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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

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Hello!

I got a BTWIN RockRider 540 some years ago and use it for some light trails, but nowadays mostly just roads. My region is very hilly and has multiple >10ΒΊ hills, which are perfectly fine for cars, but not really for bikes πŸ˜…

Since I'd like to start doing more things in the city center (which is itself also on the hilly side), I was considering either getting an e-bike or converting mine. I'm more inclined towards the latter option, since I really don't need another bike (already have an extra all-terrain bike for trails and a vintage road bike), it would just be a waste of materials and, from what I understand, money. I'm really not sure where to start looking for appropriate conversion kits, so thought to ask here :)
My budget is flexible, but I'd like to keep it under 200€.

Any comments are appreciated!

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That price will be very difficult to meet. For that money it'll probably have to be an AliExpress special. Get a front hub. You probably want a torque arm but I don't think you'll find any in that price range. You can get away without one if you run the motor at low power, like 250W. Unfortunately I don't think you can get a non-hazardous battery anywhere close to that price range. Perhaps look for LiFePO4 (LFP) battery since the chemistry is inherently safer and it's cheaper to make. It's heavier than standard Li-ion.

Otherwise I'd get:

  • Bafang G311
  • Compatible Bafang controller with torque assist capability. The lowest wattage will do
  • Bafang display
  • Bafang torque sensing bottom bracket
  • Good quality but smaller battery. E.g. 300-400Whr.

With all that said, steep gradients can kill geared hubs so a direct-drive hub or a mid drive like BBS02/HD might be better suited. Most DD hubs are more powerful so you'd either have to use torque arm/a or run it at low wattage. In general aluminum frames can't handle a lot of torque at their dropouts without spreading or cracking. The rear dropouts can handle 500-700W when the nuts are correctly torqued. You can read about that on ebikes.ca.