Smaller battery options

[Jeremy Hayward]

I have a 24yr old Orange X1 full suspension MTB, that I love, but my age (61) and health (on chemo) means that if I'm going to get my fitness back, I need some help. I can fit a Bafang mid drive to the bike, but the standard Bafang battery options won't fit, as the frame shape means I only have about 25cm of straight downtube (it's an odd shape), and I'd struggle with the battery on the seatpost rack, and can't fit a rack mount in the conventional sense as it's a URT. So, I need a smaller battery - no problem with reduced capacity, as I doubt I'll be going very far - longest regular journey about ten miles to work, and I can re-charge at work. Luna Cycles in the USA advertise (but cannot actually supply) a thing called the Wolf Pup battery which looks ideal, but is there anything available, and available in the UK that would do the job?

 

[budsy]

Hi Jeremy,
Hopefully someone comes onto help u in this matter as i cant as im new
and looking into e bikes for now ..

 

[Woosh]

Is this your bike?

You can fit a small frog battery below the downtube like this:

 

[Jeremy Hayward]

It is! That does look plausible, I'd need to check clearance with suspension compressed with me at my normal weight as I'm 9kg light at the moment (chemotherapy is the ultimate slimming drug).

I think I'm forming a plan now... just need to get my immediate health issues behind me, and then I'm good to go. Many thanks for going to the trouble of modelling it for me.

 

[Scorpio]

Hi Jeremy,

I'm new to all is but something like the compact battery below might work for you? https://www.swytchbike.com/

 

[Jeremy Hayward]

Now looking at the Tongseng torque sensing kit, as I think it will fit neater on the bike and it will allow me to mount the small frog battery lower and so away from any chance of touching the front wheel when the fork compresses fully (unlikely at my age - 61).