Kit v New bike ? discuss.

[Kuorider]

Given the cost of some new bikes ie Woosh & LEBC on here, does buying a kit still make sense ? Some kits are being advertised at virtually the same price as a brand new up to date bike. Grovelling about converting an old bike however loved ,with all the potential hassles and snags cannot make any sense when considering a Krieger or similar with proper back up if required. What do you think ?

 

[D8ve]

LEBEC are currently the best offer

 

[Deleted member 4366]

The reason people use kits rather than a ready-made bike is not normally price. I started with a ready-made bike, but I still bought my first kit twovweeks later. It didn't syop me from completing about 2000 miles on that bike though.

 

[trex]

it depends on what you want from your bike. If you don't have a long list of 'must have' features, then buying ready made is quick and painless.

 

[Nealh]

Once you have bought a ready made ebike the next progression is to upgrade the spec with better components, so it is just as easy to add a kit to a high spec'd bike. The other side to it as well is some folk prefer conversions or upgrading as a past time and boys and their toys are not easily parted, no matter how many they may have.

 

[trex]

talking about boys and toys, I do like nealh's idea of two bikes sharing one battery, saving about £300. With £1,100 budget, you can buy a Krieger and build a £200 rear wheel BPM kit, using the Krieger's battery on the BPM.

 

[Alan Quay]

talking about boys and toys, I do like nealh's idea of two bikes sharing one battery, saving about £300. With £1,100 budget, you can buy a Krieger and build a £200 rear wheel BPM kit, using the Krieger's battery on the BPM.

That's what I do. I have lots of bikes, and fewer batteries that I can share between them. Bikes on eBay are cheap (if you know what to look for, and how to fix them).

I agree with others though, it doesn't make much financial sense building your own if you are starting from nothing.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

You can always take the electrical stuff off a cheap bike and put it on something better. The stuff from my original Sunlova is s still going like that, now on a Landrover bike.

 

[Kuorider]

You can always take the electrical stuff off a cheap bike and put it on something better. The stuff from my original Sunlova is s still going like that, now on a Landrover bike.

Hi,Dave, I have done this a couple of times now,only to convert adapted bikes for elderly riders with mobility and balance issues. Hoppers can be got for around £80 less than the equivalent kit and the remaining electrically stripped hopper fetches £60 for the local hospice.