Howd e-y'all,
Longtime mountain biker here (since '85) but I don't have an e-bike yet. I've got a converted 29er mountain bike with 2" road tires, rack, saddlebags, lights, etc. that I occasionally pedal to/from work on. My commute is 30 miles round-trip and includes 2700' elevation gain.
Inasmuch as I'll be 65 on my next birthday, I admit to driving my car to work more often than I'd like (understatement). A few months ago I demo'd a pedal-assist e-bike and found it fun beyond description.
I'm thinking of converting my commuter to e-bike. A friend bought a conversion kit (I think it's called Luna or something like that) that he says works pretty good. Another friend suggested the Copenhagen Wheel.
I really know nothing about either of these.
The thing is at some point in the future I'll almost certainly want to put knobby tires back on my converted 29er/commuter and take it to the trails to see what e-biking off-road is like. The construction of the Copenhagen Wheel (spoke attachment in particular) appears perhaps a bit delicate for off-road abuse, even light duty(?). And I haven't dug deep enough to find out if it's offered with wide enough rims.
Can anyone comment on these systems & or recommend another good system I might consider for an e-conversion? Preference for mid-mounted motor vs wheel-motor systems?
I'm so new to this that I really don't even know what questions to ask. Thanks in advance for any/all help.
P.S. I did a search for "Copenhagen" to see if there was a thread on the Copenhagen Wheel which didn't turn up anything. Forgive me if this ground has already been covered. If so, I'd appreciate a link to that/those threads.
Longtime mountain biker here (since '85) but I don't have an e-bike yet. I've got a converted 29er mountain bike with 2" road tires, rack, saddlebags, lights, etc. that I occasionally pedal to/from work on. My commute is 30 miles round-trip and includes 2700' elevation gain.
Inasmuch as I'll be 65 on my next birthday, I admit to driving my car to work more often than I'd like (understatement). A few months ago I demo'd a pedal-assist e-bike and found it fun beyond description.
I'm thinking of converting my commuter to e-bike. A friend bought a conversion kit (I think it's called Luna or something like that) that he says works pretty good. Another friend suggested the Copenhagen Wheel.
Copenhagen Wheel Technology & Features | Superpedestrian
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The thing is at some point in the future I'll almost certainly want to put knobby tires back on my converted 29er/commuter and take it to the trails to see what e-biking off-road is like. The construction of the Copenhagen Wheel (spoke attachment in particular) appears perhaps a bit delicate for off-road abuse, even light duty(?). And I haven't dug deep enough to find out if it's offered with wide enough rims.
Can anyone comment on these systems & or recommend another good system I might consider for an e-conversion? Preference for mid-mounted motor vs wheel-motor systems?
I'm so new to this that I really don't even know what questions to ask. Thanks in advance for any/all help.
P.S. I did a search for "Copenhagen" to see if there was a thread on the Copenhagen Wheel which didn't turn up anything. Forgive me if this ground has already been covered. If so, I'd appreciate a link to that/those threads.
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