Hello! New here, passionate about conversions

[jameswilson]

Hello everyone, my name is James, my story with ebikes began with a friend of mine who has an ebike (One that he converted) and the first time I rode it i fell in love, so it motivated me to convert mine, which is a commuter bike. Then, i got a gravel bike and of course i converted it too! I'va had beautiful experiences with that bikes... i hope i can learn more and more from you all and why not, help in whatever i can

 

[emilycarter00]

Wooww, i can see you are passionate about conversions hahah, why did you convered a commuter and gravel? Is the diffence really noticeable? You converted both with the same conversion kit? I'm curious

 

[DaveMatthews]

Welcome from Vancouver.

 

[JGcycle]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[harryS]

Welcome to the forum. Not too many conversion posts on this site, so always glad to hear about them. There's a forum section for DIY that's mostly empty, We'd all be happy to see pics of your projects.

 

[harryS]

Wooww, i can see you are passionate about conversions hahah, why did you convered a commuter and gravel? Is the diffence really noticeable? You converted both with the same conversion kit? I'm curious

I probably have done close to 20 conversions. I had not owned a new bike since my 1975 Gitane 12 speed. In 2015, I bought a new GT hybrid, and saw an ebike on display. I bought one later for my wife, and after seeing how it was put together, I converted an old 1990 Trek. I kicked off my conversion hobby. A money losing hobby by the way,

Sure, an ebike is fun to ride. Makes a beater pedal bike easy to ride. On the other hand, if the seat hurts, or brakes loose, that won't go away, but those issues can be fixed with more money, Ten years ago, one could convert to a bike style that wasn't commonly found in commercial bikes. You can, if you wish, convert bikes with monster motors that go crazy speeds.

However these days, you can often find a commercial bike of similar quality for less than converting your own bike. It's more of a hobby thing where you might want to be ebiking on something you owned when you were younger.

 

[mikee94]

Hello everyone, my name is James, my story with ebikes began with a friend of mine who has an ebike (One that he converted) and the first time I rode it i fell in love, so it motivated me to convert mine, which is a commuter bike. Then, i got a gravel bike and of course i converted it too! I'va had beautiful experiences with that bikes... i hope i can learn more and more from you all and why not, help in whatever i can

Hello James! I'm new the forum, I recently converted my first ebike, i've been learning this last weeks but i'm still a newbie hahah so i'd so happy of learning more about conversions

 

[mikee94]

Welcome to the forum. Not too many conversion posts on this site, so always glad to hear about them. There's a forum section for DIY that's mostly empty, We'd all be happy to see pics of your projects.

Thanks for that tip Harry! I didn't know it was a specific forum for DIYs, I'm glad I can contribute there I already share a picture of a conversion of a friend that impressed me