Electric motor for bike?

Q. I have a recumbent bike - E-Z Sport. I am looking for an electric motor for it - for a good price. The best I can find is an E4 for $700. Can anyone help me find a better deal? I love biking but have become disabled and need a motor in order to contine biking with family.
I can't use a moped on bike trails. I want to continue biking with my family on bike trails.

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I assume your U.S. have a look at this kit. The motor is very efficient (>95%). This will give you the best range out of what ever batteries you choose.

http://www.cyclone-usa.com/store.php?crn=199
You can buy the kit or just the motor/gearbox.

Being a recumbent you should be able to mount the motor near your idler pulley and keep your original chainrings. The down side to this method will be that you need to pedal when the motor is on. Depending on your disability you may wish to go with the freewheeling chainring that they supply with the kit.

A front hub motor will not work so well on a recumbent (not enough weight on the wheel)

where can i find electric bikes at low prices?

Q. where can i find electric bikes at the lowest prices in st augustine florida

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China. However it's really hard to communicate with them, and get them to ship them here. They use them there, and make tons of them in all different specs. They don't have brand names, and marketing bs like we do. They just have factories who make things to engineers specs. Some american companies buy them and write like "Giant" or some other copyright bs on there and sell them for 10 times more than they paid. There are lots of factories in china making lots of different unbranded nice electric bikes right now. The ones companies like Giant sell for a grand are about $100 each in bulk without a brand name. Good luck getting a deal on one here. A few ebayers are importing them. That's probably your best bet.

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Electric bicycle experiences?

Dana1981

I recently ordered an electric bicycle:

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200333249_200333249?cm_sp=Customer%20driven-_-Recently%20Viewed-_-Product%20Page

for my commute to and from work. It's about 13 miles each way and takes me about an hour on my regular hybrid bike. Making this ride twice a day can wear me out by the end of the week, particularly since I often have to go against a stiff headwind. Plus it's gotten as hot as 108°F this summer during my ride home.

Basically I'd like to cut down on the time and work it takes to make this trip, while still getting exercise and minimizing my greenhouse gas emissions. I should be able to recharge the batteries at work, so that will prevent them from getting discharged much more than halfway. I did some research, and this particular bike seemed fine and is relatively very cheap.

So I was wondering if anyone with some electric bike experiences had any tips about electric bikes and biking.
Yes I'm planning on pedalling essentially the whole route. The electric motor is simply to make the pedalling easier and make the trip quicker.
Good tips 1x1, thanks.

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I've sold many different kinds of electric bikes in the shop, and some are good and others are not so good. The batteries don't last long on the inexpensive ones, so take good care of it. Charge it exactly as long as they recommend, exactly as often as they recommend. The motors are usually pretty good, you probably won't have any problems with it. I'd try to get different tires, something like the Kenda Kwest, 26x1.5 would be good. It'll make the whole thing a little easier and faster than the inexpensive tires that come on the bike, and that's the whole point, right? Unless you're a pretty good mechanic, I'd also have a shop assemble the bike. If everything gets adjusted properly from the beginning, it'll last a lot longer.

Are cops stern with electric bike laws in NYC?

R-man

I'm planning to purchase one of those e-bikes/scooters. I know that they are illegal in NY but I really don't care. I just want to ask my fellow e-bikers how frequent do you get pulled over by the popo, are they even anal about this trivial law? And of course how much would it cost me if I was to receive a ticket for the violation?
By the way, I live the suburb areas in Queens. (bayside)

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I run an Electric Bike Shop and have sold about 50 electric bikes to people in New York state. I have not heard a single thing from any of my customers about cops bothering them. This is always a question I get about the legality of electric bicycles in New York, but most electric bikes look just like regular bikes and no police ever bother with them, in fact there are a number of electric bike companies based in new york. Check out our shop at http://www.farbike.com/

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