03-06-2018, 07:28 AM
Awesome question!
I’d steer clear of front-mounted hub drives. You lose a lot of stability. Rear hub drive is better, and a middrive at the crank is best.
I had the same thought as you about conversion, but decided the pricing worked out more favourably to just get a second bicycle with assist already included. Middrive is awesome - Bosch and Shimano make amazing systems. I wish you’d posted a few days earlier - I would have said you should go to the Bike Show in Toronto, where half the bikes this year were pedelecs!
I’d steer clear of front-mounted hub drives. You lose a lot of stability. Rear hub drive is better, and a middrive at the crank is best.
I had the same thought as you about conversion, but decided the pricing worked out more favourably to just get a second bicycle with assist already included. Middrive is awesome - Bosch and Shimano make amazing systems. I wish you’d posted a few days earlier - I would have said you should go to the Bike Show in Toronto, where half the bikes this year were pedelecs!