Lunar Cappuccino
10 mW
Hello all, first post here. Recently, my old mountain bike was stolen. In a way the thieves may have done me a favor. I've been kicking round the idea of an electric for a long time and in about 1 month I will NEED a bike to get to class (I have a car but there's nowhere legal for me to park). I've looked at lots of different things, off the shelf commercial electrics, buying and converting an existing commuter bike, and buying a frameset and components, including a gearless hub motor kit, probably something in the 2000W range. The framesets I'm looking at are by Surly: the Troll Mtn bike frame and the Long Haul Trucker. I haven't picked out the other non-electric parts yet but I'll go with mid-range quality stuff. I'm also thinking of getting a front drive motor of the same type and wiring them both into the same battery for a 2WD 4000W bike. In that scenario I would need to buy an additional controller (that's my understanding anyway).
Here's my question: I am very mechanically inclined and have a ton of expensive tools from when I was a automotive gearhead that just collect dust, however, I've never built a bike from parts before though I used to have to do quite a bit of service on my stolen bike. How hard is putting together a bike and motor kit? How many person-hours are we looking at?
BTW - the purpose of all this power is not to careen around like some drunken teenager. I have a VERY steep and high hill to climb with all this stuff every single day and don't want to arrive soaked in sweat.
Here's my question: I am very mechanically inclined and have a ton of expensive tools from when I was a automotive gearhead that just collect dust, however, I've never built a bike from parts before though I used to have to do quite a bit of service on my stolen bike. How hard is putting together a bike and motor kit? How many person-hours are we looking at?
BTW - the purpose of all this power is not to careen around like some drunken teenager. I have a VERY steep and high hill to climb with all this stuff every single day and don't want to arrive soaked in sweat.