best for pulling loads

[ejsmith]

My intro to ebike was a secondhand powatrike which pulled a dog trailer and coped with shopping trips etc until i pretty much wore it out. Then my dad installed a kit from bob's bikes onto a normal trike and it's been a nightmare. Problems with wiring, fuses, ignition and a lot of unidentified nervous breakdown s. My brother just went to rescue it after it cut out this morning, on the way back from a short trip to a computer repairer. I said I was going to cut my losses and get another kit installed and he said that would be pointless because no motor would cope with the demands I put on it. I can't drive for health reasons and the bike is my only hope for any sort of independence. It's used daily for a round trip of about 4 miles round trip pulling a trailer with about 30 kg of dogs in, a bit further twice a week when I take one dog to agility - but its a totally flat trip, and some shopping trips, which can be heavy to carry back. It's a throttle type kit but I always pedal too. So if I opt for a new kit are there some which would be more likely to cope better? I'm grateful for my free bus pass but it's pretty much useless unless I want to go into the city between 10 and 3

 

[Deleted member 4366]

There's plenty of kits that can do exactly what you want. Can we see some pictures of the bike you want to fit it to. Then we can give precise advice?

 

[selrahc1992]

There's plenty of kits that can do exactly what you want. Can we see some pictures of the bike you want to fit it to. Then we can give precise advice?

dear all, apologies for a bit of a tangent: speaking of pulling loads, I have a Raleigh twenty that has a very powerful bpm kit that, now that I limited it to 18mph, is legal. I need to occasionally pick someone up from the station about three very, steep hilly miles away - I want to be able to do that with this bike but need a pannier rack that could support an adult on a bad potholed road. I'm guessing a 70kg adult sitting on a rack going through a pothole could inflict two or three g's momentarily on the rack (and bike). the bike is modified - very strong wheels, very good v brakes, a suspension fork from a bmx - it's very strong. but do you know of a pannier rack that could do this? it would need to attach directly to the hub rather than eyelets to carry the weight. many thanks for your advice

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Cwah had a similar idea, so he started a thread about nine months ago. No satisfactory solutions were offered, IIRC. You need a proper bike designed for carrying such loads. I've see a Raleigh 20 rack break becsuse it had the shopping on it.

 

[selrahc1992]

Cwah had a similar idea, so he started a thread about nine months ago. No satisfactory solutions were offered, IIRC. You need a proper bike designed for carrying such loads. I've see a Raleigh 20 rack break becsuse it had the shopping on it.

many thanks, back to looking for a cheap long tom then..