexpensive bike that
I felt was sort of representative of what people might have out there. You'll note that
it does have a suspension fork and they actually recommend a steel fork for the Leed kits because
it's going to be a little bit more sturdy. But, given the smaller 250 watt geared motor
on this thing I thought, well it will probably be okay... That's my choice, I don't want
to recommend that to other people. Okay, so I've flipped the bike over and I'm getting
ready to install the front wheel. And what you'll notice is that the 8FUN logo here has
an arrow and that arrow points the direction that the wheel spins. So, we want the wheel
to spin this way, to make the bike go forward, so I'm going to point the arrow in that direction.
And then I'm going to slide the wheel onto the bike. This is just a basic test here,
I'll use this on/off switch here. [soft motor sounds] There we go! It's pretty quiet. Let's
get a little close-up action here. So there's the button and there's the motor. Nice and
smooth, there's those quick release levers we were working with earlier, getting it all
set up. And there's the switch showing that it's on, black is off. One thing I noticed
is that the hub motor here can get pretty close to your fork and actually, when I crank
this down it can rub right there, so they do include extra washers. And on this side
you can actually add them to sort of create a spacer so that you aren't getting that rubbing.
That's just something to listen for if you start the bike or you spin the wheel and it's
not spinning freely. One of the more impressive parts of the Leed e-bikerig kits to me has
been these bags. You can see, this is sort of a medium sized one and it fits really well.
It's very well secured, its got one, two, three, four Velcro pieces and then also two
straps. So, here's a super-wide one, sort of a smaller one and then this is sort of
a saddle pack that could go on a rear rack. I'm going to go ahead and just hit the specs
on this thing and give you some idea of the power and the cost. So, this retails for $699
bucks. Its got a range of about 15 miles, they say about 20; I think it's somewhere,
maybe in between. Top speed of 15, 16 miles per hour. The wheel and motor weigh about
7 pounds combined and the battery back here weighs, probably about 4 or 5 pounds. So,
not super heavy. This is a way that you can take a bike, electrify it. But you're not
getting a whole lot of extra weight and you're also not getting a ton of extra power. So,
the battery size is 24 volts 10.4 amp hours, so that's 249.6 watt hours. That's on sort
of the small side compared to a custom built electric bike or something, not custom, but
something that you'd buy retail like a purpose built electric bike but not too bad. Like
I said, kind of middle of the line for them. Charge time on that is 3 to 4 hours and that
gives you about an hour of ride time. It sort of depends on whether or not you're pedaling
along but it is a little bit more efficient being so small and also so light weight. The
motor is a geared hub motor design by 8FUN and you can actually see the logo right there
with the arrow pointing down. And it comes with a two year warranty which is pretty good,
the battery gets a six month warranty which is, you know alright and it uses Lithium-ion
cells so these are pretty good. They say that they're rated for about 1,500 charge cycles
which isn't too bad. As far as the options on the wheel, you can get this in 26" like
we see here, this is 26" wheel size, 29" which is like 700c or 24" and if you've got a super
small wheel for a kids bike or a scooter, like a 20" wheel, you can pay an extra $120
bucks to get that. Or, if you've got the new 27.5" wheels, also known as 650b, you can
pay a little bit extra $120 bucks and get it setup for that. So, that is a quick overview
of the system. You can see it's all plugged in and ready to go. And I'm just going to
hop on and we'll do a quick ride test and show you what it sounds like and what it looks
like. So for now I'm just pedaling along under human power and it's kind of nice. Because
you get to choose where to mount the battery you can keep the frame fairly even from front
to rear and you can try to keep the battery weight low. So I'm going to do a speed test
just going from rest here to show you what that sounds like. [motor whirring] Nine miles
per hour, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17. Okay, we're at about 18 miles per hour and you know, we're
in a pretty flat neighborhood here. It's not windy here or anything so this is a pretty
good speed test I think. You know, I'm 5'9" I weigh 135/145 pounds and it's doing pretty
well. You know, it's a relatively quiet system. It wasn't too tricky to install this thing.
You know it did take some time screwing around with the tire and stuff but it performs alright.
And again this is an inexpensive way to get yourself an electric bike, as long as you're
willing to screw around a little bit and you don't mind the unique aesthetics; having a
bag strapped to your frame and stuff like this. The other thing that I mentioned before
but I want to highlight again is pressing this button. You've got to hold it down in
order to make the bike go. Right, so that could get a little bit tiring after a while.
But again, the system is so light that you can kind of just pedal along again and it's
not a big deal. You don't have to hold that down unless you want that extra power. And
again, in my case it's sort of covering up my grip shifter which is a little bit inconvenient
but I'd rather have access to the throttle than shifting gears, especially for this limited
test. [electric motor sounds] It's fun! [laughing] Woo! Well there we go. That's the 30k kit
from Leed electric bikes E-BikeRig.com it's a pretty affordable way to convert your bike
to electric and I've got the full written review with pictures and comments back at
the site. I'll see you at ElectricBikeReview.com