FREE GUIDE TO THE FESTIVAL
USER MANUAL
RIDE REVOLUTION
Congratulations on your Michael
Blast “Maverick” electric bike
purchase. We believe our “Maverick”
bike is one of the coolest vintage
styled electric bikes on the streets
of New Zealand.
We know that you will have lots of fun riding
your bike but remember to read this manual
fully and always wear the right protective gear
to help you stay safe when riding this electric
bike.
If you have any concerns, questions or
suggestions then please contact Rev Bikes
on the link below.
www.revbikes.co.nz
We highly recommend you have your
“Maverick” assembled and checked over by a
qualied bicycle technician if you are unsure as
to how to assemble your electric bike, this way
you know it will operate perfectly as intended.
LIGHTDISPLAY
BATTERY COVERSEATREAR BRAKE
HUB MOTOR GEARS STAND PEDALCRANK FRONT BRAKE
CARTON CONTENTS
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
1 x Maverick Electric Bike
1 x Owner’s Manual
2 x Keys for Battery
1 x Battery Charger
1 x Multitool
Please Note: This manual is not intended as a detailed
service, repair or maintenance manual. Please seek
assistance from your dealer or a qualied bicycle technician
for service and repairs. To clarify, the name of this electric
bike in other countries is “Greaser”. Rev Bikes has the
approval of Michael Blast to change the name to ‘’Maverick”
for the New Zealand market.
Your bike has been pre-assembled and requires only just a few steps to get it ready for you to ride:
Open the box. Carefully lift the bike out of the box as the bike weighs 28kg. We recommend
that you seek help so that two people lift the Maverick from the inner cardboard box so as not
to damage the bike, nor cause a lifting strain to yourself. Alternatively, you can carefully cut the
cardboard to ‘expose’ the bike.
1. Remove the loose items and protective packaging around the bike.
2. Fit the handlebar using a 6mm hex key, remove the top half of the
handlebar clamp, locate the handlebar into the bottom half of the
handlebar clamp and ensure the cables are not in any way tangled with
the LCD display unit on the left-hand side of the bike. When sitting on the
bike looking forward, insert the top half of the handlebar clamp and install
the 4x6mm Hex head bolts, and initially tighten slightly while making sure
the top clamp is sitting evenly on the bottom handlebar clamp. Adjust the
handlebars to the desired angle and tighten the 4x6mm hex bolts rmly
so the bars do not move up or down when pressure is applied.
Do not adjust the handlebar settings when the hex bolts are rm
as this will result in damage to the handlebar.
3. Adjust the seat up or down by pulling the clamp handle away from the
seat post and loosen the clamp around the seat stem. Slide the seat
up or down to suit the rider. Once you have the preferred seat height,
gently tighten the clamp against the seat stem and move the clamp handle
inwards towards the seat post so it is held tight by the clamp. Make sure
the seat is not set above the maximum height marks on the seat post.
The pedals have been labelled “L” for the left and “R” for the right-hand
side. Attach and tighten them with a 15mm spanner turning anti clockwise.
HEX BOLTS
L
L
R
R
SEAT CLAMP
4.
Understand how your bike works before going for a ride:
Electric bikes are a relatively new means by which to achieve individual transportation.
There are three ways in which you can gain forward motion when riding your bike.
1.You do all the work. To achieve this, you select a pedal assist level of 0, and change
gears up and down according to the speed at which you wish to travel and the terrain
that you are riding over. A moderately t person can achieve a sustainable speed of 20
– 25 KPH over at ground when riding on a hard surface.
2. Shared work load. By using pedal assist levels of 1 – 5, the bike is gaining forward
motion through a combination of your pedalling activity and the hub motor. Once the
bike achieves a pre-set speed limit for the specic pedal assist level, the motor will no
longer contribute to the forward motion of the bike as you are pedalling fast enough to
maintain the speed setting. To gain support from the motor, you must either increase
the level of pedal assist, or reduce your level of pedalling.
3. Thumb throttle. Should your bike be tted with a thumb throttle, then provided the
LCD unit has been turned on, you do not need to pedal to gain forward motion, but
rather gently depress the throttle. Removing your thumb from the throttle will result in
power to the hub motor being disconnected.
Before taking your “Maverick” for your rst ride, think of a manual car. When you start,
you have the car in rst gear (the bike has 7 gears) and exert low pressure on the
accelerator (the bike accelerator, is the 5 levels of pedal assist, or the thumb throttle).
Similarly, you should start from a stationary position with the bike in 1st or 2nd gear
and a pedal assist level of 1, and increase the gear and pedal assist settings, as you gain
momentum.
Please note that the bike has a built-in safety feature, that cuts power to the
motor when the load on the bike battery is too high. This often occurs when
accelerating from a stationary position when the bike is in a high gear and has
a high pedal assist setting. Likewise, when biking up a hill, if the eort required
by the motor is too high, then the safety cut out will kick in. The best way to
over-come the power loss, is to use lower gears and a low pedal assist setting when
starting or biking up hills. Do not expect the bike to do all the work for you. Should you
experience power loss, restart the bike using the on o button attached to the LCD
unit. The best way to nd out how your bike operates using a combination of pedal
assist (or the thumb throttle) and gears, is to nd a nice big at open area and ride
around on pedal assist setting 1. As you pedal you will quickly learn when the bike
starts to lose power to the hub motor. This means you have reached the speed limit
for the pedal assist setting. By changing your pedal assist level to 2, (by depressing
the + button) you will feel the power of the hub motor kick in. When pedalling, the
crank has three points of contact for every rotation. If you stop pedalling, and in some
cases if you are pedalling too slow, then the power to the hub motor will stop. It is very
important when testing your bike, that you try using the thumb throttle to see how
this aects the bike while riding. If you need to stop in a hurry, then release the thumb
throttle rst and apply the rear brakes.
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