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Given my bike is rigid the weight can hardly be considered unsprung and is a mid drive on the pedal crank significantly lower than the axle line? Hardly. The 90kg bloke sat on top the saddle would trump any adverse effect on handling a 3kg hub would have! :) With a front hub you can still choose...

Hi Paul, Mid drive kits certainly have some advantages and driving through the bike's transmission is one of them. For me the ability to quickly convert the bike back to standard spec was important, hence the hub choice.The two speed option on the Xiongda will hopefully give it the hillclimbing...

Thanks Trex and Neal for your help. I looked carefully at the Oxydrive and the Bafang, both of which looked good but in the end I decided the twin speed Xiongda was the closest fit to what I was looking for and ordered a 250w front wheel unit via eBay from Panda. I'll try the kit out next week...

Hello all, My name is Rob and I live in Shropshire which, if you're not familiar with the terrain, is extremely hilly! My partner Margaret moved here four years ago and are reasonably fit although we are happy to get the mountain bikes out and head for the hills for a day out we don't use our...