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For Sale,Swop The wife wants a folder that we can put in the boot of the car and not have to lift the bike onto the bike carrier when we go off for the day somewhere as she is recovering from a shoulder op and although can now ride , it is a bit heavy lifting it up even for me. We have had the bike from new 4 years ago,and has been in use all the time, it has a 16ah battery that is still providing good miles of travel ,26" frame ,7 gears,3 levels of power assistance full throttle control even from standstill, if any one has a freego folder they would consider swapping with a cash adjustment please contact us . the regency bike is kept in the dry and has only rarely got wet when we got caught when out and about..The bike has only been used probably about 2/3 times a month for trips out in the summer and occassionally to the shops at other times. we are in West Wiltshire but could deliver within 50/60 miles simon.cutler1@gmail.com http://freegoelectricbikes.com/electric-bikes/freego-regency/

Nick, when my battery failed to charge and needed replacing after 26 months and out of guarantee, the hq in southampton offered to fit the necessary parts and alter things so that the new type of 16a battery would fit which I did buy from freego.

I do have some cells I can replace it with they are LifePo4 there are 2 banks of cells, bank of 4 and a bank of 6

its a Turnigy Accucel-6 50W 6A Balancer/Charger.I have tried charging the dodgy cell with it set to 4.2 v for 60 mins and the cell quickly dies away to 1.5 volts with no load on it after . looking at the way all the 4 cells are connected together its almost impossible to replace. http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/media/freego-battery-pack.280/

Well, have finally got it all apart,have a Turnigy charger and power supply, now I just need to do is figure out what settings to set the charger to. any one tried this before ? I think one/ two of the cells are below 2.0 v so will try to charge them individually up. regards simon c http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/media/freego-battery.279/

that would certainly be cheaper than the $99 +pp they are asking in nz to post it here ! simon

Has anyone seen anything like the bike alive device from new zealand for sale in the uk ? it seems such a good device I cant understand why its not been picked up by a distributor in the uk. I remember there used to be for sale a similar item but with an orange triangle on an outpointing stalk to try and make the cars keep their distance . http://www.bikealive.co.nz/ BikeAlive consists a rear tail-light behind the saddle and at the end of a flexible stalk, as well as a forward light facing white LED light and side light. Super high brightness LEDs ensure the lights are visible even in direct sunlight. The stalk can be raised horizontally towards the passing traffic, or lowered when pack-riding or in tight slow moving traffic. simon c

Hi Pat thanks for the reply about getting my duff battery working again, I will eventually get around to removing the 3 cells from the 17ah battery and try charging them up, did you use a normal 12v car battery charger just for a 30 mins or so to make the on board battery controller think they were ok to charge up normally ? cheers simon c Warminster

Now have my new 16Ah battery for the bike, I intend to remove all the old cells inside the failed battery and test them, who knows maybe its only one cell thats bad and will try and source the individual cells, after all the cells are no doubt similar to other batteries

Hi David, Have asking around about replacing my 16Ah Battery on my 2 year and 3 month old eagle, seems one of the cells wont accept a charge and the charger switches on and off.Definitely the battery as tried with another charger and battery. I know they are only guaranteed for 2 years, so half expected to buy one some time after 2 years...... I have looked on the freego web site and no where does it mention about recycling the old battery, seems too good to throw away all that metal work and charging system electronics. I am surprised that there is no mention of a trade in price to make sure the old units get returned ? simon c