electric mountain bike

[mikal83]

here is her current bike that she likes quite a lot.
Guess a kit might be the way to go???

[stargazer30]

mikal83 said:

here is her current bike that she likes quite a lot.
Guess a kit might be the way to go???

Cheapest easiest would be a hub kit like a Yose, but that dropped top tube might stop you mounting the battery.

[Kes Arevo]

Are there no options for attaching battery to a pannier rack?
(I am ignorant of these kits)

[Senex]

Kes Arevo said:

Are there no options for attaching battery to a pannier rack?
(I am ignorant of these kits)

There certainly are options for a rear rack battery.

The bike in the picture even has rear rack mounting points. The wheel size looks like 700c.

Probably best not not fit a front wheel hub motor, aluminium suspension forks are not recommended for that.

A rear wheel hub kit would probably be the easiest option.

[stargazer30]

Senex said:

Kes Arevo said:

Are there no options for attaching battery to a pannier rack?
(I am ignorant of these kits)

There certainly are options for a rear rack battery.

The bike in the picture even has rear rack mounting points. The wheel size looks like 700c.

Probably best not not fit a front wheel hub motor, aluminium suspension forks are not recommended for that.

A rear wheel hub kit would probably be the easiest option.

Yeah but that means all the weight is on the rear. Your missus + battery+ hub motor. Ideally its best to get some of the weight forward. But it would be great for wheelies

[mikal83]

stargazer30 said:

mikal83 said:

here is her current bike that she likes quite a lot.
Guess a kit might be the way to go???

Cheapest easiest would be a hub kit like a Yose, but that dropped top tube might stop you mounting the battery.

£394!!!

[Senex]

stargazer30 said:

Yeah but that means all the weight is on the rear. Your missus + battery+ hub motor. Ideally its best to get some of the weight forward. But it would be great for wheelies

True but there are plenty of e-bikes like it.

[stargazer30]

mikal83 said:

stargazer30 said:

mikal83 said:

here is her current bike that she likes quite a lot.
Guess a kit might be the way to go???

Cheapest easiest would be a hub kit like a Yose, but that dropped top tube might stop you mounting the battery.

£394!!!

Yes cheap for an ebike kit. They have gone up though. I paid £320 for mine, full kit with 400wh battery and 250w rear hub motor.

[Senex]

stargazer30 said:

Cheapest easiest would be a hub kit like a Yose, but that dropped top tube might stop you mounting the battery.

Yup, dropped tube would not be easy to fit a downtube battery.

Yosepower list no rack mounted kits on eBay. However, they do have one on their own website but that particular kit appears to be in their German warehouse and they do not ship EU to non-EU i.e Germany to UK.

But, they do have rear racks with batteries AND kits with no battery in their UK warehouse, its all very confusing;

https://yosepower.com/collections/uk-shipping

Woosh do have complete rack kits though:

https://wooshbikes.co.uk/cart/#/category/uid-all

[mikal83]

stargazer30 said:

mikal83 said:

stargazer30 said:

mikal83 said:

here is her current bike that she likes quite a lot.
Guess a kit might be the way to go???

Cheapest easiest would be a hub kit like a Yose, but that dropped top tube might stop you mounting the battery.

£394!!!

Yes cheap for an ebike kit. They have gone up though. I paid £320 for mine, full kit with 400wh battery and 250w rear hub motor.

Is that enough juice for our bike?

[Kes Arevo]

mikal83 said:

Is that enough juice for our bike?

Depends how far you intend to go!

[mikal83]

Kes Arevo said:

mikal83 said:

Is that enough juice for our bike?

Depends how far you intend to go!

My Mrs......no more than max 10 miles in a day

[Kes Arevo]

mikal83 said:

My Mrs......no more than max 10 miles in a day

I would imagine that would be fine.

[defblade]

The battery could be mounted on the top tube of that bike - you'd just have to put all the rivnuts in, rather than using one or two bottle cage mounts - but (a) it might make getting on and off harder for her, and (b) it will look very cack.
I'd definitely go rack mount. Very easy to swap on to another bike in the future if desired, too.

[mikal83]

Looked at the yose online....and trying to compare with the swytch....power wise etc. Looking at reviews etc and they are all over the bloody place.

[defblade]

mikal83 said:

Looked at the yose online....and trying to compare with the swytch....power wise etc. Looking at reviews etc and they are all over the bloody place.

I sorta went off the Swytch, despite it being in pole position when I started looking at kits... the overall understanding I reached was that there was nothing particularly special about the battery, or about the motor or the wheel... the neat bit was their handlebar mounting system... which uses a proprietary contact/joining system for the battery and controls... and guess which bit people were having trouble with?
(Oh, and their odd "pre-order and it'll be the same price as a.n.other kit instead of stupid money" selling system)

Which is why I ended up at Whoosh. It would be possible to buy the bits separately and save some money, but the guarantee they would work fine together, and as it turned out Whoosh's advice, service and after sale support are well worth the little extra.