Let us know what you do and how it works out. No suspension but specs are for a 27.2 mm seatpost, thus a suspension seatpost would be inexpensive and would take the edge off shocks through the seat. In this case the controller could be changed to a standard type, maybe it wouldn't need to b changed.Īnyway, this looks like a very good ebike design. If there are three wires, in the wiring diagrams for another Izip bike there were 3, then they may be trying to lock the bike into using a non standard type battery from Izip. Some soldering may be involved, but it's easy to do. If there are two wires from the controller to the battery, you just use those through the connector set that comes with the new battery. Chances are the controller can be removed from the box and mounted on the rack, then it's just a matter of mounting a new battery on the rack too. Currie Electro-Drive Centerdrive Rebuilt Battery Lithium-ion 48V 9Ah 417Wh. A new battery may not fit in the battery box, but the controller has to be reused. Pics don't show where the controller is, but it's probably in the battery box. A battery from Amazon should come with a bike side connector and a charger. One came from China, so it took around 30 days to get it. I bought the last two batteries from Amazon, that was easy and reliable.
8.8 Ah is a pretty low capacity, higher capacity would be somewhat larger and heavier but more useful because of increased range, or the same range and easier on the battery.
A new one could be mounted on the rack or in the triangle. Specs from the 2014 indicate a 48 V, 8.8 Ah battery Lion type. Looks like Izip made changes from year to year.