This week’s fantastic special is the AVANTI Discovery 2 decked out with the SOLAR BIKE mini-motor Panasonic tube kit. It’s one of the most comfortable commuter bikes out there due to the suspension forks and suspension seat pole.  With the electric conversion kit this bike will quickly become your main form of transportation.

Usually this setup goes for $1990.  We’ve put it on special for one week only starting today for $1690.  Please come into the shop to take one for a test ride!

Sale ends 27/06/17.

Following one to many effort-full rides home from Freo going back up the hill, I thought to my self there must be an easier way to do local trips without using my car. Turns out there was!

I visited Matt and Wills in their shop in Fremantle because apart from being really knowledgeable about bike stuff, they also had electric conversion kits that I could put on the bike I already had… winning!

Since getting the kit I hardly use my car and I travel further on my bike that I ever thought I would – because now it’s easy. I often ride to from White Gum to Cottesloe for a coffee and I’ve even gone into Perth on it. The best part of having it is that I can ride my bike normally if I want to or turn the motor on and feel the wind in my hair… Its the best decision I’ve made in years.

So thank you Matt and Wills, thank you so very much. My trusty steed has served me well.

The Breezer Uptown is a shop favourite and with it’s stylish looks, quality frame and comfortable riding position it’s easy to see why. We spent a lot of time trying to find a stepthrough bike that’s suitable for both smaller riders and our electric conversion kits and the Uptown is a great fit.

A stylish and comfoprtable stepthrough with Solarbike’s brand new pedal assist system

The aluminium frame has among the lowest step-over heights of any bike on the market, making getting on and off much more comfortable than other women’s specific bikes. Not only this, but the smaller 26″ wheels allows for much snappier handling as well as a lower riding position, further benefiting comfort. We’ve fitted the Uptown with one of our newest electric conversion kits featuring an updated pedal assist system with a lovely colourful display and a newer slim-line Panasonic lithium ion rack battery. This is one of the cutest electric bicycles on the market and well worth a test ride.

This bicycle had done 30km trips a day for about 4 years on a 17Ah rack battery; it was time for an upgrade as the range had slightly dropped and it was no longer possible to commute the 30km on a single charge anymore. The customer opted for the newest of SOLAR BIKE’s long range battery options. This one has a huge 36V 21Ah capacity and it’s added bonus is that it’s small enough to fit within the frame of the bicycle for better handling. A battery is a consumable item but if you’re getting thousands of km out of one for a few years then it’s well worth investing in a top quality one right from the beginning that will well and truly give you your desired range. The new Tiger Shark battery styles are available in 36V 14Ah and 36V 21Ah. It’s far beyond what many people need but if you’re running a larger high power direct drive motor then it may well be worth the investment from the beginning. These new moulds have the latest 3500mAh cells from PANASONIC that came out last year. They are the best on the market this year for sure for commercially available ebikes.

This is a 3 speed beach cruiser that we get in from time to time and electrify. It’s called the Skull & Cross bones. For this one, we put a 1000W Solar Bike kit on with a really long range 48V 17Ah rack battery. This is the type of bike that suits elderly gentlemen with no teeth, tattoos and no license. It’s very comfortable, easy to pedal and has a nice bit of electric kit on it to help when things get tough. It’s one of the best beach cruisers we’ve done in a while.

LEKKER have just released a new model, it’s an upgrade of their previous Men’s Sportief model. This one has a nicer 7 speed SHIMANO Nexus internal hub and aluminum frame. It also has a stylish front rack for carrying those extra loads or backpacks. This is the first model to become electric and it came together nicely. The customer desired a rear carrier rack but it would work equally as well with any of the in-frame mounted batteries.  It’s a pleasure to ride, it’s comfortable and stylish and a great commuting machine.

It’s always a bit of a tough one to convert a road bike. The problem lies with drop-bars. They have a larger diameter than all other sets of bars and we’ve found it impossible to get throttles to match. We’ve done a few dodgy solutions to get by in previous times but here is far more elegant solution. Use a mid-drive conversion kit with torque sensing. This allows you to get away with not needing a throttle. The pressure on the pedals activates the motor straight away – as opposed to a regular cadence sensing motor that requires a few revolutions of the pedals. Our little mid-drive kits are really superb now. They are small, quiet, pressure sensitive and full of power. You can modify quite a few settings from the LCD as well. This TCR came together nicely, it takes a little longer as you have to replace the bottom bracket but the result is worth the effort. Our customer will surely be pleasantly surprised with his new ride – or his old ride made new.