Question by Slipknot: Electric bicycle motor kit?
So since I bought this completely crappy bike that sort of broke as far as the gears go, I was thinking it’d be fun to put an electric motor on it. I can’t find many though, and when I find a kit it’s like $ 2000. Are there any decent conversion kits so it’s like a moped or something for a decent price?
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Answer by mtrlbiker
Even if you find an electric motor kit at a better price, it is unlikely to be cheap. But the problem with your cheap bike will remain. The bike will be just as difficult to push along for the electric motor as it is for you. Adding the weight of the electric motor kit to an already heavy bike is going to make for an inefficient combination that probably won’t have very much range, and when the battery runs down you are still going to have to be able to pedal, so the gears will have to be repaired. If you want an electric bike, buy one, trying to convert a clunker is probably a waste of money.
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not really
wle
It’s really not worth the time effort and money to do a conversion. If you’re not happy with your bike now you won’t be happy with it if you convert it. If you fancy doing a conversion then get a bike you are happy with first then convert it. Or as the previous poster says, why not just buy an electric bike.
You need the gears in order to make a moped. I would just buy a better bike. The best electric kits are the ones with a hub motor. I would not put one on a cheap bike.
http://www.electricrider.com/crystalyte/index.htm
better to go to http://www.falconev.com to see the selections of electric bike kits