TonyH

Great. Thanks very much

Hi. Eventually my neighbour found the key, so I have now run the bike. It works well on both throttle mode and pedal assist. However, the range is terrible - after about 2 miles the battery meter is down to 3 bars (out of 10)! Its a 13A/hr 24v NI-MH battery pack which is easily dismantled showing the 20 1.2v cells. Has anyone experience of changing these to Li-Ion batteries? Apart from a new charger, will I need to change anything else on the bike? Thanks very much

Sorry, just seen the other replies. There isn't any display, nor any 'user' controls other than the twist grip throttle. That link you sent from prweb site is the one I found which detailed the specs (but then couldn't find again!). I thought is was really strange that nothing exists under brightbike.com - I would have expected some form of onward link to whoever took them over.

Ok thanks. Photos attached. Can't see any serial nos anywhere but I do know some of the specs: the rear hub motor is a brushless 180w, battery is 24v 13Ah Ni-MH. It has pedal assist and throttle mode. As you can see it's a lightweight folding bike with front and rear suspension and is meant to be able to have a range of 25 miles on pedal assist and 15 miles in 'throttle' mode. the battery appeared to charge up OK - the light went from red to green in about 4 hours. I wasn't able to remove the battery as the neighbour is still looking for the keys! Thanks for your assistance. Tony

Hi. I'm new to forums and to electric bikes, so apologies if this request is in the wrong place. I have just bought a Brightbike GR-8 from a neighbour who's had it in his shed to 6 years or more and didn't get a manual with it. Searching the web doesn't come up with much apart from a review of the bike done in 2004 (and loads of links to brightbike lights!) I think it is about 8 years old, but hardly ever used. Does anyone know where I can get some more information from and maybe where I can buy spares? Thanks

Hi. I have just bought a Brightbike GR-8 and didn't get a manual with it. Searching the web doesn't come up with much apart from a review of the bike done in 2004. I think mine is about 8 years old, but hardly ever used. Does anyone know where I can get some more information from and maybe where I can buy spares? Thanks