tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290165007704752732024-09-09T22:55:43.726+02:00Experiences with my Electric Bicycle, a Swiss made "Flyer", model "i:sy"G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329016500770475273.post-78615543217633476132021-03-20T22:11:00.001+01:002021-03-20T22:11:50.715+01:00

 My neighbour got the latest model:Compared to my model from 8 years ago it features:New coloursBosch motor Belt drive instead of chainHub gear shiftFoldable pedals for easier storage Shopping basketStrong foldable lock mounted on frame      

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The new power pack has been delivered. It is larger than the old one, but it fits pefectly. The display shows that it is fully charged. How will it perform?

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Coming from the supermarket with two bags full of groceries, I started my return trip home as usual: Battery check. Full, no worries, off we go. After about 300 meters hill up on the slope, the power indicator flickered and went from nearly full capacity to zero. Luckily, I managed to reach my house without a total power stop. Immediately,I ordered a new batteryr,the first one after 9 years! I

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In  spring I take my "Flyer" electric bike out of the garage, I insert the accu battery and I start enjoying again. The performance of the accu (battery) after four years of riding is still good. One reason may have helped to keep it going:  During the frost period of winter I did not leave it in the cold garage but took it into the house because its exposition to extreme temperatures

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Riding my Swiss made electric bike "Flyer" model "i:sy" in the urban jungle has been a great success as you can see from my previous postings. - The bike`s  design has the looks of possessing good durability and of being a young life style product at the same time.  Any pleasure rider will love its most important typical e-bike feature:  it takes the exhaustion out of

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On the web pages of my Indian bicycle friends (http://cyclists.in/group/nightbikeriders) I read that there is a group of 259 members who have joined behind the idea of riding at night.  The  location is Mumbai. I agree with their observation, it`s a pleasure to ride at night, even here in Bonn, Germany.  After a visit to a beer garden, I did about 8 kilometers near midnight from

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The other day I took my pedelec, a Flyer "i:sy", back to the dealer for the first technical service.After nearly half a year of riding the bike without any problems, I had assumed that the service would amount to little less than oiling and tightening some screws and bolts. But it was not that simple at all. The mechanic, a friendly and higly professional man, showed me his measurements with a

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In my last posting I said that the weather had been relatively mild this winther.  This is no longer true. Yesterday the country experienced one of the coldest nights in years.  Here in Bonn, the temperature was down at 14 degrees centigrade below zero. Would you have left the Flyer`s battery pack at your bike in the garage?  I did not dare to do so. The experts are saying that

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This year`s winter has been relatively mild in Germany:  no snow so far in the Bonn area. On my recent trips I did both the city and hiking paths in the country.  Consequently, I can  tell you of a new riding experience. If you have read my previous blog entries, you will remember what  I wrote about roads and curbsides:  "bumpy" and "dangerous".  I had become aware

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After three months of riding my e-bike "Flyer", model "i:sy", a Swiss made pedelec, I have finished the 500 km mark.  Now it`s time to return to the dealer and ask him to perform the first maintenance work as requested in the instruction manual.  My daily rides were often about 15 km.  I have ridden the bike during good and bad weather, several times in a drizzle of rain.  

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PanasonicLithium Mangan Battery in Adapter for Charging Today I went on a Sunday-morning-before-lunch trip into the Rhine valley, to Bonn and to Bad Godesberg where I visited a small Christmas market in the famous and traditional family owned hotel "Dreesen". I rode along the riverside, and I noticed that my ride was smoother than on previous days.  Evidently the tires had lost a bit of

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My Flyer Model "i:sy" and the Handlebar "Speedlifter" The micro-computer screen mounted on my Flyer electric bike tells me that I have travelled over 300 kilometers in the past three weeks on my daily trips to town for shopping and in the area around the house for recreation. I am using my bicycle more often since I have had the Flyer with its Panasonic

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Right from the beginning of my pedelec riding experiences,  I noticed that high pressure tires on bumpy roads are a bit uncomfortable. My Swiss made bike "Flyer", model  "i:sy light" has 20´` wheels with Schwalbe Big Apple balloon tires. In order to keep the rolling resistance low, which enables the rider to make distance with relatively little energy, the tires have to be pumped up

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The following ten reasons for using an electric bicycle I found on a  British website.  Here is the list with my comments:  Faster Travel    -  Yes, I agree,  No Sweat!  -  Right so, no more urgent need to take a shower when coming back from my ride. Safety -  That is a problem.  Higher cycling speed means higher risks of having an

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Swiss made electric bike "Flyer", model "i:sy light", 2011 Bonn City - Holzlar, Roleber, Gielgen Now I have done the 20 kilometer trip Gielgen (Holzlar) (about 168 m) down into the Rhine valley to Bonn City (approx.. 68 m) several times on my newly bought electric bike "Flyer is:y".  It`s a pedelec model  "i:sy light", chain gear shifting, 9 gears, 26  V 12 Ah

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The family was highly sceptical about buying an electric bicycle.  Especially since I had in mind to buy a rather expensive Swiss made model.  On my way to the ebike dealer, I thought I might as well buy another folding bike, this time not a Brompton (see my blog My folding bike Brompton) but a German made "Birdy" by Riese-Müller. In the shop, however, I saw the shiny Flyer model "i:sy"

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