Well after months of reading I think I'm convinced that electric is the way to go for me. I like my china girl bike....but after 3 years of puttering with it, I'm ready for something new. So I have everything ordered. The bike I'm going to use is a Trek 800 sport. Kinda funny , I bought this bike at a thrift store for $25.00 7 or 8 years ago for my wife. It needed alittle work but nothing too bad. Got it up and running and she couldn't get on it...LOL. She didnt like the mens frame. So I put it in the pole barn and there it has sat for years now. So I pulled it out...hosed it off , blew up the tires (it's gonna need some new ones) and took it for a ride. What a nice riding bike ! It has a sticker on it that says made of cro moly. It's fairly light and should be strong too. I ordered a generic 24V500Watt front hub motor kit. Also 2 12v10.5ah sla batteries. The batteries are just to get me going. Then we'll upgrade. So far the bike was $25.00. The hub kit was $265.00 shipped. The batteries were $45.60 shipped. Total so far $335.60.(The cheap bike helped ALOT..LOL).My Goal is to get 10-12mph and a 6-8 mile range. Then I can recharge at work. And I weigh 170 so it's not haulin too much, except the extra 18 lbs from the batteries..LOL. Batteries arrived yesterday...still waiting for the hub kit to arrive.
