Hi Everyone
I've been into cycling for many years, two years ago I bought my partner Jayne a really nice bike so that she could come with me when I go out for a ride. Unfortunately she had great difficulty keeping up, and even more trouble when she got to a hill. I decided that I should buy her an e-bike because she wasn't enjoying herself. The bike I bought her was a Synergie Mistral, she loves it, for the price it's a fantastic machine. The trouble is I couldn't keep up with her now going up hill, and was left behind, sweating and straining trying to catch up. I decided it was time for me to get an e-bike too, I did however, not want to get rid of my current bike, which is a Giant rock se, and I like it very much. I have been looking into my options for converting it to an e-bike, I have now converted it and I love it. I did the conversion in an unusual way however, on Ebay I saw a machine called an Upland 26, this machine is a cheap chinese import. It has a front hub motor which I found out was a Tongxin(Nano motor), the battery a 36v 9ah Ni-MH located in the rear wheel hub, the controller located on a rear luggage carrier, and a twist grip throttle. I reckoned that I could transplant all this onto my Giant, which I did with ease, the Upland 26 cost me £299 plus £20 p&p, that's cheap! The best thing is that it not only goes really well, but it's the neatest conversion I've seen. The battery isn't as good as the lithium ion in the Synergie, but it's not bad either. Why not visit our website
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