To control the power levels or turn the system on and off and use the inbuilt light, you use the buttons found on top of the battery pack. This removes easily from the mounting block (which is clamped to the handlebars) at the push of a button. The battery is housed in a sturdy looking canvas bag along with the control electronics. Both are relatively small capacity batteries as e-bikes go so if you think you can manage the extra weight of the larger pack on your handlebars I would recommend the larger option (smaller wheels and thinner tyres are more likely to mean a ‘twitchy’ handling bike and the smaller pack may suit you better – hence the Brompton option is specced with a 180Wh battery). Battery options are 180Wh (‘Eco’ kit) and 252Wh (‘Pro’ kit, which is what I fitted). Sensor and magnet wheel can be aligned using small Allen-head bolts so that they line up accurately – the idea being to get the magnets to pass as close to the sensor as possible without touching it.ģ. It is essentially a circle of twelve magnets that communicate with a separate sensor fixed to the bike frame via a small sticky pad.
The universal pedal sensor has just gone through a redesign and can be easily configured to fit around the pedal crank on the opposite side to the chainwheel. The only non-compatible wheels will be those with thru-axles which tend to appear on high end mountain bikes and so are much less likely to have such a kit fitted.Ģ. Rims come in black or silver and they also offer custom build service for other sizes.
It comes ready-spoked with rim tape (but no tyre or inner tube) and Swytch has standard wheel sizes of 28", 26" and 16" (Brompton) in stock. The motor is of the geared type (you may also see gearless motor kits on sale but these tend to be heavier and less efficient than geared ones and I wouldn’t recommend them for most conversions).
Bikepro kit plus#
There are three main parts to the kit – front motor wheel, pedal sensor assembly (or throttle for ‘US spec’ versions) and battery plus interface and wiring nexus that mounts on the handlebars.ġ. A promise of being able to fit the kit to virtually any bike would only need to appeal to a small proportion of those ‘shed bikes’ to equal plenty of sales. This meant I would end up with an e-bike with a very high spec, including Hope hydraulic disk brake, Shimano external bottom bracket bearings and 8 Alfine hub gears – most likely to be found on an e-bike costing several thousand.Ĭlearly, Swytch’s great success to date has been because they have latched onto the fact there are many thousands of little-used bikes in sheds around the country. It was also a ‘custom build’ being the result of whatever rather high end parts London’s Bikefix happened to have lying around and surplus to requirements. At 15kg+ it was no lightweight to begin with, but I wanted to keep it as light as possible as an e-bike. In my case I wanted to electrify my touring bike, a much-loved Tout Terrain model. Well, it’s a light kit and if you happened to have a light bike you could end up with a light e-bike – there aren’t that many of these about and those that exist are often pretty pricey.
Bikepro kit full#
You will need to license these images from Envato Elements to use them on your website, or you can substitute them with your own.Why would you want to spend money on an electric retrofit kit when the likes of Halfords and Decathlon offer pretty decent e-bikes for around £1000? (The full RRP of the Swytch kit is £999 to £1250 – but note those who register with Swytch during a pre-order window can get up to 50% discount on full RRP). This Template Kit uses demo images from Envato Elements.
Bikepro kit install#
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