Hello,
I'm living in Europe and rely heavily on bicycle for all commute. Since my knees are not what they used to be anymore, I need some sort of electric motor. Unfortunately, I have very little spare money at the moment. On the other hand: I'm totally DIY proofed.
I was thinking of getting a used bike, and beefing it up with a 36v 500W bafang motor from china + a homemade li-ion battery. Perhaps some disk brakes from ebay, and an 8 gear hub gearing set, if I can find a cheap one.
Another option would be beefing up one of those cheapo ebikes. Where I live, there are a lot of german bikes like this one: https://www.amazon.de/ALU-REX-Elektrofahrrad-24Volt-7-Gang-Nabenschaltung/dp/B0013F4I72 Though I'm not sure it's worth the trouble trying to fix one of those: for an instance, is the battery pack behind the seat-bar a valid design option, or does it only make the bike unnecessarily longer and heavier ?
What would you recommend ?
Thank you for your help,
qwerkus
I'm living in Europe and rely heavily on bicycle for all commute. Since my knees are not what they used to be anymore, I need some sort of electric motor. Unfortunately, I have very little spare money at the moment. On the other hand: I'm totally DIY proofed.
I was thinking of getting a used bike, and beefing it up with a 36v 500W bafang motor from china + a homemade li-ion battery. Perhaps some disk brakes from ebay, and an 8 gear hub gearing set, if I can find a cheap one.
Another option would be beefing up one of those cheapo ebikes. Where I live, there are a lot of german bikes like this one: https://www.amazon.de/ALU-REX-Elektrofahrrad-24Volt-7-Gang-Nabenschaltung/dp/B0013F4I72 Though I'm not sure it's worth the trouble trying to fix one of those: for an instance, is the battery pack behind the seat-bar a valid design option, or does it only make the bike unnecessarily longer and heavier ?
What would you recommend ?
Thank you for your help,
qwerkus