September 16, 201312 yr Your bottle battery should easily do the 20 mile round trip. You need to think about how to do your brake cut-offs if you have hydraulic brakes. You'll either have to make your own switches or "T" in one of those Magura hydraulic switches that cost about £30. Another solution is to swap the rear hydraulic caliper for a cable one. It's a shame to put a kit like that on such a nice bike like that.It deserves better. There's nothing wrong with your kit. but it would have been much nicer with a rear cassette motor and a high power bottle battery. I could have sold you a a nice kit with cassette motor and LCD display very cheaply if you'd asked first. I've got three motors left if anybody's interested. See the classified section.
September 17, 201312 yr Author Hi Ray, Are the front forks made from steel ? If not, will they be strong enough for a front hub motor? Hi rustic. I'm not sure if they are steel or alloy but I have been told by 2 different e bike dealers that my forks will be fine. They are suntour forks similar to the ones on the cyclotricity revolver and stealth. Failing that though if they aren't any good then I can get another pair of forks cheap enough. My friends father owns a bike shop and always stripping bikes down to sell the parts.
September 17, 201312 yr Author Your bottle battery should easily do the 20 mile round trip. You need to think about how to do your brake cut-offs if you have hydraulic brakes. You'll either have to make your own switches or "T" in one of those Magura hydraulic switches that cost about £30. Another solution is to swap the rear hydraulic caliper for a cable one. It's a shame to put a kit like that on such a nice bike like that.It deserves better. There's nothing wrong with your kit. but it would have been much nicer with a rear cassette motor and a high power bottle battery. I could have sold you a a nice kit with cassette motor and LCD display very cheaply if you'd asked first. I've got three motors left if anybody's interested. See the classified section. Sorry d8veh, I didn't know you had any other wise I would have looked into them. I know what you mean about the front hub on a bike like that. I've seen Some really nice looking quality bikes with rear hubs and the cassette and brake disc hides it away nicely. I think for my first ebike though I will be happy with this one. I like the idea that if anything went wrong with my kit I can just get it sorted in one place rather than trying to remember where I go each bit from. I've sourced a motor cycle mechanical brake switch and I'm going to attach it to the bars and join it to the brake lever with a spring wire. I've seen a few videos on you tube of other people doing it and it looks quite easy. Just out of curiosity, would your LCD displays fit with the kit I bought and I so would you just sell the display on its own? Thanks in advance. Edited September 17, 201312 yr by ray74
September 17, 201312 yr The motorbike brake switch is a good idea. Which switch exactly will you use? Some are a bit bulky. If you also do a search on Endless Sphere for hydraulic brake switches, there's a few nice solutions, or if your brakes are such that you can screw on a bracket, you can take the switches out of your kit brakes and use them. I did that on my Rocky Mountain, and also, Amigafan's solution is very neat. Post#160 http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/9442-new-build-16.html Post#16 http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/12481-rocky-mountain-element-conversion-2.html My LCD displays can work with a number of different controllers, but my controllers can't work without the display, so I can't separate them.
September 17, 201312 yr Author No probs, I thought that might be the case with the controller. Those pics are a great idea. I didn't think of fixing them on like that but it looks really good so I will have to do something along those lines myself ( no pun intended ). I'm on endless sphere now having a look because the switch I got is I little longer than the ones shown in the pictures. I'll sort it one way or another. Thanks for the pics, I can picture how I can fix them on now without it looking a mess.
September 17, 201312 yr Author [ATTACH]6859.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]6859.vB[/ATTACH] If I've done this right you should see here a picture of my brake lever, I should be able to fix an hydraulic switch on to it like the pictures you posted earlier
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