By diveratt on Skatehive
OK Hive bike fans that didn’t take long to be honest I’ve had the e-bike kit sitting around for a while but needed a couple of bits to finish off the project so here we go. First things first I fitted the post mount Hope front brake, I did take the bike out with just a rear brake a few times but with the 140mm rear rotor it didn’t really stop that well and going down hill was certainly a bit scary and the extra weight and power of the an e-bike it would have been lethal. A little while ago I posted about the baby mullet conversion on my old race Kona Explosif well today it gets it’s e-bike conversion. Don’t get your hopes up this is not a how to blog post. There are a few e-bike kit options front or rear hub motors and the Bafang style Mid Drive motors and lots of different powers from legal 250watt speed limited kits to 2000watt unlimited and very illegal kits that a lot of the delivery guys have them but you risk getting them crushed by the police when they have a purge. Then you hav