How to save energy and the environment while gleefully improving your quality of life

“With the help of an eZee electric-assist kit, I’ve reduced my car usage to only one or two days a week. I’m saving money, reducing my carbon emissions and energy use, and having fun at the same time. The kit was an investment that was well worth it and I’m not looking back! I want to share this opportunity with you so you can use you car less and have more fun on your bike too.”

– Elise Giddings, co-owner of Cycle 9

Are you concerned about global warming and wish you could do something about it? Do you find your bike sitting in your garage more often than getting out on the road? Do you wish it was easier to get motivated to exercise more often? If I told you there was an easy solution to many of these problems, would you want to know what it was?

Make Riding Your Bike EASY and FUN!

If you’re like most people, you own a bike.

You may use it every day, or you may find it sitting in your garage collecting dust most of the time.

You remember how much fun it was to ride a bike as a kid, cruising around the neighborhoods with your friends, riding on the boardwalk or beach, riding around the campground maybe.

You want to recapture those moments, but yet your bike is not being ridden as much as you’d like. Why not?

There might be a huge, intimidating hill somewhere along our ride (maybe it’s even getting out of the neighborhood)

You might live a long way from your business district and don’t want to ride that far

Maybe last time you took the bike out it was an exhausting ride due to hills, distances or headwinds

You might think that riding a bike is a lot of exercise that requires special time and equipment (lycra shorts, biking gloves, even special shoes!)

You might even ride your bike a little or a lot now, but it takes too much time to go where you want so you take the car instead

But what if you could ride your bike MORE OFTEN and HAVE FUN with it all the time?

Imagine… it’s a sunny, warm day and you are going to meet some friends for lunch downtown at an outdoor cafe. Instead of sitting in your hot car, dealing with the jerk who just cut you off, waiting through 2 cycles of lights, circling the block looking for parking and finally giving up and paying $10 an hour for the garage…… you get on your bike and easily cruise to your destination past all those waiting cars. On the way you are having fun enjoying the day. You arrive at the restaraunt refreshed and park right out front. You aren’t tired or sweaty at all, and all your friends are amazed that you biked here.  “How do you do it” they ask!

You have a little secret about that, but you may or may not want to tell them….

Ride your bike as far and as fast as you want

Have you been thinking of using your bike for commuting or shopping, or just riding it more, but it’s too far to get where you want?

Maybe you’ll get too tired or your legs will give out before you make it home?

Maybe you feel like you just don’t have the time to ride and that the car is faster?

Now you can ride your bike as far as you want without worrying about the effort with an electric-assist conversion using the eZee hub motor kit.

With an electric-assist bike, the motor takes on part of the work, so you can ride much further than you would without it and not have to expend a huge amount of your energy. Say you live 5 miles from where you work. This distance is certainly do-able on a bike. You might even bike is sometimes. For an average person riding through the city, this ride might take you 30 minutes by bike. If you are going fast, you might be sweaty and tired when you arrive, requiring a shower (if available) or a sponge bath to cool off!

Now what if you could do that commute in 20 minutes, and arrive at your destination without being tired and sweaty? A quick 5 minutes in the bathroom to change (depending on your required attire), and you’re ready to work, go out to eat, or whatever you’re doing. Suddenly, taking your bike becomes very competitive with taking your car. Using the electric-assist bike, you can

Take less time to ride to your destination than if your ride unassisted

Don’t get sweaty and tired because you’re working less on the bike

Enjoy your ride more because you aren’t slogging up hills at a snail’s pace

Wear whatever clothing you want - no special “exercise” clothing is required

Make taking the bike Easy and FUN

Or, say you have a spouse that you like to ride with, but your spouse is a much stronger rider and doesn’t like to wait for you. Would you like to ride with that person and not feel like you were slowing them down?

With a converted electric-assist bike, you can use a little extra help on the hills and suddenly you can keep up and you can enjoy a longer ride. Your spouse is getting their workout, so is not mad or impatient about waiting. You are getting some exercise too, and you can even carry the lunch!

Make your commute a BREEZE – not a chore

Have you thought about riding your bike to work?

Bike commuting in the US is on the rise because it’s fun, gets us enjoying the outdoors, saves energy, and reduces traffic hassles.

But riding a bike to work might seem difficult, and like maybe a little too much exercise.

You have a card up your sleeve that eliminates this problem. With your eZee conversion electric-assist bike, you can choose how much to work versus let the bike do the work.

On your way into your office, you pedal lightly and rely on the electric-kit to help you along.

You arrive refreshed from the outside air (instead of moody from the traffic jam), but you don’t have to work hard enough to sweat and need a shower when you arrive at work.

On your way home, you ride as hard or easy as you want.

You aren’t crawling up hills (or worse, having to walk!).

You’re keeping up with city traffic and even passing them up as they wait at the lights (and THAT feels great).

You aren’t grumpy and stuck in a stuffy car. You’re cruising with the breeze in your face, stretching your muscles after sitting in your office all day.

When you get home, you aren’t tired from your commute and feeling like a slug for sitting all day. (Nor are you exhausted from your bike commute). You’re refreshed, you’ve had a few minutes to free your mind from the pressures of work and home life, and you’ve probably seen something interesting on the way home. It’s amazing what you notice from the saddle of a bike that you DON’T notice when you’re in your car.

Here’s what one customer has to say about biking to work with an e-assist

I have a 42 mile roundtrip commute, I’ve biked it about 10 times but I had no time or energy for anything but getting to work and back. I finally gave in and purchased the ezee kit with the 48 volt battery upgrade. I am AMAZED! I still get a great workout and I’m not completely exhausted when I arrive home. I have a relatively flat commute route and am able to make the 21 miles each way in about 59 minutes of riding. It takes me 30-45 minutes in my car, but I am a lot happier after riding than I am after driving. The staff at cycle 9 has been very helpful. Thanks so much. Brian L, Sacramento, CA

Get fit without having to find time for the gym

Are you worried about your level of exercise?

We hear everywhere that we should “work out” regularly to improve our health, lower our heart-disease and cancer risks, loose weight, and LOOK GREAT!

Plus, when we exercise we usually FEEL GREAT too.

Then why is it so hard to actually go do it?

What if you could exercise every day, without finding special time to do it. Instead of rushing to the gym after work, then rushing home and dealing with dinner, spouses, kids, you just ride your bike directly home and your exercise for the day is done.

You’ve just saved yourself huge amounts of time and effort, but are ensured you are getting in shape a little every day. Experts recommend integrating exercise into your daily life for the maximum benefits. This is because they know that if we have to make special time to “go exercise”, we’re less likely to do it!

You can integrate a little biking into your daily routine, without having it to be a big deal. With an electric-assist bike you get moderate exercise on your bike every day. You won’t be putting off exercising and having trouble getting started.

Get moderate exercise EVERY Day

No need to “schedule” time for exercise

No excuses that you don’t have time for the gym

No gym fees or memberships needed!

Enjoy fresh air while you’re exercising

Say good-bye to hills that leave you gasping

Don’t take forever to get home on your bike

Be careful that the smile on your face doesn’t blind motorists

Use a fraction of the energy of driving your car – but without a huge amount of effort!

We all know that driving a car burns fossil fuels, and that fossil fuels contribute to global warming. We want to do the right thing and do our part to help save the environment. Because really, no one likes the idea of forcing polar bears into extinction or rising sea levels.

Driving a car is a big contributor to our problems, which is why our country is focused on better fuel efficiency, hybrid cars, and even fully electric cars. But moving around a big, heavy, steel box at high speeds still requires a lot of energy, no matter where you get it from.

We’ll still need our cars for longer distances, but what about those shorter distance trips we all make? In the US in 2009, 50% of all trips made were 3 miles or less, and most of these were taken via car.

For these shorter trips, a bike is a practical alternative, and an electric bike makes it EASY to make these trips.

A bike converted to electric with the eZee hub motor kit can

go 15-30 miles on one battery charge

costs only 3-7 cents to charge

The energy used to take a 20 mile trip via ebike is equivalent to the energy used to take a 1/4 mile trip by car (for the fleet average of 24mpg)

If you’re looking to make your carbon footprint as small as a mouse, an electric bike can do it faster than almost anything out there. And at the same time, you’ll be having fun.

Driving a car uses a huge amount of energy. In comparison, the ebike uses a tiny fraction of that. With the amount of energy contained in 1 gallon of gasoline, you can:

Drive an average car 24 miles

Ride an electric bike 1,658 miles

Run a laptop computer 8 hours a day for 3 months

Power an energy-efficient refrigerator for 15.2 days

Produce 416 plastic grocery bags

If you want to save energy and reduce your carbon footprint, changing your transportation modes is the fastest and most efficient way to do this.

Convert your OWN bike to electric-assist

So, what about those electric bikes that have been in the news – are they worth it?

There are lots of electric bikes entering the market these days because companies understand the advantages and are hoping they’re the next big thing. Some of the bikes are better than others, but you don’t need to drop $2-$3K on a new bike if you have a great one that you love now.

Instead, add an eZee electric conversion kit to your existing bike and transform it into a FUN machine NOW. With a conversion, you get

A more powerful kit to get you up your hills

A bike that fits you well instead of the “one size fits all” of most ebikes

A bike with higher quality bike components than are on many ebikes

A wider range of gears because most ebikes only have 7 or 8 speeds

You don’t have to pay for the bike again!

How Does it Work?

The conversion kit has a small electric motor built into the hub of the wheel, a lightweight battery, and a handlebar mounted throttle to control operation.

You pedal the bike just like you normally would, and still have access to your shifters, brakes, and everything else you do now.

But when you get to a hill, or want an extra boost, just twist the throttle and the bike accelerates.

You can control how much power you want from none, to a little, to a lot all with the twist of the throttle. When you let go of the throttle, the system returns to off and you pedal like a regular bike again. It’s easy.

When you finish your ride, you just plug the rechargeable battery into the fully automatic charger. You can leave it on the bike or easily take it inside. There is no “memory” on these batteries, so no need to worry about how much charge you have used.

The battery charges up while you work or sleep and the charger shuts off automatically when it’s done – no need to worry about remembering to unplug it. Then your battery is all ready to go for your next ride.

Why the eZee electric-conversion kit?

There are a lot of different motor kits out there on the market today, and we’ve tried many of them out before settling on the eZee as one of the highest quality, lightest weight and most reliable kits available. You see, we ride electric bikes every day and rely on them to keep putting out reliable performance every day, and that is why the eZee is our top selling motor. The ezee kit is

High quality so it won’t stop working shortly after you buy it

Powerful so it will get you up your hill, even if you are carrying lots of stuff (this is a great motor for cargo bikers who carry an extra 100-200 lbs of cargo or passengers)

High torque in a small package, which makes your hills evaporate

Complete, with everything you need so you don’t have to search around the internet and wonder if parts are compatible

Lightweight so your bike will not feel like a scooter once it is converted

How powerful is this kit?

Electric bikes and conversion kits are often listed by wattage (the same kind of watts used to describe lightbulb power). Some electric bikes and kits may be listed as 150w (watts), and others as much as 600w or more.

But the important thing to realize is that there is no ratings agency that makes sure these claims are valid. Manufacturers can say anything they want, so the ratings don’t really mean much.

We’ve seen many products on the market that claim to be high-watt motors (600 watts or more), that aren’t. If you use them for very long at the rated watts, they will burn out. Other motors are rated too low, because in some areas of the world (like Europe) there is a limit on maximum power. So motors are under-rated to appear to comply.

The eZee motor kit is rated at 400 watts, and 400 watts is a lot of power.

For comparison, a professional bike racer might produce 400 watts in short bursts, but they can’t keep doing that for more than a few minutes.

So, having a 400 watt motor on your bike is like having a tireless professional bike racer helping you pedal your bike.

But 400 watts isn’t the whole story. These motors can actually produce much more than 400 watts, say if you are going up a steep hill, or need to accelerate across an intersection.

For the standard eZee kit, the peak power is around 720 watts. That means you will have almost as much power as two professional athletes, at your fingertips.

eZee Kits are Built for the Long Haul

For a reputable company like eZee (who has been making some of the best electric bikes on the market for years), they want to make sure their electric motor kits will last for the long haul.

So they intentionally under-rate their power. This is a common trick known to engineers – figure out what the maximum load of your bridge/motor/building/stairway is, then rate it at a fraction of that amount so that it is always used well below maximum. It will last a lot longer that way.

So for the eZee kit, a rating of 400 watts really means that you could operate the kit constantly at 400 watts, for many years, and get reliable service out of it. This is why of all the eZee kits we’ve sold, we’ve have very, very few come back with any kind of problems.

This is why we choose eZee kits for our own personal bikes that we ride and rely on every day.

Remember the Maytag repairman?

The eZee Kit Can Get You Up YOUR Hill

Now, power isn’t the whole story. There is another thing, called “torque,” which often makes an even bigger difference in whether the motor can take you up a steep hill.

The eZee motor is unique because it uses an internal planetary gear to achieve high torque in a small lightweight motor.

This motor (though it is half the weight of some other motors like the Crystalyte or Forsen) has more torque, which means more hill climbing ability. For most people in most situations, the torque of the standard eZee kit is all you will ever need, and for many people it is even more than they need!

“I got my eZee rear hub installed on my Xtracycle today and all I can say is WOW! It is amazing and is a big help on the killer hills! A ride that used to take me about 45 minutes or more (uphill most of the way!) took probably only about 20-25 minutes today. I forgot to time it. I rode quite a bit today because it was a beautiful day. 17 miles instead of my usual 11-12. Whoever says e-assist is cheating never tried it!  It can still be a decent workout. Thanks so much for helping me will all my questions in deciding what to purchase! Jenni E, South Carolina

The Kit Comes COMPLETE with a Lightweight Lithium-ion Battery

The eZee kit is a COMPLETE kit. It comes with everything you need to get riding on it right away. The kit includes:

The motor built into a wheel, complete with tire and tube already installed!

The speed controller which is like the “brains” of the system

The lightweight lithium battery to supply power, including a fully automatic charger

A handlebar mounted throttle – your “accelerator” pedal

All the wiring you need to connect these pieces together

A bag to mount the battery and controller on your rear rack

Complete installation instructions (and we provide phone support as well!)

The completeness of this kit means you don’t need to waste time online searching for compatible parts. Everything is designed to work together for a long life of reliable service.

How Far Can it Go?

With the lightweight battery that comes with the kit, you can take your converted bicycle an average of 20-40 miles.

The range depends on how hilly it is and how much you pedal, so it could be even more than this if you use just a small amount of assist.

All this on one battery charge that will cost you just $0.03 to $0.07 (thats 3 to 7 cents) worth of electricity! How much does it cost you to drive your car 20-40 miles? I’ll bet it’s more than that….

How Fast Will it Go?

The standard eZee kit comes with a 36 volt battery (it is really more like 41.5 volts when charged) and is designed to give an assist up to 20 miles per hour.

That is the average speed that many pro bike racers ride at. So with just the standard kit, you can go out and ride like a pro racer (even if you aren’t on one of those fancy carbon fiber road bikes!)

But even better, this kit is designed so that if you want more speed, you can upgrade to a 48 volt battery, and get even a faster speed.

How Much Weight Does it Add?

The eZee kit is one of the lightest electric-conversion kits available. The motor weighs in at just about 8 lbs and the battery at about 10 lbs. This results in under 20lbs being added to your bike. Some conversions add as much as 50lbs!

We like our electric bikes to still feel nimble and lightweight, like a bike should. The eZee kit accomplishes this with its light weight and small form factor.

Your bike still feels like a bike, not like a big heavy scooter. It is a pleasure to use, and to ride.

Does it make up for it’s own weight? You Bet! A rough calculation of riding a bike over a 1000 foot climb shows that the energy it takes to lift the 20lb motor kit is less than 3% of the energy contained in the battery! So you have 97% of the energy in the battery to lift or propel YOU. And the little extra energy you use from the system to accelerate that extra 20 lbs will VASTLY make up for the amount of energy you save by taking even one trip by ebike vs. car.

What Happens When it Rains?

And one more thing to mention.. the eZee company has paid special attention to waterproofing this kit. They have sealed the controller (the little box that is the “brains” of the bike) and the motor itself for moisture. The battery is water resistant, and in a water resistant bag.

There’s no need to worry about whether the motor kit can handle the rain. This is the most waterproof of the electric motor kits we sell, because the designers actually thought about it.

Front Wheel or Rear Wheel?

People often ask about whether to get the front wheel or rear wheel version. That depends on the bike.

We slightly prefer the front wheel version, because then you have an all wheel drive bicycle. The weight is nicely balanced between front and back, and the motor pulls, which especially helps in slippery/wet conditions.

However, we don’t recommend using a high-torque motor like the eZee on suspension forks. Most suspension forks are made from aluminum and aluminum is prone to failing rapidly and without warning. Ouch.

So if you’re going to put it on the front of your bike, we recommend that you put it on a bike that has a steel fork (steel is more resilient, and less likely to fail without warning).

Or, if you really like your suspension fork, then that is a good reason to just get a rear motor kit.

The rear motor kits come with a 7 speed freewheel installed, and can be made to work with up to 8 speeds. If your bike is set up for more speeds, it is usually very easy to adjust it for compatibility with 7 or 8 speeds. And don’t worry, you won’t need all those extra gears once you have the motor installed!

Why buy from Cycle 9 ?

My name is Elise Giddings and I’m the co-founder and owner of Cycle 9 bike shop. A few years ago, my family decided that we really wanted to do something about the problems of climate change and oil supply and dependency issues. We already drove a “green” car (Prius), used our canvas grocery bags, and did our bit to reduce, reuse and recycle. But some basic calculations of energy use proved that driving our car (even one with great gas mileage) was just an energy hog!

Even worse, we were expecting twins to add to our family, and 3 children in car seats were just NOT going to fit into a small hybrid vehicle. We had to do something.

After many late nights of searching on the internet, looking at information sites and forums, we found our answer in an electric-assist cargo bike that can carry the children, but isn’t too hard to pedal over our commute of 5-7 miles, due to the help of the motor.

But even then, it took many more hours to find the right components and figure out what would work well together. We ordered everything and assembled it in our living room because our local bike shops weren’t very interested in helping us with the project. We finally get everything set up and the results were fantastic! We wanted to share this experience with other people, but WOW, it was SO much work!

Thus, we decided to start Cycle 9, a company that was founded on the premise that finding the right electric – assist kit shouldn’t be really difficult.

Since we ride our own converted bikes every day, we know how important it is to have a quality product, so we source only the highest quality, most reliable, and best performing kits available.

When you buy from us, you know you’re getting something we would use on our own bikes, the ones we rely on every day.

We’re also dedicated to customer service, because we want to actually help people and not just sell them stuff.

We’ve helped many customers through their electric conversions.

We don’t just pay lip service to customer satisfaction, we actually talk to customers before, during and after their purchases to ensure everything is as it should be.

We pride ourselves on customer service. Here is what some of our customers are saying about us:

Old football injuries and age (65) have combined to limit my enjoyment of my favorite recreational exercise and workout vehicle—30 to 50 mile bike rides over hilly terrain. My recumbent bike, at 35 lbs., made hills difficult to negotiate without my knees hurting both during and after the ride. In addition I could never keep up with my friends without knee pain and exhaustion.Then I came across Cycle 9 and one of the owners Elise. She recommended the EZEE hub motor kit for my bike, helped me tailor it to my bike for mounting, shipped it, and then kept in touch by phone and email to answer my questions about installation—though the motor was so easy to install there were very few questions necessary. My whole biking life has been transformed by the EZEE motor. I can ride anywhere, over any terrain, keeping up with the strongest riders, and still getting all the workout I want. Using the motor as an assist for hills primarily, and ocassionally as an assist to stay with my speedy friends, I can usually cover 60 to 90 miles on one charge. Having shopped carefully and talked to many electric bike motor dealers, I found Elise and Cycle 9 to be the most helpful, eager to please, committed to me as a customer of any dealer that I contacted. That is why she got my business. I have a bunch of same age friends who are now planning on adding a motor from Cycle 9 to their bikes in the Spring in order to extend their riding days far into the future. If you are considering an electric assist motor, save yourself some time and effort and call Cycle 9. I live on the West Coast—-and that made no difference at all in the quality of service. They truly do service what they sell, say what they will do and do what they say. In today’s world that is an uncommon experience most places. But not at Cycle 9. Dan Maust Age 65 Retired State Farm Insurance Agent

Coming from bike friendly California to less bike friendly North Carolina, I knew I needed to change my ride, to adapt. With the help of everyone at Cycle 9, I converted my bike to the ultimate commuter-mobile (for me). It now has bulletproof tires, an electric motor that increases my average speed to ~20mph when I pedal and motor, “ground effects” (Down Low Glow), and the best rear blinky I’ve ever had.They’ve also helped me in times of technical trouble. For example, my 10 year old back wheel kept going out of true. They helped me come to grips with the fact that it was on the way out (confirmed when they sent me over to a neighboring shop for a second opinion), and hooked me up with a new wheel for very little money. When my battery seemed like it had diminished capacity, they checked it out, worked with the vendor, and had me a brand new battery to replace my almost year old battery. Ben C. Chapel Hill, NC

We also have a full service, retail bike shop, with real people who work in the shop every day (except Mondays in the winter), and we answer our phones (toll free, 1-800-249-8098). There’s no wondering about whether you’re buying from someone selling kits out of their garage, who may or may not answer the phone if you have a question.

The shop is full service, including a full-time, professional bike mechanic and electronics technician on staff. We have over 30 years of combined bike repair experience.

We’re certified by the Better Business Bureau for our excellence in  business practices and customer services.

We want you to be happy with your electric bike conversion experience – that is our number one priority.

We have sold lots of kits, and had very few returns. Most people just can’t get enough of electric biking once they discover it. We will be there to support you. Our success depends on it.

How Can I get this kit?

This electric conversion kit is a premium kit that can be delivered directly do your door.

The usual price is $1277 for the complete kit shipped to your door.

But as a special offer in honor of Moms, I am offering it for

$100 off.

You pay just $1177, which includes FREE shipping to your door.

Here is what you will get

A  premium, lightweight electric conversion kit to make your bike Fast and Fun

Includes everything you need to convert your bike, including motor built into a wheel with high quality tire and tube, controller, battery, automatic charger, battery mounting bag, throttle, LED battery gage, all wiring, and cable ties!

Complete written installation instructions

Free phone and email support

Free shipping to your door in the lower 48 states

As a special bonus on this offer, get your very own copy of one of the best books out there written about urban cycling: “The Art of Cycling” by Robert Hurst This comprehensive guide to cycling in the city covers history, safety, and how-to like no other book. It covers not only the usual how-to and tips on riding safely in traffic, but also the challenges, strategies, and art of riding a bike on America’s streets and roadways. The Art of Cycling empowers readers with the big picture of riding a bicycle in America and gives cyclists useful insights to consider while pedaling to next commute, grocery run or training ride. It’s one of the best books I’ve ever read about cycling in traffic, and unless you ride only on separated side paths, you are dealing with traffic! This informative and interesting book is yours FREE with your purchase.

100% Money-Back Guarantee In addition to our service guarantee, if you are unsatisfied with your kit for ANY reason in the first 90 days, we offer a full money-back guarantee. You won’t find this anywhere else in the industry. Many companies won’t even take stuff back at all. But we know this is an investment, and we’re certain you’ll love it so much that we offer this guarantee so you can buy with confidence.

Warranty

The eZee kit itself is warranted for 2 years against failure for the motor and controller, and 1 year for the battery. This is one of the best warranties on electric kits because the company has taken pains to ensure quality.

p.s. When people take a test ride with this motor they always come back with a smile on their face

p.p.s. We love talking to our customers, so be sure to look forward to your communication from Cycle 9