Anyone tried a lightweight ebike conversion kit on the Scott Addict?

[Katrina92]

Hey everyone!

I have a Scott Addict, and I've been considering converting it to an ebike, but I don't really want to buy a whole new Scott Addict eRIDE.

I recently started commuting to work by bike—it's about a 25-mile round trip through a pretty hilly area. After a while, my legs started struggling a bit, so I began considering adding some e-assist to help out on the climbs.

I'm looking for something similar to the Mahle X20. Its 23Nm of torque seems enough for me, and I love how lightweight and stealthy it is.

I mostly ride under my own power, so I don’t want a heavy setup that feels like a drag when the motor isn’t running.

I've looked around but haven’t found many conversion kits that match what I’m looking for. Does anyone know if there's a lightweight, stealthy kit out there that could work for my needs?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Deacon Blues]

See my post on your other thread.

 

[Katrina92]

See my post on your other thread.

OK

 

[PCeBiker]

I'm looking for something similar to the Mahle X20. Its 23Nm of torque seems enough for me, and I love how lightweight and stealthy it is.

As you know, the motor can be installed as a 23Nm hub drive or a 55Nm mid-drive (if your rear sprocket is 2.39 times bigger than your chain wheel) but I'm not sure which approach is the easiest or the most workable?

As a hub motor, you could quite easily have it built into a front wheel hub motor.
Rear wheel hub motor is more complicated.

I'm pretty sure Installing it as a mid motor gets really complicated?
It looks like the kit has a Bottom Bracket Torque sensor?
But installing the motor in the bottom bracket could be tricky?

And it might look even more trashy than my ebike.


EDIT: Thinking about it some more, I'm sure that you're standing on the pedals and leaning forward when you're workin it up a hill, which puts weight over the front wheel where you'll need the extra traction to keep the front wheel from doing burn-outs from that Whopping 23Nm of torque.

My vote is for a front wheel hub motor kit.

 

[Deacon Blues]

A front carbon fork, with a front wheel hub motor, wouldn't be a good combo.