Modest kit for wife and child for light riding in hills of Cornwall

Alaskan3

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I want a kit for my wife's Dawes discovery. It's got a toddler on the back so a front wheel would work okay i think. She cycles 3 miles to work and occasional 5 - 10 mile rides around town with hills here and there. What should we buy?
 
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This is what we (my wife and I) use for our small person transportation. It's quite hilly around here (Brighton and Hove) so the mid-drive really helps with it's torque delivery to aid easy climbing.
It does approx. 40-50 miles between charges. 0-9 levels of assist.
On the back carrier rack is the latest 'Quibble' seat we got from Netherlands, recently upgraded from a Co-pilot that he grew out of.
It's a pretty much go anywhere, do anything vehicle. Sometimes we take the off-road' route and he loves getting stuck into a bit of single track work ;)
 

D8ve

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It's a BBS01 above. Quite adaptable and frugal out of the box.
Tweet it and it's fairly powerful as well. but I stuck to 3 speed and factory settings so far. And it's legal too, even though it's easy to derestrict.
Range is battery and ride style dependant but with a max of 30 miles required it would be a surprise if you flattened a 10ah battery. But as always bigger battery's are recomended
 
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Alaskan3

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Thanks both! I see the benefits of torque in the mid drive variety. Are they simple to install? Not that cheap either, so I wonder if buying an actual ebike would be more affordable as the current bike was only £65 used and wi. the cycle to work scheme I guess we could get a 30% savings.
 
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