Haven't seen these folks mentioned here before... dunno anything about them but they seem to have quite a selection of ebikes and conversion kits too:
http://baycyclesports...

Bay Cycle and Sports
980 BROCK ROAD S., PICKERING, ON L1W-2A3
Phone: 905-837-1433 Fax: 905-837-1434
Mon-Fri 10-8, SAT 9-6, SUN 10-4 Closed Holidays











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I'm still continuing my research for a traditional bike style ebike and spent some time at Bay Cycle in Pickering yesterday, and wanted to relay my experience there. Spoke for quite a while with John, who was very knowledgeable and passionate about ebikes. I took a ride on a Slipstream, he answered all my questions about conversion kits and in fact gave me a tour of his ebike workshop area. He's got quite the setup, with decent bench space, parts everywhere, five or six converted bikes sitting there, and a couple (not ones built from their kits) in for repair (one a scooter-style).

He spoke about how they have been testing many different motors, controllers and batteries. I saw the battery testing setup in action, a bench with a charger and a large load, going through charge-discharge cycles with battery stats recorded once a minute. He told me he is hoping to set up some new space dedicated to ebike retail and a bigger ebike workspace. They also have a partnership with Power In Motion out of Calgary for coverage of North America between them, which I also found online.

Bottom line, it was a very positive experience for me, and clearly they are serious about ebikes (at least traditional bike-style ones; I don't know if scooter-style is in their future, it didn't come up).

By way of disclosure, I have no connection to Bay Cycle (or Power in Motion) at all; I'm just grateful for the time John spent with me and thought my experience might be useful info for others in the eastern GTA.