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Any simple and cheap way of adapting the brake sensors on standard flat bar brake levers to work on a road/gravel bike type brake lever? I have a spare set of standard ebike brake levers anyone modified basic road brake levers to accept them? The road brake levers I have in mind are not brifters...

I would definitely look at the reviews on the Decathlon site especially the reviews that were written after a longer time of ownership. There are many reviews of failing bikes. One report of the chain wearing out after 300 miles which initially Decathlon would not replace under warranty. Also...

25p in every £ for cycling in the UK is spent in Halfords and that could represent as much as 40% of all bikes sold. In fact there are more bikes sold in Halfords than the whole independent bike shop sector. The average price of a bike sold in the UK is about £380 including ebikes. You have to...

There is a very good video by Grin themselves that help explain why many people fall into a trap using that calculator and come to the wrong conclusions and also clearly state how motor efficiency is not that important because it doesn't vary that much between each motor system if used...

No way with all the complexity of the internal gearing of a mid-drive motor and then the external derailleur based chain system will you get high efficiency I totally accept the high rpm of a mid-drive internal motor can give some efficiency boosts in how the power is delivered but you have to...

That is a very good site with a lot of useful data too about various battery cells. Thanks.

I had a look at that but didn't know what values to put in to replace the 97% value to the correct figure for mid-drive on that page. It clearly wouldn't be 97% but how are you meant to work out what to put there? None of that is relevant though to my point as I'm not arguing for hub efficiency...

I just defaulted to looking at aliexpress. Which UK warehouse do you use?

So you believe despite the hub motor having a reputation for being less effective climbing hills compared to a mid-drive motor and using far less watts it still uses more power going up hill? Take for example a direct drive hub motor, it has no moving parts at all, no cogs within the hub and no...

I've seen them about but 250W and 350W seem far more common but then I'm in the UK and 250W is the legal requirement and 350W is perhaps acceptable to many and looks pretty much like the 250W versions and I guess mechanically often is the same with only the controller being different.

I had a look at the BAK cell and it looks decent although prices seemed higher than I was expecting but I think that is just the typical increase of such parts, perhaps a little while ago prices would have been more competitive. I sort of wonder if the companies on Aliexpress that claim Samsung...

Surely mid-drive chews through batteries more quickly on hills. A typical Bosch motor may have peak consumption of 700-800 watts on a hill where as a 250W hub motor peaks at far less on hills maybe 400-500W. Hub motors are less efficient because many people set them to a high assistance level...

Halfords have lots of great ebikes and some fantastic prices but Halfords service can vary, might be worth checking our reviews for your local Halfords on google maps. I've always had good service from Halfords myself but there are some horror stories. However factor in 25p in ever £ in the UK...

I notice many lower cost ebikes are using more basic Chinese cells and people are reviewing such bikes quite positively. Are there now recognised Chinese brands that do a decent basic cell? If not 18650 perhaps 21700? We aren't talking high end performance here just a good quality reliable cell...

That makes sense. I remember seeing a video of the Bafang factory admittedly a few years old but the hub motors were bought in for final assembly and testing by Bafang. I'll see if I can find it. I watched a few videos at the time and it seemed like Bafang were buying in the hubs and doing the...

Just looking for anyone who recognises it. It came with a generic manual and nothing really that gives any spec for the hub itself. It has a fairly standard KT36 controller with a 11A rating and seems nicely made. Just wondered if anyone knew/recognised the factory for the hub motor or full spec...

If you scroll down on that Decathlon page it says 100kg total load including bike weight, accessories. luggage etc. So leaves about 80kg for the rider and I guess any ebike conversion would take a chunk of that too depending on the kit you use. Many bikes have a 120kg rider rating with up to...

My point is many have posted comments previously about Cube being a high quality German product with perceived extra quality when in fact they are mainly an importer who buy from quite low end factories in the far east which is information very easy to find online...

I've been critical of Cube bikes but mainly because sometimes pricing is uncompetitive for the spec and there has been obviously better bikes available for less etc. Ultimately though if that is the best deal you can get then that is the best option. My point is mainly most brands are just...

I think you have to look at the products themselves with regard engineering. There is very little to go wrong with a direct drive motor hub and they are typically very overbuilt and heavy however some are coming out of fairly basic Chinese factories but still overall a very reliable and simple...