
To be frank, nothing they can tell you can prepare you for the smoothness of this bike. As far as I know no dealers have the new bikes yet and not many people have ridden them. But I found out today that the gearless ones apparently don't make noise or maybe not as much. I thought all ebikes make noise and you just have to find one you can deal with. It makes no noise while the geared hubs, depending on the actual bike and setup, can be very annoying. Aside from mot having a throttle, I am now hooked on the powerful GEARLESS DIRECT DRIVE HUB on the Dash. the only dealer within hundreds of miles said he had no inventory on this blog. I looked at what I could find out on the Motiv. He nailed it when he kept saying how smooth and quiet it is. I just looked at Court's video review of the bike. They will start shipping in less than a month. You can get a city kit for it, but I forgot to ask about it. I surprised myself with what I decided to buy but in the end it was a no brainer. These bikes are a quantum leap from everything else I have ridden. At speed you feel like you really are pedaling that fast on your own. I think the combination of the direct drive gearless hub and torque sensing pedal system is perfect. The Izip Peak is like the Bosch system and more of a mountain bike. The Dash will go 28+ in Pedal mode with no trouble and is very stable. The iZip Dash and Peak are a different breed of bike. I have ridden a lot of of Pedego and Currie bikes. It is a 500W direct drive gearless hub with 48v battery on the downtube. This bike is so so smooth and absolutely silent. Surprisingly, I could ride the L and was comfortable, but I ordered the M as it will no doubt be safer and easier to handle. I could get on and ride the Path but the rack is the issue making it a challenge just like the Pedego City Commuter, but it is a really nice bike. I had to wait a few weeks until he was in the area, but it was well worth the wait.īy the time I arrived, Monte, the rep, had a Path+, Eflow Nitro, E3 Dash and E3 Peak for me to ride. I contacted the president of Currie and between him and the dealer was able to meet with the Currie territory salesman at the store this morning. He stocks Izip bikes but the 2013 bikes didn't fit me. My local dealer here on Amelia Island, Florida who is a Currie dealer. I suspect that the issue is probably related to the hall effect sensors or wiring and I'm wondering if there is anything else I can test.ĭoes anyone know the pinout of the hall effect sensors? It's a 10-pin harness (2 large, 8 small).I pulled the trigger on a bike this morning after a month of driving many hours to dealers in Northern Florida to figure out the skinny on bikes. There isn't any visible tearing of the hub motor wire, but the bundle does have a slight kink in the middle that could indicate it was damaged. Because of this, I have focused on that connection and made sure it looks good, is firmly seated, and cleaned with electrical contact cleaner. That seemed to resolve itself when I unplugged and plugged back in the cable harness on the chainstay. There was a short period when I couldn't get it to show the motor speed and it would throw an E5 (motor speed sensor error) when applying throttle. I can only get it to run the motor once every few attempts of twisting the throttle while pedaling. The motor sound lasts from a fraction of a second to a couple of seconds and then cuts out. If I get it into a speed range where it is showing a speed and give it throttle while pedaling, I can sometimes hear it give a momentary burst of motor torque. Below this speed, the throttle doesn't do anything. The issue I'm experiencing is that it doesn't start to detect or display wheel speed until about 10-15 mph. The connections to the controller and to the motor look ok and have been cleaned and reseated. The battery is fine and all of the diagnostics look good in terms of cadence sensing, throttle/motor command, brake lever values. This is a Currie / Tranzx hub motor system, 48V, 500W. I was given a 2015 iZip E3 Dash that is having some issues with the wheel speed sensing and possibly the motor.
