Hurley Bike Swell 4U Urban E-Bike

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Hurley Bike Swell 4U Urban E-Bike

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Does anyone know if the battery is removable?

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Couldn’t find it on the mother ship. The Hurley page has a pic in the description that looks like it does.

Good price selling 4 $1,999.99 on Hurley

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@pepper114 can you get help from the woot buyer staff

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Actually, no. But @ThunderThighs can contact them.

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Ty for the help.

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Hi there. Per the vendor, the battery is removable, located under the down tube, can be charged on or off the bike.

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Thank you, I appreciate the help. Hard to find details and even harder to find user reviews…

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This has the HSN video showing the bike up close.

I pulled the trigger.

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Purchased 1 Hurley Swell 4U bike direct from the hurleybikes.com site (Slightly cheaper than woot and with an additional free helmet). Just received it on 07/14 and assembled and test rode it on 07/16.

I can confirm that the battery is removeable - It slots into the front of the downtube and is held in with a mechanical latch. Pop the latch and you can remove the battery from the frame. Battery appears to charge either in frame or out of the frame with no apparent difference in charging. There is also a keyed lock on the side of the downtube which apparently is supposed to disable the latch/lock the battery in place, but I can’t figure out how to make the lock work and suspect it’s broken.

Initial impressions after assembling and riding for about 30 minutes - it’s a good deal, and in fact I just ordered my 2nd one before coming to post here. Component quality seems decent, and nothing worries me that it’s going to break or be dangerous.

Assembly required out of the box:

  • Undo handlebar clamp bolts on headset, install handlebar, re-install bolts. All controls/wiring are pre-placed on handlebar, so all you have to do is orient it correctly into the headset clamp and tighten it down
  • Place front wheel into front forks, install front wheel axel and clamp down the quick release handle
  • Install front fender and headlight (1 bolt on fork arch, and 2 smaller bolts on fork ends to hold the fender stays)
  • Plug headlight into wiring harness
  • Install seat post into frame and tighten seat post clamp (seat is already bolted onto seat post)
  • Position and tighten the clamp on the battery display/controller on the handlebar.

Adjustments needed out of the box:

  • The front disc brake wasn’t well aligned and was dragging on the front disk, so had to loosen the brake caliper and reposition it

Additional features that aren’t mentioned on woot or the hurley site:

  • The front fork has pre-load adjustment on one tube and a lockout switch on the other (although I haven’t been able to get the lockout to work yet)
  • The bike has 8 speeds - you have a single chain ring on the cranks and only a rear derailleur that switches between 8 rear gear rings. Shifting is relatively smooth and accurate out of the box. The shifter is a mechanical push-lever setup - push a big lever to shift down, push a smaller lever to shift up, and there is a mechanical indicator to show which gear is engaged.
  • The bike has 3 levels of “boost” that can be toggled by short presses of the power button on the battery control/display. Top speed on level 3 appears to be ~19 MPH
  • As well as “pedal assist”, you can also engage the electric motor with a “throttle” on the right handlebar. The throttle appears to be binary, either “full speed” or off.
  • The speedometer can be toggled between MPH and KMH units
  • I think there’s some kind of memory/cruise control feature on the controller, but haven’t figured it out yet (‘M’ Button)

Minor issues:

  • Documentation - it sucks. You get some generic manuals with the bike, but nothing that specifically goes over the components/electronics you get with the Swell4U
  • I haven’t seen the lights work yet, either the headlight or the taillight, so have to look into those
  • Haven’t been able to switch the front suspension fork lockout
  • The battery removal lock doesn’t seem to work, or at least I haven’t been able to figure it out yet
  • Nothing specific to Hurley, but crank-assist boost comes on when you pedal, obviously, including when you may not want it to, like when you’re trying to do a tight u-turn/circle.
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I’ve started a reddit thread in /r/ebikes to gather/share info on the Hurley Swell 4U 's (I’ve already identified the motor, battery and controller screen specifics there):

https://old.reddit.com/r/ebikes/comments/152i49y/hurley_swell_4u_owners_get_in_here/