How soon will the battery run out?
The Urban Mover website claims that a fully charged battery will give a range of 30km with a rider not heavier than 70kg in pedal assist mode. But this is under optimal standard conditions ie on a perfectly level circular testing track without stopping and starting. In practice you will be going up and down hills, and sometimes against a headwind. Also every time you break this wastes energy so real in city performance is bound to vary considerable and will certainly be less than 30km.

How does the electrically assisted bike reduce my carbon footprint?
Obviously if you are a serious cyclist it won’t reduce your carbon emissions if you switch to the electrically assisted bike. Our product is not aimed at the serious cyclist. Most of us however have a bike which we only use occasionally for many reasons:
we can’t be bothered with the effort;
we’ll arrive hot and sweaty at a destination where we can’t shower and change our clothes;
cycling is great on the level or downhill or with a following wind, but is a real effort uphill, or against the wind;
many journeys are just a bit longer than we’d like to pedal;
so we get in our car even for these relatively short journeys. This is where the electrically assisted bike can lower your carbon footprint, because it makes cycling fun, sweat free and irons out hills and headwinds.

Does pedalling prolong the range of the battery?
Yes the more effort you put in the less energy comes from the motor.

Will it keep me fit? Isn’t an electric bike cheating?
Of course a conventional bike will keep you much fitter, but that of course depends on how much – if at all – you use it. Research from the Transport Research Laboratory in the UK (Davis and Hartley 1998) has shown that 46% of conventional bikes are only used twice a week, with a further 30% of bikes used for only once a fortnight or less. However, a report from Leeds University (Neil Guthrie 2001) reveals that in a survey of electric bike owners – a third of respondents used their bikes typically at least once a day and 81% used their electric bikes at least once a week. Therefore an electric bike typically gets used at least twice as often as a conventional bicycle.
Moreover, riding an electric bicycle is more enjoyable in mountainous terrain and in windy conditions and users tend to make better use of them because the motor can provide half the normal effort of cycling taking the sting out of long runs. Therefore more regular use equals the same amount of physical effort required for a conventional bike due to more regular and longer usage. 

I find that the bike works fine just in top gear, so I keep it there the whole time. Is that OK?
The problem is that although this feels fine and saves you trouble, it will reduce battery range and increase wear on the motor and gears. It will also mean that the value of your pedal input is reduced. So start off in first gear especially if going uphill.

Do I need a licence to ride an electric bicycle?
No you do not need a licence to ride an electic bicycle however you do need to be aged over 16 in Australia. A motor of 200 watts is legal for road use. Motors of over 200 watts can be used legally off road. The Sunrunner and Urbanmover bicycles are all 200 watt.