Originally Posted by
Golectric
Kevin, What a crock! Your a dissatisfied customer??? You buy a used bike, ride it through the winter without proper maintenance. Load a 500 watt motor down with 120lbs plus of batteries and yourself which I suppose by your sign on of Kevin the Giant is How much over 200lbs?? And you wonder why your motor craps out when your going up a steep hill???
Dear Golectric,
It must be amazing how God has gifted you with such clairvoyance that you know exactly how I have (or have not) been following the maintenance schedule laid out in the owners' manual.
Of course, if you had actually bothered to READ the owners' manual you would see on page 11 a description of the circuit breaker that is supposed to trip while going up long hills and/or under adverse load conditions.
Fully upholding the finest traditions of Chinese manufacturing Quality Assurance, this circuit breaker was defective and failed to protect the motor while going up a long hill. So it burnt out.
And yes, I am therefore a dissatisfied customer. There were numerous manufacturing defects with the Veloteq. Nonetheless, the Veloteq is a good concept and I like the design. I just wish that it had been built better.