Giant Lafree spares or repair

[pdarnett]

My local bike charity have acquired a Giant Lafree that they want to sell as seen. Needs a battery but looks complete. Offers around £100. Let me know if interested and I'll put you in touch.

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[flecc]

This the 1999 to 2001 Lafree series which uses an SLA battery, basically 2 x 12 volt batteries in a casing, and a rear hub motor.

If it's complete the charger is built into the bike, mains plugging directly in.
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[stephen Harvey]

Can you still get a battery for this bike ?? Which part of the country is it in?? Thanks


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[pdarnett]

Not sure if you can still get a battery, we're in West Yorkshire

 

[flecc]

Can you still get a battery for this bike ?? Which part of the country is it in?? Thanks

You definitely can't get a complete battery or casing from Giant, even the following model's battery has been discontinued.

The options are:

1) Find an old battery for it and replace the two SLA batteries inside. Most sizes of those are still available.

2) Fabricate a casing and contacts/connections and equip that with the two batteries.

3) Use a modern Lithium battery instead, ignoring the built in charger. That could either be with an altered case mounted as usual, or a standard battery mounted on the carrier and connections made.
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