cowman
Final Approach
So I've had my KHS Urban X bike since 2008 or so... it's a good all around bike. Starting to show some age but I like it and how it's set up. I ride up and down the highway and around the general area, normally when I go it's a good 5-10 miles out then back.
That's changed now, I have a kid so I added on one of those kid hauler trailers so I'm not stuck in the house when I have him. Problem is while the trailer isn't that hard to pull even up hills, it's basically a parachute when it comes to wind. The drag factor is huge and I've had to call for a pickup when I turned around one day and found I could go nowhere near as fast going back into the wind as I did with it at my back..... this is all greatly limiting my range.
Primary goal would be to bail me out in headwinds but I also know myself and I'd probably end up trying to go faster/farther in general just because.
I'm seeing electric conversion kits on amazon... wide variety of wattages, front drive, pedal drive, rear drive. I also wonder if putting upgrades/mods into a now 12 year old bike with rust showing saddle bags fading is wise over just eating the cost of a ground up electric. Anybody else tried this and have any wisdom to offer?
That's changed now, I have a kid so I added on one of those kid hauler trailers so I'm not stuck in the house when I have him. Problem is while the trailer isn't that hard to pull even up hills, it's basically a parachute when it comes to wind. The drag factor is huge and I've had to call for a pickup when I turned around one day and found I could go nowhere near as fast going back into the wind as I did with it at my back..... this is all greatly limiting my range.
Primary goal would be to bail me out in headwinds but I also know myself and I'd probably end up trying to go faster/farther in general just because.
I'm seeing electric conversion kits on amazon... wide variety of wattages, front drive, pedal drive, rear drive. I also wonder if putting upgrades/mods into a now 12 year old bike with rust showing saddle bags fading is wise over just eating the cost of a ground up electric. Anybody else tried this and have any wisdom to offer?