Flash update: 46 backers already received the kit!

Hi Bikeers,
Things are going forward event though it's holiday time in Italy ( we are officially close this week) . I'll give you a quick update, which is now strongly due, waiting for Irene to come back and publish a full update. In bullet points:

• We have now all controller versions working properly. 
• We started shipping the kits. We shipped 46 kits, shipping firstly to the backers which live close to us. We preferred doing so because in case of problems we could easily fix them and avoid the problems to occur on other backers which live abroad. We are posting some pictures of the backers with their kit on our Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/bikeebikefan/ ). 

A backer converted all his family's bikes.

• We shipped a only-motor pledge to California to test that packaging was OK for long distances. That worked perfectly. 

BEST ebike kit box unopened

BEST ebike kit box

• We got problems on 6 units, 2 were firmware bugs ( so we had to modify the firmware and upload it again. On two bikes we tested a new way to resin-pot the controller, but that wasn't a good way: the resin was too stiff and with the thermal cycle didn't behave well. We had to replace those controllers. On other two kits there was a loose bearing on the housing, making a strange noise. 
• We are now making sure those problems won't show up again on the other motors. 
• We now have 62 motors ready and we're waiting to get a controller and to be shipped. Production will start again on August, the 28th . 200 controllers are in progress and will be delivered within the end of the month. 
•  We made a video about the installation. By now is only in Italian and we're going to make the English version as soon as Irene will be back. The link to the video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE3YVf88Su0 
•  We made a test day in Italy, last weekend, pictures are on our Facebook page.

BEST ebike kit test drive in Trentino

•  And we made some video of the  BEST 749W climbing steep hills. Hope you'll enjoy that.

• At the end of the month we'll be at Eurobike and we're now preparing everything for that.​

All the Best,
Matteo.