al least its hydraulic brakes,I bought one of their kits but not the bike,fast delivery I say that

Hi i have the 250w rear hub kit which i am really happy with. I have noticed kunteng also do and led display (kt-5led880) which is available from pandabikes. Does anybody know if I would be able to swap the supplied LCD with the 880 led display? I would prefer this option if possible as it takes up less space on my handle bar http://www.pandabikes-shop.co.uk/_imgstore/9/4012862389/thumbnail/2zLL-WPWabFrL31J1hS2htNDDVM.png

Edited October 29, 201510 yr by djbarnat

Has anyone bought one of their full bikes yet? Im taking a serious look at their 500w mountain bike

 

Looks like good value, decent size battery too.

If you take a look through their feedback, there's plenty of buyers happy with the 500w mountain bike:

 

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Superb value for money for what you get!

Hi new member here,

I bought a fully assembled 500 watt bike from them in July, very fast despatch arrived within 36hrs of order being placed.

Very minimal assembly and I was on my first test ride within the hour, derestricted this bike took my 15 stone to 24 mph quite impressive but I don't often go much above 18/19 mph I only did this so it doesn't cut in and out at 15 mph all in all a great buy.

Very impressed with the motor it is silent compared to the big bear which I also own but that's to be expected due to this having a D D motor and the big bear a geared motor.

I have had no issues with this bike whatsoever and I would have no problem buying from them again.

The bike rides a little better than the big bear maybe due to this being rear hub and the bottle battery which I think gives the bike a better centre of gravity. I took it to my local bike mechanic to check everything over and he thought it was well set up.

Anyway I ride both bikes an equal amount and they both give me a great deal of enjoyment.

Happy pedelecing

Dave

I bought a fully assembled 500 watt bike from them in July, very fast despatch arrived within 36hrs of order being placed.

Very minimal assembly and I was on my first test ride within the hour, derestricted this bike took my 15 stone to 24 mph quite impressive but I don't often go much above 18/19 mph I only did this so it doesn't cut in and out at 15 mph all in all a great buy.

Very impressed with the motor it is silent compared to the big bear which I also own but that's to be expected due to this having a D D motor and the big bear a geared motor.

I have had no issues with this bike whatsoever and I would have no problem buying from them again.

Hi Dave, good to hear that you are enjoying the bike.

 

Just out of interest, if the bike has hydraulic brake cut-offs, can you see how the cut-off function is activated.

No to be honest I can't see how its activated but have not had any issues brake wise.

Not a very techy answer but compared to the big bear both seem to behave the same.

Dave

Be cautious fellow pedelecs this Ebay seller is one of the worst merchants I have dealt with,totally ignores emails both on Ebay and website.No product

support at all,I have a few queries and regarding kit and asking for spare parts support and have no replies for a nearly a week I just hope I will have no issues with the other components and warranty issues.

Be cautious fellow pedelecs this Ebay seller is one of the worst merchants I have dealt with,totally ignores emails both on Ebay and website.No product

support at all,I have a few queries and regarding kit and asking for spare parts support and have no replies for a nearly a week I just hope I will have no issues with the other components and warranty issues.

 

That's odd. Alan responded to an email from me on Tuesday, but I'm not having issues with the conversion (just the rest of the bike...).

 

Yes, I did go with this supplier in the end, can't argue with the price though I missed out on the 20% off. It's nice that he includes a crank puller (which I couldn't have done without) and a spoke key and delivers when he says he will. I did enquire with another supplier, but they wanted to charge extra for a rack battery and extra for a pedelec sensor...

 

Mine is a 250W front wheel motor with a rack battery. The motor and battery units seem very well constructed, though some of the ancillary components are a bit on the cheap side (speedo magnet...). I got the kit last Friday and assembled it over the weekend. It would be very easy to fit in standard format but I made some problems for myself, starting with a bike with drum brakes, mounting the battery over the front wheel and wanting the pedelec sensor on the left. Still got it working in just over a day.

 

On my minimal experience the kit works really well. With the max speed set to 24KPH power cuts out smoothly at 14.7MPH. It certainly seems a lot smoother and more powerful than the expensive fully built pedelec I test rode about 4 years ago. Range seems slightly less than advertised, in 12.5 miles I got down to one bar of battery, but I did use the throttle for boost up some major hills and the rear wheel was binding as well.

 

It's now in the shed waiting for the rear wheel issue to be fixed. The rear drum brake started grabbing so badly that it bent the chainstay. Nothing to do with the conversion, that's all at the front. I'll be able to report more once it's going again.

He is obviously selective of whom he wants to respond, I have bought a 250w front hub of months ago and emailed numerous times lately but had no response from him.We did change emails just after buying my kit,as battery sent is not labelled and no way is confirming if it is a 13 amp as adevertised,

but he response was not very reassuring,slightly defensive in nature,I just let it go as I already fitted the kit,now wanting some support but querries are totally ignored.

in 12.5 miles I got down to one bar of battery

 

Seems bit low, what size is the battery?

 

Be cautious fellow pedelecs this Ebay seller is one of the worst merchants I have dealt with,totally ignores emails both on Ebay and website.No product

 

Conflicting reports worrying, responded fast to my sales inquiry though. Still thinking about their main 500w bike but £730 is a lot to send to an "unknown" company

Just sharing my experience,its your choice,if in doubt go for reputable companies like Woosh and Eclipse I have dealt with these dealers and their

customer service and support is excellent,

Be cautious fellow pedelecs this Ebay seller is one of the worst merchants I have dealt with.

 

Why has he got 100% postive feedback, with 800 feedbacks left then? Surely, he can't be that bad...

Hi i have the 250w rear hub kit which i am really happy with. I have noticed kunteng also do and led display (kt-5led880) which is available from pandabikes. Does anybody know if I would be able to swap the supplied LCD with the 880 led display? I would prefer this option if possible as it takes up less space on my handle bar http://www.pandabikes-shop.co.uk/_imgstore/9/4012862389/thumbnail/2zLL-WPWabFrL31J1hS2htNDDVM.png

 

In case anyone wants to do this I can confirm you can swap the LCD on the 250w rear hub conversion kit for the LED supplied by pandabikes. I have just done it and it works fine. I reckon it might work on the other hub kits he supplied as well. I got confirmation from Kunteng first who replied straight away saying it was compatible. I bought a speed restricted one form panda. If you make up a special cable you can program the LED using your LCD to push the parameters you want. I prefer the LED as it takes up less space and i like to have my phone mounted in the centre. Also as i understand it to comply to the regulations you should not a have a accessible means to de-restrict the bike (which the LCD provides) so i feel this LED makes the kit a bit more compliant.

 

On the subject of this sellers aftersales support, I have not had any malfunction so no need to use the warranty. I did misplace my stickers that show the manufacturer, max speed and voltage though and when I contacted him he sent me out a new set on next day post (which pleased me). I also like the completeness of the kits and the fact you get all the tools you need. I am not a bike mechanic so i don't have these things lying around. Also in the kit was a USB pen with a video on guiding you through the build which i thought was helpful. Also the seller answered a lot of questions for me throughout the build.

 

As this is Kunteng kit spares should be possible to get hold of. I hope i don't have to make a warranty claim and if i do i hope the after sales support will be as good as the support i have received so far.

Seems bit low, what size is the battery?.

 

It's supposed to be 13AHr, though as SpezElec mentioned it's unmarked and I'm not taking it apart to look at the cells.

 

My range issue was largely down to a binding rear wheel. Having repaired that the same ride has the third bar just going out (50% remaining). That translates to a range of about 25 miles, in line with the 20-30 advertised. I'm still "conditioning" the battery as well (this is only it's second charge) so it should get even better.

 

Worth noting that this is 12.5miles with a 500' altitude gain as well. It's downhill going home...

He is obviously selective of whom he wants to respond, I have bought a 250w front hub of months ago and emailed numerous times lately but had no response from him.We did change emails just after buying my kit,as battery sent is not labelled and no way is confirming if it is a 13 amp as adevertised,

but he response was not very reassuring,slightly defensive in nature,I just let it go as I already fitted the kit,now wanting some support but queries are totally ignored.

I had quick replies back to my eBay messages to the seller and spoke to the gentleman on the phone twice, both times at just after 08.00 a.m., the phone was picked up immediately, my "dumb questions" answered patiently and satisfactorily. I found him to be a very nice guy, I'd buy from him again without hesitation.

BTW, his telephone number is 01438986007

Edited November 9, 201510 yr by melvyn

I finally got my eBay e-bike kit up and running, I could have completed it sooner but kept getting called away. Took it out today and did 12.5 miles over very undulating terrain on, according to the display, half the battery power, I'm pleased with that. I intend to do the same circuit again tomorrow to run the battery down. O.T., there's a long climb out of our town and I couldn't resist passing a couple of old codgers, winding their supermarket MTBs up the hill, and giving a cheery "Mornin" as I passed them. If I hadn't got the "power" I'd have been joining them.

BTW, I bought the 500W Kit, but please don't spread it around just in case MI5 are monitoring this thread.

From what I read this morning they are monitoring all threads...

I bought a 500 watt kit from them and I would rate it as the best item I have ever bought off eBay : the kit was complete with everything I needed to fit onto my bike including the crank puller, the video instructions were invaluable and the advice and help given was 100%

I get 25 miles plus out of the battery with a great turn of speed, I now find myself using the bike when previously I would have used the car. My friends have all tried it and one by one I notice their bikes are now sporting these kits- all say it arrived within 24 hours and comment on friendly and informed service.

As a bit of a winter project I intend to buy another kit to fit to my wife's rather dated bike as she now feels inclined to join in the fun.

I'm a little late in replying in this thread, I bought the same 500W kit as in olden's previous post and agree entirely with his comments. One reason I delayed posting is, to my shame, I've only been out on the bike twice since I converted it, but I did two 10 mile plus rides on a fully charged battery, over hilly terrain no one but a masochist on a human powered bicycle would chose to ride over, so the fully charged battery should be more than ample to cover far more miles over less undulating roads than I used. I confess I did open it up on battery alone on one flat stretch of road but chickened out when I hit 30mph!! and throttled back. My bike now sits fully charged, gathering dust, in my garage waiting until I get time to take it out again, or until my wife says it's getting in her way and it's destined to spend the rest of it's life in my shed.

I like the look of these 500W rear wheel hub motor kits, everything about them is better than the 8fun kit i have fitted currently...... More power, a third more battery range and the wheel matches my current ones with black rims. Its a good price at under 400 sovs as well.

When the battery starts going on my current kit, i may well replace the whole kit with this.

I bought a ready built bike from them with the 500 watt rear drive and have had it for a few months now.

Excellent value for money currently getting about 25/30 miles on a charge and I'm about a 100 kilo, easy to reach 20+ mph and handles very well. Recently had failed charger phoned them up and received a replacement within a few days, very pleasant people to deal with.

Dave

My bike now sits fully charged, gathering dust, in my garage waiting until I get time to take it out again, or until my wife says it's getting in her way and it's destined to spend the rest of it's life in my shed.

What on earth is the wife doing in the garage for it to get in her way lol?

They're still getting lots of positive feedback. Nice to know that there are quality bikes and kits available for those on a tight budget.

 

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Wish they had been around when I was after a kit a few years ago. I ended up spending a small fortune.

What on earth is the wife doing in the garage for it to get in her way lol?

She has to carry the trash out to our wheelie bin which also wakes me up from my snooze on the couch.

A couple of things to bear in mind. The combined weight of the battery and motor is 15KG, which, together with the drag of the hub motor&wheel bearing, means you have some resistance to over come when free wheeling or pedalling without the battery power, the extra weight also affects the braking performance of which ever type of brakes you have. I'm not sure if a crank drive motor is similar, i.e weight and drag? For example, if I span the front wheel of my bike with it's previous wheel off the ground it would continue spinning for some time but with the hub motor fitted it only spins for a few seconds.