Friends know you have an e-bike and.......

[J.R.]

They email you all kinds of stories! Some of them I post here and others are just crap! I let it be known I backed a Kickstarter campaign (Koben) and they're starting on that now. This IGG/CF kit is low-low tech, low-low power and costs 850USD, it got to the funding goal in 5 days! Shocking! Do people do any research before spending money?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/add-e-simply-add-electricity-to-your-bicycle

 

[pxpaulx]

I'll comment here for you

Seems like a good fit for a road bike - but man, for the beefier version 600w of power into such a tiny contact patch seems to me like that could create issues that aren't immediately quantifiable to my morning brain

What I do really like: 2nd mounting kit for $160 bucks.

 

[FTC Complaint]

Friction wheels have been around and used mostly unsucessfuly for a long time

 

[PowerMe]

For one ugly implementation of a friction eBike addon check out the Rubbee CF product.

 

[J.R.]

Constant speed can have a big effect on wheels, I don't want something going that fast rubbing on my thin bicycle tires and stressing the rim and spokes. Wonder if these people have product liability insurance when long, thin road bike spokes blow out?

 

[FTC Complaint]

The best friction ebike I have seen was ridden by Robert Redford in a film "Three Days of the Condor" as it was a high-tech bike an intellectual CIA book reader would use.