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Re: Asus Bike Booster

#32

Post by yazaddaruvala »

Ouch, love to see a great product like this. However, hate to see that bike theft wasn’t discussed at all.

“Easy installation” with two screws seems like a benefit to customers except when they come back to their parked bike only to find their expensive mod also had a hidden feature: “easy uninstallation”.

Re: Asus Bike Booster

#33

Post by d--b »

some bike vendor told me that the biggest problem with regular to ebike conversion was that regular bike frames were not strong enough to support the additional forces that the electric bike imposed. And it was why the ebikes were much heavier than regular bikes.

Does anyone know if that’s true and if that applies to conversions like this one?

Re: Asus Bike Booster

#34

Post by mongol »

kiddico wrote: post #3

That might be the easiest ebike retrofit/conversion I've ever seen. I have concerns about the grip in wet conditions but this looks like a great way to get that ebike I've wanted and not put my perfectly good frame to waste.

Have a look at Bafang or Tongsheng kits

Re: Asus Bike Booster

#36

Post by calvinmorrison »

They aint new. I had one that was driven by a honda gx35 4 stroke

there was another company named "bee" something that did these (gas as well 2 stroke)

and many early scooters, conversions, that all followed the friction style

Re: Asus Bike Booster

#37

Post by loeg »

yazaddaruvala wrote: post #32

Ouch, love to see a great product like this. However, hate to see that bike theft wasn’t discussed at all. “Easy installation” with two screws seems like a benefit to customers except when they come back to their parked bike only to find their expensive mod also had a hidden feature: “easy uninstallation”.

In addition to the theft concerns, it's also not a great product.

Re: Asus Bike Booster

#38

Post by loeg »

kiddico wrote: post #3

That might be the easiest ebike retrofit/conversion I've ever seen. I have concerns about the grip in wet conditions but this looks like a great way to get that ebike I've wanted and not put my perfectly good frame to waste.

Get a Bafang kit or a hub motor replacement rear wheel instead. At least those systems work well.

Re: Asus Bike Booster

#39

Post by kaladin-jasnah »

tokai wrote: post #35

I love bicycle tech. Almost everything was invented in the 1890s, and every couple of decades someone tries another old idea. https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/tour/cyclemotors-motorcycl...

> Almost everything was invented in the 1890s, and every couple of decades someone tries another old idea.

What about wireless shifting systems like Di2?

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