{"id":1194512,"date":"2023-10-20T10:19:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1194512"},"modified":"2023-10-20T10:19:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:19:51","slug":"swytch-diy-e-bike-conversion-kits-a-very-very-long-term-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1194512","title":{"rendered":"Swytch DIY e-bike conversion kits: A very, very long-term review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_2151-800x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"Swytch battery on the handlebar of a gray\/pink hybrid bike\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_2151.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1512\" data-width=\"2016\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> There aren&#8217;t many e-bikes you can buy with rim brakes and mid-&#8217;90s gray\/pink styling. (credit: Kevin Purdy)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"2\" data-line-end=\"3\">Recommending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swytchbike.com\/\">Swytch e-bike conversion kit<\/a> feels like recommending a DIY desktop computer upgrade. You\u2019re not evaluating or describing any one experience so much as telling somebody that it might save them money, that it could be a fun project, and that the end result can be a point of pride. Though it would be easier, you can\u2019t replicate the upgrade experience by simply buying another bike. It all depends on what you want out of an e-bike\u2014or a weekend project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"4\" data-line-end=\"5\">I\u2019ve now converted two bikes with Swytch kits, I\u2019ve walked my in-laws through upgrading their own cruiser-style bikes with them, and I\u2019ve made tweaks and fixes to all of the bikes over two years. What I&#8217;ve learned is that there\u2019s no single &#8220;Swytch kit experience&#8221; because every bike is a collection of components, and each component has\u00a0dimensions and angles and quirks that play off the kit in different ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"4\" data-line-end=\"5\">Some people will drop the front wheel off their bike, replace it with Swytch\u2019s wheel, strap down a few cables with zip-ties, mount a battery, and feel the boost on their first ride a couple hours later. Some people will learn a lot more about rims, tires, and beads than they knew before or discover that their seemingly normal-looking front fork is quirky and find that the dropouts require some filing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1976101#p3\">Read 41 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1976101&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1976101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swytch DIY e-bike conversion kits: A very, very long-term review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ There aren&#8217;t many e-bikes you can buy with rim brakes and mid-&#8217;90s gray\/pink styling. (credit: Kevin Purdy) Recommending the Swytch e-bike conversion kit feels like recommending a DIY desktop computer upgrade. You\u2019re not evaluating or describing any one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1194512\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1194513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1194512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1194512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1194513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1194512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1194512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1194512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}