Your e-ride
It is recommended to gather first experience with Electric Hummingbird away from roads with heavy
traffic. The motor is an advanced powertrain for e-bikes that helps you in reducing your ped-aling
effort. The system is compliant to the EU laws on Electric Pedal Assisted biCycle (EPAC).
ACTIVATION PROCEDURE
When Electric Hummingbird is turned on, the motor assistance is not yet activated for safety reasons.
In order to activate the motor assistance, you must perform all the following steps:
1. Ride the bike and reach 8 km/h
2. Pedal backwards 3 times continuously
The bike will slow down while performing the step 2, due to the regenerative braking function
(see 2.2).
MOTOR ASSISTANCE
The motor assists the rider up to 25 km/h and with a maximum power of 250W just if you are
pedalling. As soon as you stop pedalling, the motor will stop pushing.
The generated power depends on several factors including the bike speed, the pedal-ling speed
and the motor settings. For instruction on how to change the motor settings please refer to 4.5
REGENERATIVE BRAKING
Electric Hummingbird features a regenerative braking function; this allows you to slow down the
bicycle using the electric motor as a generator recharging the batteries thanks to the integrated
Kinetic Energy Reccuperation System (KERS). In order to activate the regen-erative braking
you need to pedal backwards. As soon as you stop pedalling, the motor will stop braking.
CAUTION: Regenerative braking DOES NOT substitute safety mechanical brakes. Please do
NOT remove the mechanical brakes from your bike. Regenerative braking WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE when
your Electric Hummingbird is fully charged.
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