Our answer, backed by e-bike performance data and customer experience: A 350W motor often provides the optimal balance of power, torque, range, and value. Higher-rated motors (500W or 750W) can feel punchier in short bursts but frequently consume more energy per kilometre, shortening your real-world range.
You have seen them. The advertisements in Youtube and Facebook. The British accented fellow skidding up to the forefront of your screen. Skids to a stop and say, “This is a Swytch bike! The advert continues and within 20 seconds convinces you that any bike can be converted to an ebike. We at Circuit Cycle decided to pay the price and test out these claim and convert a 1978 Sekine Medialle ten speed road bike into an ebike. The results, were stunning!
It is beyond argument that battery technology has come all way. Modern ebikes use Lithium-ion battery packs. A Lithium-ion battery can mean many things within its chemistry make-up. Of all the various types of lithium-ion batteries, three cell chemistry types emerge as widely used in electric bicycle/scooter/mopeds: lithium ferrophosphate, or lithium iron phosphate (LFP), lithium…
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