Alright I've spent most of last night looking into what I can possibly do for my first and I'm torn between just buying a pre built or making my own.
The biggest issue is money, if I buy a prebuilt I could get one on a 0% finance and spread it through the year but also with building my own I could spread the cost of the kit when is affordable and also make it my own. Choices!
A quick overview of what I will need it for; I need to cycle 13 miles to work each way and could charge it from work but as I can see assisted the majority would easily go both ways.
I live on the borer of Wales and as such there are some very steep hills in my way so will need that extra bit of power to push me on my way, I am by no means a small person currently at 18 stone. (Being a receptionist gives an amazing belly)
And there are a few roads here that I would probably need to go that little bit quicker on mainly for safety if needed, however with hours I work the regular 15mph would easily surfice assisted as the majority are realitvly flat... but you never know when it will be needed.
Now with buying one outright I have come across the Cyclotricity Stealth 1000w and from the vague information I can find online they seem to be fairly well built, fast and good milage within reason.
( http://www.e-bikesdirect.co.uk/Item/Brands/Cyclotricity/Cyclotricity_Stealth_1000w_Electric_bike.aspx )
I find that they also have a kit available but from researching this comes in at about £600-700 so the extra 300 for less stress of building seems a decent way to go.
I've just seen some KTM's with a Bosch engine in there, I like the idea of spending a little more on a KTM but its only a 250w... I know there are dongles for these to give them more umpf but how good are they in the long run with hills and do the dongles actually work?
Any and all advise on the matter would be grand and if there are any builds done that I could follow that would certainly help get a better idea on builds and possible costs!
The biggest issue is money, if I buy a prebuilt I could get one on a 0% finance and spread it through the year but also with building my own I could spread the cost of the kit when is affordable and also make it my own. Choices!
A quick overview of what I will need it for; I need to cycle 13 miles to work each way and could charge it from work but as I can see assisted the majority would easily go both ways.
I live on the borer of Wales and as such there are some very steep hills in my way so will need that extra bit of power to push me on my way, I am by no means a small person currently at 18 stone. (Being a receptionist gives an amazing belly)
And there are a few roads here that I would probably need to go that little bit quicker on mainly for safety if needed, however with hours I work the regular 15mph would easily surfice assisted as the majority are realitvly flat... but you never know when it will be needed.
Now with buying one outright I have come across the Cyclotricity Stealth 1000w and from the vague information I can find online they seem to be fairly well built, fast and good milage within reason.
( http://www.e-bikesdirect.co.uk/Item/Brands/Cyclotricity/Cyclotricity_Stealth_1000w_Electric_bike.aspx )
I find that they also have a kit available but from researching this comes in at about £600-700 so the extra 300 for less stress of building seems a decent way to go.
I've just seen some KTM's with a Bosch engine in there, I like the idea of spending a little more on a KTM but its only a 250w... I know there are dongles for these to give them more umpf but how good are they in the long run with hills and do the dongles actually work?
Any and all advise on the matter would be grand and if there are any builds done that I could follow that would certainly help get a better idea on builds and possible costs!
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