inside of this box there is another box which will let you turn any bike into an e-bike almost any
bike do you think they realize they spot switch okay there's two look Princess Leia save me I'll
be a one you're my only hope so this is a switch kit a kit for converting any bike into an e-bike
they very kindly sent us one of these to play with is that everything so we've got two boxes
Eco must be made of like leaves or something what is this it says switch kit Eco and when you Google
that stuff comes up but it's all eBay and Amazon it looks like this is probably an old model and
they don't do it anymore here you go guys here's a video about a thing that you can't buy so this
version that we have that you can't buy has a 35k range which is more than the ones they have on the
internet but it's heavier power pack start guide what's that oh Jesus it's like a swab of some sort
something I've learned from building bikes for Nick vieiri is charge your batteries we don't
know if this has come charged so get it plugged in right UK plug something I've noticed which is
quite rare for the cycling industry is there's very little plastic in that packaging which is
good I think it's pretty much literally just that that and that and presumably some parts of their
actual product they're selling is plastic that obviously has a use rather than going straight
in the bin whereas all the boxes and the internal packaging it's just all cardboard isn't it
other little boxes have handlebar mount more swabs oh
what are they for clamp for The Handlebar so this thing fits on and then the box
there is going to clamp to the front cable ties two sets like a ring with a sticky
metal ring and then some other clip things there's actually not that many parts is it
so I reckon that presumably is for going over the battery pack
so when you get one of these you have to specify what wheel size you want because
the motor is inside the front wheel which is a bit different to most e-bikes this is a similar
sort of motor to the one that's on Daisy's bike which is in the rear it's built into the center
of the Hub which means you have to specify wheel size we've gone with 26 inch because
we have the perfect bike for it
the legendary Scott Sawtooth Jimmy we've got to take the weird tires off
the tires that was so hard to put on that was the easiest thing ever that's literally 30 seconds
this is why they're not safe sorry this is a throwback for a previous episode these holy tires
they took about two hours to put on and they took about 20 seconds to take off this is why they're
not safe to ride Piper wants to buy these straight on eBay so just for reference this is 1037 grams
for the normal front wheel this one we're expecting to be heavier because it has a motor
inside two eight eight six for the wheel with the motor one next well we could read the instruction
manual or we can just go for it we could just go for it really nice instruction like nice nicely
printed is this where we've got to now where we're reviewing the paperwork that comes with it people
want comprehensive reviews to be fair the last the last thing the the double disc wheel that we did
it basically came with nothing apart from the QR code yes this is the the extreme opposite it comes
with three books we're gonna have a competition to put the tires on fastest three two one go
fit the magnet disc either side of the crank axle so this is like a universal magnet crank
sensor thing so because we've got like an old style Square taper crank we have to use these
little adapters to make it fit when that's fitted the system will know when you're
pedaling so it can kick in because the system is pedal assist which makes it legal in the UK
make sure your bike's not Bend I know sensor is now in place you can see the
disc here cable tied onto the back of the crank on so now we have to attach the pedal
sensor so that presumably when the crank's going around the magnets are aligned so this
circular bit with a weird little Target on it needs to be perfectly matched up to the magnets
and then we stick it to the frame zip tie it to its extra protected and then this goes somewhere
which we are yet to find out and I'll line this up with the sensors and stick it on the down
tube it's just like a magnet you would have on a bike computer from years ago you programming
how big your wheels are and then it knows how many pedal revolutions you're doing and that's
how it bases its top speed you then zip tie this on for extra security and jobs are good
I think that might be the most secure thing in history you could build a house on that
it's so steady so this front piece here is not just a clamp for the battery it also acts as a
junction box a bit like the di2 one so all of the cables from the back of the bike and the
wheel plug into this so they can talk to each other I'm guessing Orange goes in Orange it
does you need to hear the click I think we're basically done well that's it I think so what
about the other cake but there's a blue one and another orange one it is odd that there's a lot of
cables unaccounted for that it must be something to do with like other products that are for other
things maybe these are for lights can you plug lights into these maybe that's what you should
do maybe you should look to see if you can get some like AliExpress things to turn this into
like a charging station for like a head unit and lights probably it's a massive battery like like a
Dynamo but without a Dynamo do you know what I was thinking about why hasn't the cycling industry I
was actually saying this yesterday you know that the tax neo2t yeah doesn't need to be plugged
in one rather there is one right there it doesn't need to be plugged in so you can literally use it
anywhere without any power because it you know power cycling you're generating Watts why is
there not a bike company that's developed a like Hub based thing or uh well actually there is
it's called a Dynamo but something where are you going with this why do we have to charge bikes and
charge lights and things why isn't everything why aren't we using our own power to charge
everything why can't I have etap and then it just like charges itself yeah right it uses barely any
power anyway exactly so why do I have to charge it in a wall socket the bike should generate itself
bike people build stuff that charges charges itself with dynamos which
already exists you're a genius I'm a genius hey
why would you want anything other than maximum power because it increases battery life
see how stable this is good
all right I need a bigger chainring on this now I had a little I put a dinky
one on because I was like oh I'm only going to poop around but now I can do
15 mile an hour everywhere this is great because it's front wheel most e-bikes are real wheel I
wasn't sure if it was going to have enough traction but I guess the bike's quite heavy
anyway the wheel the pack and the wheel add a bit of weight so it does grip oh yeah of course I'm
gonna give it some more testing on the route home though because that's uphill and gravel
obviously got the power setting on 100 that is the only setting I'm ever going to have it in
full gas to stay with you
why are you out of breath is it high Cadence when you set off being in a easier gear it means it
kicks in straight away whereas if you're in a slow gear going faster so it kind of it's weird
all right this is a very Steep Hill I can hear the motor really trying it's still yeah I'm barely
putting in any effort and going very fast this is so steep it's really easy though don't you think
he's gone what a great day it gets even steeper over here Jimmy steep climb test
that is a legit test because that was way more than 20 and
it didn't slip no change at all it just kept going
is it is it noisy can you hear it yeah because in the studio we were like oh it's really loud but
outside it's a lot better it sounds like you know like a really trendy Tire a really grippy tire so
what's the conclusion there Jimmy I don't know I wasn't riding it you tell me it makes me want to
actually keep this bike clean I'm going to commute on this all the time taking a bike that was a bit
of a chore and it's made it like it worked because it's so heavy yeah but it's relative
isn't it because the other bikes that'll ride the other bikes that I ride are so light and so fast
that that was just like oh why am I riding this one I get I guess to put it into context it is
like legitimately heavy it's probably 15 kilos and I guess what some people may or may not know is
your commute home is like pretty much exclusively uphill not not steep but it's it's consistent like
two three four percent for what 15 kilometers or something or other I guess the big question is
will that battery last the whole way home what I want to know though is what this is for the tiny
shower cap yeah how long did it take us to set it up not very long at all it was actually ready
yeah yeah considering we were like obviously we're filming stuff at the same time there's only two of
us here we're taking it in turns with the camera so it slows you down at least it will be twice
as fast for someone to do it if you were focused on the task I reckon that's a 15 minute job maybe
less and it definitely isn't a two-person job no one person can do it absolutely fine the trickiest
bit is getting the magnet sensor stuck in the right place because we noticed as soon as you were
too far away it wasn't picking up the the Little Wheel that you put behind the crank and you need
it very very close for it to work once that was set up and cable tied on seems fine it agreed it
is the trickiest bit but it's also very easy like that that's the hardest bit it is super easy yeah
it is super easy it's surprised it's surprising how quick you can go from a non-e-bike to an eBay
I'm pretty impressed as I said switch did send this to us uh but we didn't have to be nice about
it first impressions are really good I'm going to carry on riding it I'm really intrigued to know
how long the battery is going to last I know we're kind of talking about how we set it up but what
about the version that you can actually buy online is it the same switch if you would like to send us
another one of the new version we wouldn't say no I know what's up well thankfully we've solved that
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