Boreal Wanderer
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I am keen to try a few adventures, typically on atv type trails, old logging roads, and gravel. Also in the spring on hard pack snowy trails or the magic of rideable snow crust when it happens here in northern Ontario. Both day rides and bikepacking over nighters. I am 55 and my one knee can get sore if I over do it on the hills, distance or hard effort so I am looking to "boost" my experience.
I like to stay in shape so I do like to pedal as much as I can. I don't need to go fast and don't mind pushing the bike up nasty hills to extend range and get the butt off the saddle for a bit.
I was able to ride a 40 km trip this late fall in a bit of snow in quite hilly terrain on my fatbike.
I have a Trek Farley 7 fat bike which has the 27.5 wheels (with a 2nd wheelset) that I could convert.
Also an older Kona Caldera with 26" wheels.
I'm not sure how well cadence sensor systems work but think proper torque sensing would be my preference.
So I'm up for converting a bike or buying a new e-bike.
My dreambike would be the fat Samedi Fat 4 but it is ridiculously expensive.
Frey fat bike well priced but probably a 5 kg weight penalty?
I did try a Rocky Mountain Growler 30 on the sidewalk so not much of a test but they are quite common slightly used and the format would do the trick I'm sure.
I do have e-bike experience from way back. I had a nicad powered front CY hub conversion on a Bridgestone mtb commuter that I rode for several thousand km's. Then I thought I was upgrading to an iron phosphate pack from ebikesdotca which was the worst 700 bucks I've ever spent and created a 10 year black hole for ebikes. The battery would self discharge in a few days so I sent it back and they tested it and said it was fine but it just pooped dead. I have plenty of experience with batteries as I'm a RC flyer and experienced the lipo revolution from the start.
Plenty of blabble but too many options! I want to set my wife up with a conversion so it may be economical to convert the Kona with the 68 mm bottom bracket and 135 mm rear hub as it would swap to her bike. Seems like there are many torque sensing BB's but not sure how well they work. Trek has a 120mm BB but I bumped into a fellow riding a Cyclone fatty conversion who informed me that it is available by Bafang and others. Not sure if a Bafang rear geared hub is worth considering or would even fit the 197 mm thru axle.
I like to stay in shape so I do like to pedal as much as I can. I don't need to go fast and don't mind pushing the bike up nasty hills to extend range and get the butt off the saddle for a bit.
I was able to ride a 40 km trip this late fall in a bit of snow in quite hilly terrain on my fatbike.
I have a Trek Farley 7 fat bike which has the 27.5 wheels (with a 2nd wheelset) that I could convert.
Also an older Kona Caldera with 26" wheels.
I'm not sure how well cadence sensor systems work but think proper torque sensing would be my preference.
So I'm up for converting a bike or buying a new e-bike.
My dreambike would be the fat Samedi Fat 4 but it is ridiculously expensive.
Frey fat bike well priced but probably a 5 kg weight penalty?
I did try a Rocky Mountain Growler 30 on the sidewalk so not much of a test but they are quite common slightly used and the format would do the trick I'm sure.
I do have e-bike experience from way back. I had a nicad powered front CY hub conversion on a Bridgestone mtb commuter that I rode for several thousand km's. Then I thought I was upgrading to an iron phosphate pack from ebikesdotca which was the worst 700 bucks I've ever spent and created a 10 year black hole for ebikes. The battery would self discharge in a few days so I sent it back and they tested it and said it was fine but it just pooped dead. I have plenty of experience with batteries as I'm a RC flyer and experienced the lipo revolution from the start.
Plenty of blabble but too many options! I want to set my wife up with a conversion so it may be economical to convert the Kona with the 68 mm bottom bracket and 135 mm rear hub as it would swap to her bike. Seems like there are many torque sensing BB's but not sure how well they work. Trek has a 120mm BB but I bumped into a fellow riding a Cyclone fatty conversion who informed me that it is available by Bafang and others. Not sure if a Bafang rear geared hub is worth considering or would even fit the 197 mm thru axle.