Wilderness Energy bike kit

I ride a bike to work most days. From 1974 to 2003 the trip was usually three miles one way, but then the office moved to make it a seven mile trip. I found a route without too many hills and I kept on biking, but I started getting more intersted in an electric bike.

I bought a used Wildernessenergy bike in September 2007 from someone who was not usimg it.

It worked OK but seemed to run down just at six miles. Maybe the battery was not charged enough, maybe it preferred people under 160 pounds, etc., etc.

In October 2007, I dropped the charger and it would not light up anymore. The local WE store in Austin, Alienscooters.com was willing to sell one for $80 but I am cheap and looked elsewhere. I found one on Ebay for much less.

Anyway, I have used the WE bike maybe once a week to get to work. I find that when the battery goes down, I can pedal OK. I usually use my other bike which is a Fuji commuter - nothing fancy - just works, or I use my Honda Accord if the weather is bad or I am too late or too lazy.

With gas getting to $4.00 a gallon, the bikes look cheaper, so I am going to get serious.

In May, 2008 my stars got crossed. My laptop died and wanted WindowsXP reinstalled, my Fuji kept getting flats, and I shorted out the controller on my WE.

I reinstalled WindowsXP and also UBUNTU on my laptop.
I replaced the 700x38 tires with 700x25.

I plan to get a controller from ebay.