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Front hub, rear hub or mid-drive? Pick the right e-bike kit
By the Skint Kit crew · How we pickThree types of e-bike conversion kit, and picking the wrong one wastes your money. Front hub kits are the cheapest and easiest.
You swap the front wheel and you're nearly done, but they need a strong steel or alloy fork, never carbon. Rear hub kits grip better and feel more natural, but fitting is fiddlier because of your gears.
Mid-drive kits are the hill climbers, because the motor works through your gears. They're the hardest to fit, and in the UK you want the two hundred and fifty watt version, not the big power ones.
Flat roads and tight budget, go front hub. Steep hills, go mid-drive.
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