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Electric Bike Maintenance Manual

ISBN 978-0-9905228-0-5

Don Gerhardt from Gerhardt Cycles developed a training course for electric bike technicians. The course evolved from an earlier course on the design, assembly and application of lithium batteries. The course material is being used by the Light Electric Vehicle Association (LEVA) www.levassociation.com for their electric bike technician training and certification program. Over 1000 technicians have received training at various locations including Interbike, Community Colleges, Universities, Park Tool, the United Bicycle Institute and E-Bike Manufacturer headquarters. Each student is provided with a copy of the Electric Bike Maintenance Manual on a USB drive. The manual has 19 chapters on various E-Bike systems and components. The manual also has over 100 appendices with technical service information and videos on diagnostics and battery testing. Contact links are provided for over 500 worldwide manufactures of E-Bikes, E-Scooters and Personal Electric Vehicles.

Electric Bike Maintenance Manual
Contents
Appendix Index                                                                          
Preface                                                                                            
Acknowledgments                                                                         

1. Introduction                                                                               
2. Electric Bicycles                                                                         
3. Electric Scooters                                                                     
4. Electric Motorcycles                                                               
5. Light and Special Electric Vehicles                                       
6. Tools and Test Equipment for Light Electric Vehicles      
7. Electric Theory and Components                                         
8. Electric Bicycle Set Up                                                             
9. Diagnostics                                                                                
10. Connectors                                                                                    
11. Throttles                                                                                   
12. Brake Switches                                                                         
13. Crank and Torque Sensors                                                     
14. Motor Controllers                                                                    
15. Electric Motors                                                                                         
16. Batteries and Battery Management Systems                  
17. Battery Chargers                                                                    
18. Displays                                                                                      
19. Data Recorders and Analyzers                                          

Glossary of Terms                                                                          

References  

Electric Bike Maintenance Manual on a USB drive       $75.00

Annual Update (Requires serial number from original USB drive) $15.00

Contact Don Gerhardt at djgerhardt.aol.com for purchase or volume pricing for instructors or for resale by bike stores.

E-Bike Tool Kits

Basic and Advanced tool kits used in the LEVA training are available from Gerhardt Cycles.   

Basic Tool Kit              $750.00

Advanced Tool Kit   $1500.00

Contact Don Gerhardt at djgerhardt.aol.com for a list of the tools in the current tool kit configurations and the delivery schedule.  

Gerhardt Cycles is a dealer for the following companies in addition to being a dealer for various E-Bike manufacturers:  

Grin Technologies     www.ebikes.ca

(Cycle Analyst, Cycle Analogger, Motors, Motor Controllers, Batteries, Chargers, E-Bike Parts) 

J&B Importers     www.jbimporters.com

(Bicycle components)

West Mountain Radio     www.westmountainradio.com

(Battery Analyzers, Anderson Powerpole Connectors, Crimpers)