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The Bosch range calculate will probably over estimate a bit as its for a mid drive motor. Hubs tend to setup to run until they hit a certain cut off speed vs a mid drive that measures torque and applies assist as needed. So for hubs the range is typically less, at least all three of mine have...

According to strava I’m about 60% ebike and 40% clockwork bike of my total miles. I’m training for the c2c later this year so I’m using the clockwork to train fitness and hills and for distance I’m using the ebike. both are gravel bikes so other than the assist the bikes are very similar...

I had a 500wh cube touring hyrbid exec. This is the same bike as the Kathmandu but with the gen 3 motor. I sold it due to weight. It was 27kg unlaiden and lifting it over stuff was a nightmare. It had a superb range though. I only ever had to ride it unassisted once and even with the 12...

I have a cheap gtech for shop and lock duties. £500 2nd hand and it has a small 1.4kg bottle battery which I clip off and carry. Once the batteries off it’s worth £250 at most. Cable brakes, no fancy lights, or kit that can be scavenged. No gears on it either so low maintenance. Even so I...

That's by design on the Orbea. The idea is to assist and they assume a decent level of fitness. My Fazua boardman ADV is the same. Unless you set it to rocket mode, you need to put some work in and I come back tired and sweaty after a 30-40mile ride. That's fine though as I wanted a bike for...

Thats based on my own experience with the Yose and Gtech electrics. Both just plug together and you don’t need to know anything about the electrics really. The controllers are part of the battery mount on both. Pretty much plug and play, or erm ride! I’d never touched a bike mechanically...

I’ve done two DIY hub conversions and bought two 2k+ name brand ebikes trying to find my ideal bike. The name brand Bosch/cube, Fazua/Boardman mid drive bikes I bought are better than the DIY bikes. Better range, better ride, nicer in nearly every way. But… they both cost around 2.5k...

All the rear wheel hub kits I've seen are for QR/skewer style axels. My Boardman MTX was QR too. If the bike is using a through axel you'll have probs. TBH though for an enduro bike that's more mid drive territory anyways as you'll need lots of torque at low cadence. I'd be looking at the...

Hi I did take more pictures. If you send me a PM I can send them to you. I actually re-did the conversion after a while using a Yose rear wheel hub kit off ebay for £350. In some ways its a better conversion as you don't need to swap out the bottom bracket or mess with the front chain ring...

Word of warning, the trail destroyer comes with Suntour XCM 120mm coil forks. These forks are utter utter rubbish and are not fit for mtb purposes. I am 90kg and with them set on the lowest setting with my full weight on them they move about 20mm. So they offer literally no suspension at...

I have retro fitted a gtech v1 controller and bb speed sensor to a geared boardman mtx bike. Pedal and speed are not in direct proportion. I am sure the gtech setup measures cadence speed as on my bike the assist cuts off at a different speed depending on the gear it’s in. Depending on gear...

Does anyone know if there is a controller out there that can be setup like the Gtech controller? The Gtech BB sensor and controller is pretty smart. It varies the current and max speed by cadence. When you first pedal it gives full power but as the pedals speed up the power drops off. The...

The control panel in the pic is the ezego version of 500c display used on the bafang kits. Ezego supply two versions of the display. A mono chrome one and a colour version. Unfortunately the cheaper Bafang colour 500c display has a slightly different plug so you need to buy the colour display...

Enjoy . If it’s anything like my ezego TD, it’ll go around the planet on l3 and below. It’s only l4 and 5 where it eats battery. Not sure if you’re on it already but there’s an ezego Facebook group too.

All finished, single front crank on and wiring tidied up.

Chain back on and rear gears setup. As I suspected the front double crank set is no good now, the Gtech BB has pushed it too far out. I can use the smaller ring but the outer has a bad chain line. I have a single crank set on order so will be ditching the front mech and going 1x. Still its...

The motor wheel arrived today. A few hiccups as its my first time building up a wheel. Had to modify my cassette tool to go over the wiring on the electric wheel and getting the tyre onto it required a large vocab of swear words! Not complaining though as it fitted the bike fine and a bench...

The Gtech Speed sensor BB arrived today. I tested it on our V1 Gtech City to check it works and its compatible. Once that was done I installed installed it on the boardman. It went smoothly, the only problem was getting the old bottom bracket out, which required a breaker bar and a lot of...

Between COVID and Brexit its hard getting hub motor wheels imported. Most the sites I looked at were either not delivering to the UK, had long delivery times (months) or stupidly high postage costs making it unviable :-(. I've managed to find one now though, Chinese motor still but UK stock.

Back Story: I already have an eMTB. My daughter has a Gtech City which she loves. Just before xmas I bagged an ebay bargain, Boardman MTX 8.8 hybrid, but every time I go out I just end up using the Ezego as I like the idea of having the electric assist. I really like the boardman though...