I like the 85TS kit because it helps keeping my muscles without sweating. It's also very nice to ride with.

You don't need more power unless you weigh 100kgs or live in Cornwall.

I like the 85TS kit because it helps keeping my muscles without sweating. It's also very nice to ride with.

Why haven't you invited [mention=16595]Katymac[/mention] over to your seaside resort to try one then?

Why haven't you invited [mention=16595]Katymac[/mention] over to your seaside resort to try one then?

I would but Katymac wants something chic.

I would but Katymac wants something chic.

After more than a year seeking a solution, I imagine [mention=16595]Katymac[/mention] would even accept a bike made of lightweight stale baguettes reinforced by encrusted cheese and particularly fibrous herbs, if it functioned as needed.

Edited June 22, 2025Jun 22 by guerney

"After more than a year seeking a solution, I imagine [mention=16595]Katymac[/mention] would even accept a bike made of lightweight stale baguettes reinforced by encrusted cheese and particularly fibrous herbs, if it functioned as needed."

 

Well yes, but I'm dairy free too (& it's closer to 3 years in all)

 

Ok today has been enlightening

 

Weight in the middle.changes parking and maneuvering so so much

 

Plus a bike shop that alters the seat without sighing and voluntarily alters the handle bars

 

I tried 4 and oddly the more powerful motors were less comfy - the handlebars adjustment made more difference than the motor size

 

This is interesting https://www.kalkhoff-bikes.com/en_gb/image-3-advance?color_combo=64686&ipmc_frame_shape=52206

 

But I'm back on Wednesday to try 3 more; I couldnhave tried them today but the motor on a moustache (sp?) cut out and I had to wheel it home using my spare energy

 

And tbh I think it's everything I said I didn't want - which makes me feel very stupid

 

 

The car door thing is an angle issue i think - we have a ford tourneo connect and the doors are heavy, my daughters car is easier

It would be useful to know if, in the course of your so far endless quest, you have tried the higher spec mid-drive motors, and whether, purely from an assistance point of view whilst riding, ignoring weight and balance when handling/lifting, they met your needs.

I'm not sure

 

I tried a trek and a cube the other day which weren't for me but I forgot to write down what they were

 

I tried several kalkhoff that had bigger motors but I didn't like them (although after he changed the handle bars I could ride the bigger one more easily but it wasn't great)

 

He didn't have a medium of the one I like (only a small) and he thinks I need medium

 

I'm going back to try a whisper and a moustache and a different karkhoff

 

That doesn't answer your question I'm sorry

Putting aside handlebars and so on, is the amount of help from the motor enough for you, and is the amount of effort you have to put in to get the help low enough for you, is what I'm asking.

 

If the motor aspect is capable of being suitable then changing bars and so on is all possible. If it isn't then that needs to be recognised.

I think so yes I rode up several small hills - I need to judge slightly bigger ones

 

But changing the handle bars changed my perception of riding on the initially bad bike making it almost acceptable

 

Whether that is "in my mind" or whether the change in my body position affected the power to my legs <shrugs>

 

I can't wait to see how changing the handlebars on the "I quite like this bike" goes

Flippin' heck love, I'm not being funny, but this thread is 15 pages, just buy a bike already . Another summer is passing you by.

Weight in the middle.changes parking and maneuvering so so much

My rule of thumb is I should be able to lift up my unpowered bike with one hand. I will then know for sure that I can load the bike in the back of my car on my own if I have to.

All factory made bikes are compromises, including the Crusa that you bought from me, especially on weight. I would therefore find a push bike that has as much quality that suits my need then fit the lightest kit to it.

A simple and cheap option is the 9.4kg Islabikes Jimi.

I have a similar Schwinn step through in Southend.

 

 

I reckon the 85TS kit from Tonghang would be a good candidate for your need.

Only 3 components to install: the motorwheel, the battery and the LCD. The motorwheel in this kit is state of the art as far as conversion kits go. Inside the cassette freehub body, the maker has integrated a torque sensor, a pedal assist sensor and a speedometer. This high degree of integration is the key to deploy this kit on high end bikes, even those with carbon frames and pressfit bottom brackets.

 

85TS wiring:

When the Fido 1st came out I tried a work colleagues. it was ok but I’m no fan of small wheelers. I bought a legal e-bike kit and 2nd hand specialized step thu and I couldn’t be happier with the set up. Even with the front conversion kit it only weighs in at 26 kg so can ride it on the flat without any assistance.

I was surprised to see this low step through Dahon Ciao TSDZ2 folding bike conversion by CH White or his son, and was reminded of this thread. If 20kg isn't too heavy and the wheels aren't too small. The motor is mounted upside down, a cadence sensored BBS01B could probably be installed the same way, or the TSDZ2 could be put into cadence sensing mode using OSF.

 

https://foldingbike.biz/epages/7665e38c-067c-4fa0-9037-afac2266f927.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/7665e38c-067c-4fa0-9037-afac2266f927/Products/DAHECIAOI7SPMOON%5B1%5D

 

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