creativepart
Active Member
- Region
- USA
I've started a build to convert my Specialized Crosstrail Sport Disc into an eBike with a Dillenger Premium Off-Road Bike Kit.
I have owned a Bilx Vika+ folding eBike for the past year and enjoyed the powered rear hub. But when I decided to try this build I looked at both front hub kits and mid-drive kits. In the end I settled on the Dillenger rear hub kit. I made this choice because of my familiarity with rear hub eBikes and concerns about mid-drive bikes not riding the same enjoyable way. I've found that I ride my eBike like a scooter, even though I pedal almost always... it's really ghost peddling.
The Dillinger kit looks to be very complete and straight forward. Another plus was it's "sale" price and availability, too. It comes with a 500w-1000w geared hub motor (my Blix is 500w-750w geared hub drive) and includes a 48v 13amp hour lithium battery and charger. At the price of about $750 complete it was a compelling set of components for the price. And it has plenty of good reviews and YouTube reviews, too.
My kit arrives on Monday (today is Saturday), so I took yesterday to get my Crosstrail ready for the install. I removed the rear wheel, tire/tube and handle bar controls. In the process I discovered I needed a new Freewheel and brake rotor. The Crosstrail has a shimano cassette that can't be used on the Dillenger wheel's threaded freewheel hub and the brake rotor is shimano centerlock while the Dillenger wheel requires 6-bolt rotors. Those have been sourced easily and I'm at the waiting stage to get started on the actual build.
I'll report back early next week about how this is all going.
I have owned a Bilx Vika+ folding eBike for the past year and enjoyed the powered rear hub. But when I decided to try this build I looked at both front hub kits and mid-drive kits. In the end I settled on the Dillenger rear hub kit. I made this choice because of my familiarity with rear hub eBikes and concerns about mid-drive bikes not riding the same enjoyable way. I've found that I ride my eBike like a scooter, even though I pedal almost always... it's really ghost peddling.
The Dillinger kit looks to be very complete and straight forward. Another plus was it's "sale" price and availability, too. It comes with a 500w-1000w geared hub motor (my Blix is 500w-750w geared hub drive) and includes a 48v 13amp hour lithium battery and charger. At the price of about $750 complete it was a compelling set of components for the price. And it has plenty of good reviews and YouTube reviews, too.
My kit arrives on Monday (today is Saturday), so I took yesterday to get my Crosstrail ready for the install. I removed the rear wheel, tire/tube and handle bar controls. In the process I discovered I needed a new Freewheel and brake rotor. The Crosstrail has a shimano cassette that can't be used on the Dillenger wheel's threaded freewheel hub and the brake rotor is shimano centerlock while the Dillenger wheel requires 6-bolt rotors. Those have been sourced easily and I'm at the waiting stage to get started on the actual build.
I'll report back early next week about how this is all going.