Help! Choosing a Conversion Kit

nikjones9

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Hi Everyone, this is my first post on this site and I was just hoping for some advice. I have a nice bike that I would like to convert into an ebike I will be using it both on-road and off-road. I was really excited when I came across the yose power kit after reading about it on this website. For £353 you get an integrated controller in the battery, LCD display and it looked perfect! I went to order one and they cant deliver to the UK anymore because of brexit. They said they might get some in on there ebay store in 1-2 months but no guarantee. I was just wondering if anyone knew of any other kits that could compare to this or if I should just wait out for it to come back into stock?

Many thanks

Nick
 

sjpt

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Woosh are very good, https://wooshbikes.co.uk/?kits
but they are a bit more expensive than Yose.

You'll probably find Yose are quite a bit more by the time they sort of the export to UK thing, and if you have issues (especially returns) that will be complicated with the absurd new regulations.
 

vfr400

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Cheap kits are cheap for a reason. All kits work, and most are better than not having one, but if you have a nice bike and want it to be nice after you convert it, it's worth getting a kit that does what you want rather than what's cheap.

If you want specific advice, you should show a picture of your actual bike and provide details about what performance characteristics you're looking for.
 
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Scorpio

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Hi Nick, I have a Yose kit (bought last June for about £350, prices had jumped to over £400 by Christmas due to lockdown demand).
It has been great for me as my first Ebike but I have since converted from Yose to system made by KT.
If I was buying again I'd prefer to buy a "current controlled" system (such as KT) rather than the "speed controlled" system (such as Yose) but it's not critical.
Look around, there are a few UK based suppliers who get good reputations on here.

Some links :
Yose on Ebay stopped selling to UK and opened a new "UK only" Ebay account, limited stock for now but it's growing https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/qx-official-eshopuk/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

See the links in the second post for info about Yose & KT systems https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/yose-350-rear-hub-kit-transplanted-onto-scott.40186/

Have fun