Bethany
New Member
I live in a rural area with a lot of hills and would like to take my existing cross bike into an e-bike. When I looked at e-bikes a lot of them are built for city usage or for mountain biking. I'm not sure a commuter bike would handle rough gravel roads and long 3-mile hills.
I'm a big lady, 5'10 and 220 which may impact weight. From reading around it looks like the mountain bikes are all 26 inches which leaves my knees up to my chest when riding. I usually ride a 29er because of it. I did like the looks of the IZIP E3 Dash at 2800.00 though.
I just need a pedal assist, nothing fancy and I don't know if a kit can be used for a drop bar bike. I was thinking along the lines of a BionX kit. Will a lightweight cross bike handle the weight of both me and the battery? Weight isn't an issue as I used to have a fat bike and those aren't lightweight either.
Thanks for any ideas!
I'm a big lady, 5'10 and 220 which may impact weight. From reading around it looks like the mountain bikes are all 26 inches which leaves my knees up to my chest when riding. I usually ride a 29er because of it. I did like the looks of the IZIP E3 Dash at 2800.00 though.
I just need a pedal assist, nothing fancy and I don't know if a kit can be used for a drop bar bike. I was thinking along the lines of a BionX kit. Will a lightweight cross bike handle the weight of both me and the battery? Weight isn't an issue as I used to have a fat bike and those aren't lightweight either.
Thanks for any ideas!