I looked at Ebikes from many different places and read a lot about them in reviews and forums and I ended up buying a conversion for my proven Trek. I bought a 36 volt 13AH 500 watt motor and I am so satisfied with what I got except I wish I would have gotten the 17 AH for more range. I put the kit myself on the bike which took me about 5 hours and the cost was about $1000.00. I purchased it from Ebikebc and they are great people to deal with. I have had the conversion for two weeks and cannot wait till my next riding cycle.
Conversion or buy new Ebike.
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I have not experienced any problems with this conversion.
I had a good base bike that I liked and just made it much better. At 74 years old when I get tired usually after 15 miles I just flip the lever and let the bike bring me home. If anybody does a conversion on a Trek I would recommend the Torque arms as I did on my bike.
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6zfshdb
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Nice job on the Trek conversion!
I considered converting my Trek Shift 4 MTB but was concerned about the rim brakes. I'm a big guy and I was afraid they wouldn't be up to the increased speeds of an e-bike. I looked at disk brake conversion kits for the Trek but they're fairly expensive. When I added the brake costs of that of the motor conversion, I was better off just buying an e-bike. Had my Trek been equipped with disk brakes like yours, I likely would have done the conversion.
I considered converting my Trek Shift 4 MTB but was concerned about the rim brakes. I'm a big guy and I was afraid they wouldn't be up to the increased speeds of an e-bike. I looked at disk brake conversion kits for the Trek but they're fairly expensive. When I added the brake costs of that of the motor conversion, I was better off just buying an e-bike. Had my Trek been equipped with disk brakes like yours, I likely would have done the conversion.
harryS
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@Jelester, congrats. My first conversion was a very old trek 810, a few years ago. Looks like yours, except I went rear wheel. After putting on the wheel/motor in August 2015, it's never had to come off. All steel. No torque arms needed on the rear. I marked the nuts with a sharpie,and they have not moved, The original battery still runs the bike for 50 miles and charges right back up.
@6zfshdb Disk brakes need the lugs on the frame. If those are present, a set of mechanical Avid BB7 calipers plus rotors are 75 bucks on ebay. I've changed over from v-brakes to disks on a couple of bikes. However, I find a good set of v-brakes to stop as well than the Avids at my speeds. On the other hand, nothing I own are as good as the hydraulic disks on my GT Transeo, a regular bike.
@6zfshdb Disk brakes need the lugs on the frame. If those are present, a set of mechanical Avid BB7 calipers plus rotors are 75 bucks on ebay. I've changed over from v-brakes to disks on a couple of bikes. However, I find a good set of v-brakes to stop as well than the Avids at my speeds. On the other hand, nothing I own are as good as the hydraulic disks on my GT Transeo, a regular bike.
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Feliz
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What kind of motor did you use on the 810 Harry?
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