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What are your thoughts about using cheap ebike kits to turn a normal bike into an ebike? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Let's get some disussion here , instead of links.
And I am really curious, I "nightly" ordered a lot of stuff recently.

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[–] Bonzo 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using a kit I think is the preferred method. It is less expensive but I would still try to get a quality battery at a minimum.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Locality matters, I'm originally from the Netherlands, and an all in one bike is the obvious thing to do, Diy is wierd.

Currenty living in a medium/high theft City, I don't feel comfortable going all in 1.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In medium to high theft risk cities, I'd say go for an escooter of some description as you can keep it closer to you in almost all circumstances but... they're really only any good for moving you not you and cargo which defeats the biggest benefit of forgoing a car for a PEV of some description. Can't win basically.