Let’s get some disussion here , instead of links.
And I am really curious, I “nightly” ordered a lot of stuff recently.

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    1 year ago

    Be careful with “cheap”. Quality costs. A year later you might find expensive repairs.

    Bafang motors are costly but good quality. Good batteries are expensive, there’s no way around it and most fires seem to be from the cheap ones.

    But a kit is the way to go if you have mechanical skills. And it’s easy to go overboard on estimating “needs”. What’s your goals? It’s ok to not know or wanna go fast or just commute to school.

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      1 year ago

      City traffic, moderate speed, between 2 to 20km per day.
      So I went for a 500W rear hub+well reviewed battery+permanent volt meter.

      The only good battery is a bunch of samsung cells I solder together myself, but that’s outside my current skill level.