Hi.
I'm new to the forum and have just purchased an Easy Glider via eBay after much research online.
My first impression is that the bike is, as most reviewers have recorded, beautifully built and exudes quality both in the components used and in the fit and finish. This particular example looks showroom new and clearly hasn't been ridden much, if at all.
The vendor described the bike as being 14 months old therefore I imagined that it would have the Li-ion 10amp battery fitted as that was brought in for the 2008 range, as I understand. Strangely, I can find no reference to the battery capacity on or around the battery or its compartment but in the accompanying documentation, (Dutch) the battery is described as being 7.2 amp. That in itself may not be a problem for me, dependent upon the amount of cycling I gravitate to, but what I'd like to know is, if anyone can help, can I replace the existing battery in due course with the 10amp version without any risk to the electronics? Indeed, when the time comes, should there be an even more powerful edition available, would that, 11, 12, 14amp be equally suitable or unsuitable? I'm guessing that the bike is probably a 2007 model which was first sold very late, hence the 7.2 battery.
Logic tells me that the amp hours will have no detrimental effect whatsoever and will in fact provide benefit in terms of achievable range but I'd like to hear that from someone who knows about electrickery!
When it eventually stops raining, I may even take the machine for a decent ride but for the meantime, I'll just sit and continue to drool over this lovely piece of engineering.
Very interesting and highly informative forum, I must add.
I'm new to the forum and have just purchased an Easy Glider via eBay after much research online.
My first impression is that the bike is, as most reviewers have recorded, beautifully built and exudes quality both in the components used and in the fit and finish. This particular example looks showroom new and clearly hasn't been ridden much, if at all.
The vendor described the bike as being 14 months old therefore I imagined that it would have the Li-ion 10amp battery fitted as that was brought in for the 2008 range, as I understand. Strangely, I can find no reference to the battery capacity on or around the battery or its compartment but in the accompanying documentation, (Dutch) the battery is described as being 7.2 amp. That in itself may not be a problem for me, dependent upon the amount of cycling I gravitate to, but what I'd like to know is, if anyone can help, can I replace the existing battery in due course with the 10amp version without any risk to the electronics? Indeed, when the time comes, should there be an even more powerful edition available, would that, 11, 12, 14amp be equally suitable or unsuitable? I'm guessing that the bike is probably a 2007 model which was first sold very late, hence the 7.2 battery.
Logic tells me that the amp hours will have no detrimental effect whatsoever and will in fact provide benefit in terms of achievable range but I'd like to hear that from someone who knows about electrickery!
When it eventually stops raining, I may even take the machine for a decent ride but for the meantime, I'll just sit and continue to drool over this lovely piece of engineering.
Very interesting and highly informative forum, I must add.