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Why not a petrol kit if your not taking the bike onto the road? Cheaper? .

pswpower now has motor only akm 100 from Germany for £71 including delivery. https://www.pswpower.com/products/electrical-bicycle-e-bike-motor-mxus-36v-250w-350w-48v-500w-high-speed-brushless-gear-hub-motor-front-rear-cassette-wheel-drive-xf07-xf08-xf08c-%C2%A0xf15f-337

Oiling and greasing the cables worked for me lately. I had a similar problem with my left knee some time ago when changing gear in my car and a new clutch cable made all the difference.

Below is a bike I converted recently. I would say its possibly older that yours as it came originally with cantilever brakes which I changed to V brakes in the front and fitted a disk brake on the rear motor hub. I had to make a custom bracket/plate to accommodate the disc brake caliper and...

I bought a Pendleton Somerby for my daughter a few years ago. It came flat-packed almost assembled except for the usual pedals, front wheel and front mudguards which needed some light assembly. (The motor was on the rear wheel). The front wheel was a regular bolt on type 700c wheel. So I would...

Has your bike a 'walk assist' function. i.e. by pressing one of the display buttons, the bike will move forward at a slow speed (6 km/hr) and at low power without the need to pedal. If this 'walk assist' works but the pedal assist function does not, this is a strong indication that the pedal...

The european standard EN15194 is as far as I know is not a legal requirement from the riders point of view. But I think if a retailer sells a bike ( or kit) and claims that it complies with the EN15194 (2017) standard, then as far as I can see, the following is suppose to apply.

I noticed on the last two hub motor kits I fitted, the spokes are not interlaced at all, leaving a gap at the crossover. On all kits I have fitted so far, the spokes needed checking/tightening several times before they bedded in.

Some people, myself included, find running a smaller wheel at the back makes the bike more comfortable. I did this initially with fitting an ordinary 26 mtb with a rear 24 creating whats sometimes called a'mullet'. Presently I run a Carrera Vengence (27.5) with a 26 rear motor wheel and...

I cant answer your question. I think it was the case that when supplying a new bike, there was a responsibility on the trader to make sure the bike was correctly up to some BS safety standards etc but this did not apply to secondhand bikes as discussed below. I dont know where fitting a new...

I think when you ask 'How Legal is a kit......', you need to distinguish between 1.Legal to Manufacture 2. Legal to retail/sell (business or private / domestic or import, new/used etc.) and 3. Legal to own/use on private land etc 4. Legal to use on a public road. etc....etc

I have that on the 1 to 5 controller cable. It red and it comes out of the harness in the other direction to the other plugs and its for a front light that came with the kit.

A 2mm m10 washer generally converts the plentiful budget 6 speed version into the 7 speed. Try your LBS as complete wheels/bikes are often dumped. Note that there are possible other size diameter versions of 26 wheel. The usual mountain bike version has 559 in the description. New wheel below...

I even think it may be useful to go further and divide hub motors into three categories. 1. Direct drive motors. (Heavy) 2. Geared hub motors with single stage reduction e.g. 4.4 : 1 or 5:1 (Light) 3. Geared hub motors with two stage reduction e.g 10.5 : 1 akm 128H @201rpm (very light)

If I may add something else into the conversation, the above bike has an expensive SRAM PG-1210 Eagle, 12-speed, 11-50t setup which will be expensive to maintain for a commuter during the winter. Ideally you need a chainguard for winter riding but with a hub motor you can get away without one...

Also Woosh has the stronger/heavier Camino (15Ah) bike for £999. https://wooshbikes.co.uk/?camino

Woosh bikes are doing the 'Faro' complete with disc brakes,mudguards and rack at the moment for 699 pounds for 8Ah battery version. https://wooshbikes.co.uk/?faro https://wooshbikes.co.uk/

I wonder would just an ordinary low rpm motor work for you as the power naturally tapers down at about 20Km/hr due to back EMF. I fitted one of the original (210 rpm) Yose 250W front and it worked like that and is broadly similar to what is modeled below. You could experiment with the model by...

If you have a disk brake, I would be inclined to go the normal 2 cross (for 26 with smaller geared motors) as there is a lot of torque/tangential force which is taken by the spokes under heavy braking. (The closer the spokes are towards being radial, the more they try to wind themselves around...

I am using the KT LCD 3 display which gives a power reading.