Phil Fouracre

Great story! I think your last sentence sums it up for me and our experiences, with converted bikes. Why on earth worry about being ‘perceived as lazy’ what’s that got to do with anybody, just enjoy

Dan Hi, wanted to speak to you re having test ridden bikes, can you post contact details please

Hi, we were looking at the Delite GT and the Homage. Coincidentally we were thinking of coming up to you! as soon as possible, thinking we would look at the weather and aim for the first dry day!

Yup! Budget seems to be the main factor when buying these bikes

Thinking of treating ourselves, spectacularly! Anyone have any thoughts/experiences of these bikes?

Moira - I'd go for a conversion, as you've already got a reasonable bike, assuming that you like it. Have a look at Cyclotricity kits. I've done a couple of front wheel kits, and a couple of rears. Either would be suitable for your bike, really not very technical to, just follow the instructions

Sorry no spare! Afraid I made it sound more hi tech than it was! Just took the sensor off of the supplied mounting ring and bent a strip of thin aluminium into an L shape. Drilled the bottom of it to fit sensor and laid the back along the bottom of the frame, below the crank. Two zip ties, and job done

Made new brackets for ours, with lateral adjustment, probably the easiest way to go. Then you've got very fine adjustment - I reckon magnets would be OK, but, with a much bigger gap to fill?

Hi, just found this thread, haven't looked at this site for a while. I've fitted a couple of Cyclotricity front wheel kits, and a couple of rears on full suss mtbs, despite Cyclotricity saying that they weren't sure they would work! Both were successful, although I had to do some mods, so I sympathise with your problems. If I'd seen it earlier I would have made a couple of suggestions that might have helped I had the same problems with battery size, and not enough space in the frame, went for a Topeak seat post carrier dismantled it and fitted the battery on that, worked great. Machined out the magnetic disc to fit over the shoulder of the pedal, and resined it in position, you might find that the gap between the sensor and disc is too great, mine's about 1mm. Don't know which freewheel you have, but, I fitted the ones they supplied, which were 7 speed, didn't really appreciate the importance of loosing the two highest gears. Binned that after a very short time! And bought a couple of Sunrace 9 speed free wheels on the net, what a difference! Had to make spacers though, to allow freewheel to work correctly. Hope you get everything working satisfactorily, got to agree that it is definitely 'a learning curve'! Fun though. Almost forgot: had a bit of problem on first, front wheel kits, not knowing about torque arms, almost managed to spread the dropouts!! Nasty surprise - saved when I had a trawl around the net, found out all about them, and ended up buying them from Panda bikes, would never fit any motor without them. Put two on each motor, ott, but......!