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Page 1: User Manual
USER MANUAL FEATHER USER MANUAL This manual is a guide on how to complete assembly, operate, maintain and troubleshoot your electric bike kit. ENGLISH LAST UPDATED: 6/01/2017... -
Page 2: Thank You
USER MANUAL THANK YOU! Arc would like to thank you for support us with your purchase. We hope that you will continue to support us into the future, to help us bring the best and most affordable products to the market, without sacrificing quality. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
USER MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS EBike Components and Terminology ............4 Assembly ....................6 Unboxing ..................6 Inventory ..................7 Bicycle Preparation ................. 8 Motor ................... 10 Battery ..................15 Handlebar ..................17 Pedal Assistance ................18 Wiring ................... 21 Operation .................... -
Page 4: Ebike Components And Terminology
USER MANUAL EBIKE COMPONENTS AND TERMINOLOGY This section will help you understand the operation of an electric bicycle and the common terms and components involved. Some or all of these components will be in the conversion kit. If you are familiar with what an electric bike is and how it operates, then feel free to skip over this section. - Page 5 USER MANUAL A) Electric Motor The muscle of the electric bike, this component is what applies the rotational force to the wheels and propels the bicycle forward. In most cases these motors are a hub type motor meaning that the motor is built onto the wheel or axle. Some motors will be located near the bicycle pedals and are called mid-drive or crank drive motors.
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Page 6: Assembly
USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY This section will help complete the initial installation of the electric bike kit. This will detail installation for each component onto the electric bike. We recommend you follow this guide very carefully and concisely.. ASSEMBLY—UNBOXING Unboxing your new electric bike kit can be an exciting prospect. Though we recommend caution while unpacking the bike. -
Page 7: Inventory
USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—INVENTORY This is what the inside of the carton is likely to look like. The motor on the right side, battery in the middle left, charger bottom left and the other parts and accessories in the top left box. TOOLS REQUIRED: Spanner set or shifting spanner ... -
Page 8: Bicycle Preparation
USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—BICYCLE PREPERATION This section will detail some of the basic step you will need to undertake to prepare your bicycle for conversion. First thing you will need to do is find a suitable space for you to complete the installation in. - Page 9 USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—BICYCLE PREPERATION Once the wheel has been removed, if your bicycle has a front disk brake. Then you will need to remove that disk brake to mount onto the front motor. Some disk brakes may require specialist tools to remove. Though most will only require a standard 5mm allen key.
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Page 10: Motor
USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—FRONT MOTOR Now that the bicycle has been prepared. The motor can be mounted on the bicycle. First remove the motor from its packaging if you have not done this already. It is at this point that you can remount the tyre and tube, just make sure you get the direction right. - Page 11 USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—FRONT MOTOR Now to sometimes the most difficult step. Mounting the motor into the front forks. Familiarise yourself with the washers and their positions. Ensure that the torque washers (which are the washers with a notch) are both on the same way on the axle.
- Page 12 USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—FRONT MOTOR Another problem observed is the calliper is slightly rubbing against the disk. To solve this situation the brake calliper was loosened up before readjusting the washer positions so that the axle will correctly slot into the front drop outs. As you can see from the bottom two pictures the motor has been mounted into the front forks with enough clearance for the disk brake and the motor inside the forks.
- Page 13 USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—FRONT MOTOR Now that the motor has been slotted in the front forks and can be rotated without fouling on any of the frame/ brakes. The final steps can be completed Insert washers on the axle on both sides to completely fill out the section so the axle nut will have a nice flat surface to tighten up to.
- Page 14 USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—FRONT MOTOR SUMMARY There are a lot of important steps and consider while mounting the front wheel. To summarise the front motor assembly: Install tyre and tube Install disk brake rotor (if required) Check washer positions are similar on both sides ...
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Page 15: Battery
USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—BATTERY This will section show how to connect the battery and install it onto the handlebars. Unwrap the packaging from battery. This a small pouch bag that holds the battery and the motor controller. Looking at the top right picture, the bag has four plugs. On the left side is the motor plug and the charger plug. - Page 16 USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—BATTERY There are 3 straps that are available for mounting the pouch onto the handlebars. Two that are vertical straps design to strap directly around the handlebars as shown in the top right hand picture. A single horizontal strap can then be wrapped around a part of the handlebar stem.
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Page 17: Handlebar
USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—HANDLEBAR COMPONENTS Installation of the handlebar components on this system is fairly simple as there is only one component that you are required to install onto the handlebars. Installation of this battery display/thumb throttle can be easily completed by removing one side of the handlebars components and slide the thumb throttle into the position that is most suitable for yourself. -
Page 18: Pedal Assistance
USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—PEDAL ASSISTANCE This section will explain how to install your pedal assistance sensor to the bicycle. This above is pictured the pedal assistance sensor (PAS) and the magnet wheel. The magnet wheel will attach around the bottom bracket crank shaft. If you bottom bracket crack shaft looks similar to the one in the bottom left picture, then you bike will be likely directly compatible with this pedal assistance type sensor. - Page 19 USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—PEDAL ASSISTANCE Clip to the two halves of the pedal assistance sensor around the crank shaft as shown, with the working side facing the bicycle. Then attach the metal circlip around the magnet wheel securing it in place. This magnet wheel should rotate with the pedals, when the pedal cranks are rotated.
- Page 20 USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—PEDAL ASSISTANCE To mount the PAS first apply a single zip tie around the top section of the PAS. This will allow you to partially test operation before mounting it more permanently. The sensor should be no further than 5mm away from the magnet wheel and not have a large angle.
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Page 21: Wiring
USER MANUAL ASSEMBLY—WIRING Now that all of the difficult assembly is complete. The final thing to do is to wire everything up. The majority of the cabling is colour coded with arrows to help line up the plugs. PAS—Yellow Handlebar throttle—Green Motor—Black Just make sure that you line up the arrows before plugging everything in. -
Page 22: Operation
USER MANUAL OPERATION This section will detail some of the operation of the conversion. To activate the motor ensure that the battery is connected and the throttle button has been switched on. The motor can now be actuated through pedalling or utilising the throttle. -
Page 23: Battery Information
USER MANUAL BATTERY INFORMATION This section will detail what a battery is and its features and how to maintain good battery health over the batteries lifetime. An electric bike battery contains multiple battery cells combined in series and in parallel to make up the Voltage (V) and capacity (Ah) respectively. - Page 24 USER MANUAL BATTERY INFORMATION—TIPS There are some things that you can do or avoid to increase the lifetime of your battery: Try not to discharge your battery down to 0%. The amount that you discharge your battery is correlated to the life cycle of the battery.
- Page 25 USER MANUAL BATTERY INFORMATION—TIPS What about reducing the voltage that you charge the batteries? There are lots of studies and evidence about increasing the cycle life of the battery cells by reducing the maximum voltage that you charge the battery to. It is said that you can double the amount of cycle life by decreasing the charge voltage of each cell by 0.1V.
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Page 26: Maintenance
USER MANUAL MAINTENANCE How much maintenance is required? The most common question we get is how much maintenance is required? The basic answer is not much more than a normal bicycle. Maintaining proper care of your bicycle is very important. Ensuring that you complete the following on a regular basis: Clean and oil your drive train (chain) ... -
Page 27: Troubleshooting Tips
USER MANUAL TROUBLESHOOTING AND ADVICE This section will detail some common faults that occur with electric bikes and what to do in each case. Please check these before contacting support. Before commencing troubleshooting, disconnect all components. Try not to skip this process. -
Page 28: Troubleshooting Table
USER MANUAL TROUBLESHOOTING TABLE Issue Solution Handlebar throttle Check all connections from the motor controller to the wont turn on front handlebars starting with the plug coming from the display. Ensure that the battery is plugged in. Handlebar throttle Check the motor plug from the controller. Ensure that turns on but the motor this plug is aligned correctly and seated very firmly. -
Page 29: Contact Us
If there is any information that you would like added to these manual’s, we always appreciate feedback from our customers. This manual is written by the staff at EBikery with permission from Arc. You can contact EBikery here: https://www.ebikery.com.au/ Thank you for taking the time to read this document.
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