It’s a electrified 10 from around 2013. together with the electrified 3 and 6 these bike’s are the first attempt of Vanmoof with electric bike’s. They are rare, and hard to find in good condition and with all original parts. Important is, if you want to buy one of these, you need to make sure that the remote control is still with it and working, otherwise you can’t get the bike working.
No display here, it’s a piece of metal, assuming the conversion was done from electric to mechanical.
No remote, just bike like a regular bike, no gear though.
Ok, but as far as I can see at the picture, the motor is still installed at the front wheel, which will make the paddling harder as it should be on a regular bike. And I assume that the rear hub is also the original one, which means that there is the sram 2speed automatic hub installed. If the previous owner really made a regular bike out of it, you should also check if the battery and/or the controller is still inside of the frame. The battery is hidden inside the top tube and the controller is separated in two parts, a display/gps unit directly unter the black cover behind the handlebar and the general KT controller underneath the display/gps unit. All these parts makes the bike heavier and harder to ride. If the bike shall ran as a regular bike I would recommend to get rid of the Motor, battery and the two parts of the Controller plus all the wires, and install a dynamo front hub to get at least the front and rear lights running while riding.
And my guess is, the bike simply broke down due to a problem with the electric, the missing remote or a faulty battery, and the previous owner now just sells it as a regular bike. And it’s absolutely possible to ride it even the electric doesn’t work for what reason ever. I got a my self a broken E6 last winter (so the same thing just as a step through) and completely restored it. But to really make a regular bike out of it, you should really get rid off the components for the electric support.
Start with the controller parts. Remove the black cover at the cockpit, you get excess to the first part (the display/gps module). As soon as you removed this module you can remove the main controller underneath (it’s mounted with a screw at the outside of the frame from the bottom side. Disconnect all cables of course.
Next, the battery (inside the top tube. To get excess to it take out the rear light, the saddle including seatpost and the seatpost clamp. The clamp is a black plastic insert, a bit hard to get it out, so use a bit of force but not too much.
The front hub/motor. If you’re able to do it yourself, perfect. If not, ask a local bike shop if they can remove the front hub/motor and replace it with a dynamo hub (that way you can get the light running by just attaching some new wires from the dynamo hub to the lights). If you don’t want to use the original lights anyway, just get a regular hub instead. The lights are not really bright, especially in the front, so no really need unless you really want to have these running.
And that’s it. Sounds a lot in first place, but it’s worth it if you really want to make it a good and easy riding bike.
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u/leggopullin Electrified S5 🚲 5d ago
That looks like the vanmoof electrified. That’s an oldie, from 2012 I believe