There are a number of ways to electrify your existing bike: you can fit a powered wheel, either front or rear; you can attach a drive unit to the bottom bracket......

None of these options are particularly cheap, nor easy, but they’re viable with most bikes, whether you ride a hybrid, mountain bike, tourer or road bike. Many can even be done by the home mechanic, if you’re feeling handy and have an afternoon spare.

So what are your options? Let’s take a look…...

Powered e-bike wheels

This is probably the most practical option for many people – swap out one of your normal, non-powered wheels for one with a special hub that contains a motor, battery to turn it.

Mid-drive e-bike conversion kit

There’s also the bike, which is a mid-drive conversion kit that mounts around the bottom bracket like the Bafang/8Fun mid motor kit. The length of the bottom bracket is 68mm(normal bike)/100mm(fat bike/snow bike).