Unable to resist the sunshine we wheeled the bikes out of the shed. We have two bikes and three batteries. The bikes have bee largely neglected over the winter and responded cheerfully to a wipe over with an oily rag and a few lbs in the tires.
The batteries have been kept indoors and each has been charged for two hours a month. Each battery showed about 40.9 volts after the latest top-up. Battery one gave a lively start but died after 0.86 miles - all lights on the handlebar meter out but still showed 3 lights on the top of battery display. Pedaling a dead ebike uphill for 0.86 miles is wonderful exercise - I wondered how I survived it!
Batteries 2 and 3 each powered the bikes for 10.7 miles (Spring chill had settled in by then) and promised more. Battery 1 is two and a half years old, batteries 2 and 3 about 18 months old.
Hot coffee and cold chocolate cake revived the test team. Is battery 1 dead and gone - and, if so, hoes does one safely dispose of the remains?
Happy ebiking to all - the League of Silly Grinning People thrives on!
Tom
The batteries have been kept indoors and each has been charged for two hours a month. Each battery showed about 40.9 volts after the latest top-up. Battery one gave a lively start but died after 0.86 miles - all lights on the handlebar meter out but still showed 3 lights on the top of battery display. Pedaling a dead ebike uphill for 0.86 miles is wonderful exercise - I wondered how I survived it!
Batteries 2 and 3 each powered the bikes for 10.7 miles (Spring chill had settled in by then) and promised more. Battery 1 is two and a half years old, batteries 2 and 3 about 18 months old.
Hot coffee and cold chocolate cake revived the test team. Is battery 1 dead and gone - and, if so, hoes does one safely dispose of the remains?
Happy ebiking to all - the League of Silly Grinning People thrives on!
Tom
