Make Your Own Bike Electric

The bike has hydraulic brakes decent suspension forks puncture resistant tyres and 1 x 10 speed gearing.

Make your own bike electric.

Electric bicycle conversion kits are available that allow a cyclist to convert a standard pedal bike into an electric bicycle with the same performance as retail electric bicycles but at a. But a simple new attachment is designed to turn your beater from craigslist or the fancy road bike that you already own into an electric bike for. Once you have your supplies start by putting the tire from the old bike wheel on the new wheel with the hub motor that came with your conversion kit. You will need philips wrenches allen wrenches screwdrivers pliers and an air pump.

A typical electric bike might cost 2 000. Types of conversion kit there s. Electric bicycles or e bikes are great. Converting your own favorite make and model bike to an e bike gives you the best of both worlds.

An electric bicycle requires four parts to work as an e bike. To build an inexpensive electric bicycle you ll need a bike with front disc brakes and wide handlebars an electric bicycle conversion kit and a 36 or 48 volt battery. Top 3 ways to make electric bicycle 1. Your best option is to buy a bike tool kit at amazon if you don t already have all the tools at your disposal.

Full kit elecictric bike. For your electric bike conversion kit a standard bike toolset will be best. Every e bike retail or diy has those four parts. Battery controller motor and throttle.

New electric motor technology and powerful rechargeable batteries have ushered in the era of high performing battery powered bicycles. The electric bike below cost a total of 900 to build including the 350 cost of the btwin riverside 900 donor bike.