Recent content by Noel

Hi flecc, Again, thanks for the advice. Im thinking that I can live with 23 miles of range. The battery is weak but useable. The island i live on is only 6 miles long. All the grocery stores, etc. are 1.3 miles away. I wont push the battery again to its limits and ill recharge after every use...

I currently am doing a test to find out the range of the battery. I made it to 17.8 miles until i reached zero battery level on the indicator. I continued riding on zero level and ive gone a further 5.6 miles for a total of 23.4 miles mostly on 50% assist. Ive noticed in 50% assist it seems...

Yes, you are correct. If I were to keep it Id convert it over but I dont like the riding position so Im putting it up for sale. The bike is really handy though, like a pick up truck.

It's too bad that Trek makes the system proprietry. Even using the Bionx platform they change it so that one cant use a Bionx battery for replacement and when Trek quits making the replacement battery for the Transport then the hub itself is unusable. I'll take your advice and put it up for...

On my battery are 2 large female receptacles that I assume are the charge/feed connectors and also several very small female connectors near the larger female terminals. Ill try and attach a pic later, not sure if my tablet can do that. Re. the cost of the battery the straight dope is: $799.99...

I just found out that a replacement battery is possibly $1,016 USD, or 659£, if the conversion i did is corrrect. I guess the price has went down British Sterling poundwise? The Trek dealer said that he's not sure if it's available. He said that he will call Trek headquarters and if it's not...

I went another 5 miles while on empty and it still had power. The battery is fully charged now. Im going to ride it until the battery totally quits to see how many actual miles that I can ride. I'll make a note at what mileage the gauge reads empty and then keep riding until the battery quits...

That's what i'll do when I get my next bike, save tons of money! I'll ride this one for a while and then go the better route. Thanks!

Hi flecc, The previous owner said that he used to go around 20 miles on level four @ 20mph. He said that it was always on empty on his way home. Ive noticed that my mid drive Giant Revive gets good mileage and the battery is way older than 2 years so the mid drive must be easier on the battery...

I need to learn how to rebuild a battery, thats a tremendous savings! I also have a Giant Revive Spirit that will eventually need a battery but the battery is no longer being made. I contacted a battery rebuild service and they wouldn't do it.

I was wondering why my battery discharged so quickly, the heavy weight of the bike and the heavy rider (200 pounds). The previous owner used it a lot at level 4 for his commute (20 mph) so he probably stressed the battery as you said. If I run it at level 2 I only get 12 miles. At 12 miles the...

Thats good news, then i'll run my lights! Thanks!

Seems like using the battery to power a tail light and headlight would drain the battery excessively? The bike came from the factory like that (Trek Transport Plus). Im going to mount battery powered lights. The battery is at least one year old, probably two.