Hi All, It's been a while since I've been on the forum- my activity disappeared along with my cycling ability after a minor car crash. Anyways, I'm happily back and have a new diy project that I've been brewing over for just over a year - I want to build an ebike. My ideas so far is to build an initial ebike using a hub motor to build into an existing ZTR Olympic or an entirely new wheel with more spokes and different diameter. My hopes is to be able to swop this wheel out with my current 26" dual sus bike, although I'm concerned over the wear of a motored drivetrain on gearset. I've occasionally checked the chinese carbon thread for an idea over aftermarket carbon frames and rim prices, but they still seem rather expensive for a side project, hence my hopes of building an electric hub motor wheel to swop out instead of a whole new bike. I would first of just like opinions from anyone who've ridden an ebike in South Africa or especially anyone who has built their own, like did you import all your parts, which (unforeseen) obstacles did you encounter, what was your budget and final expenditure etc. etc. This will be an open discussion and hopefully it will get enough content that I could perhaps design two or more ebike drivetrains and write guides for anyone else interested in undertaking this project.
