Bonjour from Mulhouse, France !

TL,DR : I bought a very old Flyer C8, and I don't really know how to use it.

Until today, I was riding a rental ebike, for a rather small fee, due to my city concil's help. But some %§#@&X... decided that the monthly fee would go up 20% and, if I want to save a few pennis, I can choose a yearly rental plan and pay 550 euros (ca. USD 640) right on the spot !!!

So tomorrow, I'll give them back their bike and cancelled the rental contract.

And I bought a second-hand ebike. An old one. I mean an OOOOOOOLD one. I only found out on the Flyer's website that it is older than 2015 (their support archives only go back 2015). But it was less than USD200 on Le Bon Coin (a kind of french Craig's List), available less than 15 miles from my place,, so I jumped in.

From what I saw on the internet (an on the keyring's tag), it's a Flyer C8, made in Switzerland. An that is about everything I know about it.

To give you an idea of the age of the beast, here is the command panel :

Such high technology,.... scary, eh ? Even back in 2015, the Flyer ebikes had a panel with a small LCD screen, with current speed and battery state.

Mechanically, it's A-OK : brakes, transmission, wheels and tires, lighting,... I just had a couple of kilometers with it, I only had good surprises (but one). I might buy a new seat, softer for my big derrière, but that's basically all

Other pictures : https://kdrive.infomaniak.com/app/share/397067/c5eb88c1-c64d-4caf-8022-183cba27492c

OK, let's be honest, there is one hickup. And for that kind of price and age, that was not really a surprise. I began a charge cycle yesterday, I found it this morning with 5 LEDs on (100%, I guess), I rode for about 5 kilometers (3 miles ?) and the LEDs show it empty.

Of course, I'll buy a new one. It won't be an original Panasonic (USD 300-500), but a compatible one, made of pure chinesium, for a bit less than USD 100.

But I wrote all this to ask for the kind help of the good people of r/ebikes : I have no doc, not even an idea of the year it was built, not a clue about what the command panel LEDs are trying to tell me. Would anyone know where I could search ? Or, by miracle would there be an owner or former owner of a Flyer C8, here ?

Any ideas, information, suggestions will be more than welcome.

Take care, ride safe,

François.