oldskoolhead
10 W
hi, i had been searching for an electric trike as i have a prosthetic leg and it seemed the better option than being limited to 8mph on a mobility scooter
so i searched everywhere as i wanted a trike that dont look like a granny mobile i wanted disc brakes and i didnt want a recumbent with nothing but a whispy little flag to keep me visible on the road so i ended up buying a jorvik odin electric mountain trike as this was the only bike i could find but the only one they had was the 500w off road model but i figured id be better with a mid drive anyway so ordered it expecting i could just swap it out for a bbs01 or something but when i got it i discovered it has an 83mm bb shell so the bbs01 wont fit.
so then i figured id just have to get a cyclone where id normally buy from eclipse ebikes but they have no stock so i searched and found turbo bike in greace, so i ordered and paid then found they dont actually hold stock they just pass the order to cyclone.tw so i asked when can i expect delivery got no reply wrote several times still no reply and a month passed and no contact from them so i opened paypal case and then they just refunded me, no explanation and cyclone tw arnt accepting paypal it seems so im stuck here
so next i figured id just try and find the 250w version of the hub as there must be one as the bike is sold as 250w also but then i find its not so simple here either as the drop out is 135mm and the wheel is 24" and the only 135mm i can find is the magic pie fat bike hub but this only comes in 26" or bare motor which means dicking about importing the motor then having to get it laced into my 24" rim
i never thought this would be so complicated, it has a 500w bafang hub motor at present but 250w is the legal limit on the roads, its a trike so has 2 rear wheels so a rear hub isnt possible, the bb shell is 83mm so most mid drive options only cater for standard 68mm-73mm and the only one i know of wont take my money lol the front wheel is also non standard being 135mm dropout and 24" fat bike rim
so any ideas/other options i havent found/considered/suggestions? tia
so i searched everywhere as i wanted a trike that dont look like a granny mobile i wanted disc brakes and i didnt want a recumbent with nothing but a whispy little flag to keep me visible on the road so i ended up buying a jorvik odin electric mountain trike as this was the only bike i could find but the only one they had was the 500w off road model but i figured id be better with a mid drive anyway so ordered it expecting i could just swap it out for a bbs01 or something but when i got it i discovered it has an 83mm bb shell so the bbs01 wont fit.
so then i figured id just have to get a cyclone where id normally buy from eclipse ebikes but they have no stock so i searched and found turbo bike in greace, so i ordered and paid then found they dont actually hold stock they just pass the order to cyclone.tw so i asked when can i expect delivery got no reply wrote several times still no reply and a month passed and no contact from them so i opened paypal case and then they just refunded me, no explanation and cyclone tw arnt accepting paypal it seems so im stuck here
so next i figured id just try and find the 250w version of the hub as there must be one as the bike is sold as 250w also but then i find its not so simple here either as the drop out is 135mm and the wheel is 24" and the only 135mm i can find is the magic pie fat bike hub but this only comes in 26" or bare motor which means dicking about importing the motor then having to get it laced into my 24" rim
i never thought this would be so complicated, it has a 500w bafang hub motor at present but 250w is the legal limit on the roads, its a trike so has 2 rear wheels so a rear hub isnt possible, the bb shell is 83mm so most mid drive options only cater for standard 68mm-73mm and the only one i know of wont take my money lol the front wheel is also non standard being 135mm dropout and 24" fat bike rim
so any ideas/other options i havent found/considered/suggestions? tia