Good evening all,
Just joined and thinking of electrifying my trusty 1991 Shogun mtb - pic attached. Hopefully the tea leafs will leave a gopping pink bike alone!!
I spend the summer boating on the canals and rivers in Europe and only transport is a cycle. Towpaths are easy being flat, but of course it is often hilly to towns and I'd like to venture further. Travel radius currently is about 10 miles. I'd like to extend that to 30 miles.
Shogun has triple chainring 28-38-48, 7 speed cassette 12-28, combined shifter / cable brakes and weighs 16kg.
From reading this and other websites, it seems that crank drive may be the way to go, especially with hills. Although the Pedelec guide is not so certain. But perhaps for a first go, a front hub drive kit? And thinking of kits from Woosh, which seem to be pretty keenly priced and the bits will all work together. Or have I missed something?
I am pretty mechanically minded and handy.
So a few questions that I haven't been able to find answers for:
1. Does the BBS01 crank drive torque sense?
2. Is it feasible to dismantle the supplied brake lever sensors and transplant the bits into my current combined shifter/levers? I have a number of small neodymium magnets that I can attach to the brake levers.
3. How much drag is there from a front hub motor and cd motor when in human pedal mode?
4. The Woosh Krieger, crank drive, had a couple of interesting comments - good for hills but not if you don't pedal fast!
5. And can I mount the water bottle carrier on top of the battery??
So a bit of a quandary??
Any thoughts / advice gratefully received. Thanks.
Just joined and thinking of electrifying my trusty 1991 Shogun mtb - pic attached. Hopefully the tea leafs will leave a gopping pink bike alone!!
I spend the summer boating on the canals and rivers in Europe and only transport is a cycle. Towpaths are easy being flat, but of course it is often hilly to towns and I'd like to venture further. Travel radius currently is about 10 miles. I'd like to extend that to 30 miles.
Shogun has triple chainring 28-38-48, 7 speed cassette 12-28, combined shifter / cable brakes and weighs 16kg.
From reading this and other websites, it seems that crank drive may be the way to go, especially with hills. Although the Pedelec guide is not so certain. But perhaps for a first go, a front hub drive kit? And thinking of kits from Woosh, which seem to be pretty keenly priced and the bits will all work together. Or have I missed something?
I am pretty mechanically minded and handy.
So a few questions that I haven't been able to find answers for:
1. Does the BBS01 crank drive torque sense?
2. Is it feasible to dismantle the supplied brake lever sensors and transplant the bits into my current combined shifter/levers? I have a number of small neodymium magnets that I can attach to the brake levers.
3. How much drag is there from a front hub motor and cd motor when in human pedal mode?
4. The Woosh Krieger, crank drive, had a couple of interesting comments - good for hills but not if you don't pedal fast!
5. And can I mount the water bottle carrier on top of the battery??
So a bit of a quandary??
Any thoughts / advice gratefully received. Thanks.