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Get in touch with Mark at RideKick. He may be able to customise the controller with a heat-sink, so it isn't subject to overheating as much. A 500w motor should have plenty of torque for most hills - unless you need climbing gear. :-) My own set-up utilises a mid-drive pedal assist and the...

Fair enough. Horses for courses, I suppose. I'm not too concerned with higher cadence, being a tourer - and a fast reaction time isn't a big consideration for me. My concern was to help haul me and about 25kg of gear up hills and to maintain an average of 20kph over distances in excess of...

G'Day JRA, Why did you recommend a hub-drive over a mid-drive in that case? I did a fair bit of research before deciding a mid-drive was right for me in my situation - which was to help flatten out hills and to provide an efficient pedal-assist system through the use of gears.

I think JRA has a point about trying to over-power a Ride-Kick trailer. There would be all sorts of issues with traction, for a start. You might find you have to really weigh the trailer down to get the benefit of the extra torque - which would create further issues. You might also...

I've looked at solar charging options but I just can't see how the juice would be worth the squeeze. I can understand that it would be viable for static, off-grid re-charging at home but there are too many elements, too much weight and too much space to make it worthwhile on the road...

Horses for courses, mate. My problem with hills is the same, only exacerbated because I ride a recumbent trike. I actually use a mid-drive pedal assist in combination with my Ride-Kick, each powered by their own separate batteries. The mid-drive flattens out the hills, while the Ride-Kick...

Well, the Ridekick performed well. I loaded it up and took it for a 75km road trip. I used the Ridekick to flatten out the hills and to get me across intersections faster. It was a good supplement to my mid-drive, meaning I could use my mid-drive less and could achieve a longer range than I...

I took my new Ridekick trailer for a test ride today, along a 40km (just under 25miles) circuit that is on bike paths all the way and has a few decent hills. I placed a 10ltr bladder of water in the trailer to give it traction and set off to give it a test. The unit performed well but there...

I may not always be the sharpest tool in the shed but I get there eventually. I was at Battery World today to get new batteries for my Ridekick. I was pleased to find that there are 12v 15ah SLA batteries available to replace the two dead 12v 12ah SLA batteries the unit came with. I also...

I have thought about that but I am not convinced that the juice would be worth the squeeze. I'm planning on averaging 100km per day, with half-a-dozen longer days thrown in across the Nullarbor. I'm quite prepared to pedal and was originally planning to do the trip with no electric motor at...

G'Day Ann, The all-up distance is 3,788km (about 2,353 miles) from Perth to my home in Canberra, across the Nullarbor - and there are some significant hills during the last third of the trip. I'm doing it solo and unassisted, hence my using a mid-drive and the Ridekick to help with the hills...

I pick up my ridekick today and will have to replace the SLA batteries because their shelf-life has well and truly expired. I'll commute to and from work using SLA for the next 6 months, before upgrading to a 24v 20ah lithium battery for a planned ride across Australia next year. I'll be using...