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Thanks, regarding the Battery, I guess having had a good bike nicked in the pass from the centre of a busy town I'm a little cautious as when there's a will there's away and those battery look a little fiddly to remove, but although locked I'd be concerned a determined thief with a crow bar could get the case off fairly easy to flog the cells on ebay. I'm probably just over cautious, though having lost a 2K bike that was very securely locked and in a very visible location. Interesting information on the mid drive, hadn't thought about a lot of that. when you say you have to be in the right gear what does that mean compared to a hub motor? I assume you select the right gear a bit like you would if cycling normally as the motor would need to work less (although you'd go slower). Is this not the case for both solutions? does a hub motor have more torque than a mid drive? As I think this through I'm thinking that what you are saying is that the hub motor just turns the wheel at an RPM related to whatever power is fed in by what ever power control mechanism is installed. I guess this bit would be similar with a mid drive, but then the mid drive would transfer that energy to the rear wheel via a chain so although the chain/pedals might go at a standard cadence the rear wheel would only rotate at an RPM based on which chain rings were being used. So in some ways closer to normal cycling? thanks again for all your advice.

Thanks really appreciate the quick response. Is there away to book mark your message so I can find it easily in 6m time if I want to look in more detail at your shop? I will try the search. Funny how it always comes down to google. Will also keep in mind your suggestion about the rear hub. 17amh battery sound fairly useful as well. But I guess the other requirement will be the easy and quick release nature. For security reasons Im also thinking possibly mid drive motor. so my logic with both is as the yobs who steal bikes learn more they will start realising the motor and battery is the most valuable bit. so being able to take the battery off easily is key hence getting a Swytch kit to start as all the key electrics are integrated in an easy to remove battery. With hub motors long term I’d be concerned that a) the wheel will be trashed if they try to steal it ( looking at broken bikes I see at the station) b) as in the uk, we are seeing a massive growth of hub motors particularly the deliverroo uber eats bikers. Most I see have large 500w motors which aren’t street legal in uk and a lot cycle like idiot so the police start looking out for hub motors with a tendency to use it as an excuses to pull people over for other reasons. Mid motors are less obvious

Hi all first of all I’m dyslexic so apologies to the quality of my writing. I’ve been follwing electric bike tech from a far for a while now and have just made the leap in and have a Swytch kit arriving shortly. I see this as a baby step and a learning experience as with my basic grasps of physics it’s going to be under powered for my needs. So first of all can someone explaine how tos search forums so only the key words I use return results ( ie if I use the words England. Bike fork only a thread with those 3 words appears. I tend to get results that have one of those words sich means I get 1000s of results... I know this isn’t forum specific but I’m old so need to understand the basics. My plan is to use the swych kit as a learning experience and then build my perfect daily bike. When I say bike my interest is only in it being a form of getting from a to b with the least physical effort. I hate cycling in the context of a roady. I was one of the original bmx boys doing all the quarter pipe stuff and frankly scared of going any where bumpy trail as my brain will think I’m 14 again but my body , eyes and reactions arent lol. So with that in mind after this kit I plan to build my own steel machine with as much comfort in it as possible. Thinking cow horns as well to reall go back to my youth. But it will be heavy as will add everything you. Ishtar need to stay as dry and carry shopping etc. I’m also still 6’4 and 18st/130kg/240 lb. so that is a huge mass to push around. I plan. Due to the power limits in the uk I’m looking at having a huge battery Amp wise to keep up near that nominal 250w limit so will be looking to find help. I guess as well is there a way to find like minded people in your area? I guess doing this for your self can save lots of cash, particularly if you can spread the costs over a few people for 3d printers Sport welders etc. so not much to ask :-) I’m in the UK in Berkshire if relevant . thanks