Revos - Hills are History

Fit Revos to your bike in under 10 minutes

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Hunter's comment

sucker for electric bikes, especially this. ..

as you may know i'm a bit of a sucker for electric bikes, what with lightweight frames, interesting design details, security, battery life and range -- i feel like it's the perfect 'hack' for bicycle transportation -- i've owned an electric bike and i loved it, even when i needed to blast into the local town for beers.

what's different about this one is that it's a really well thought 'after market' kind of addon that will support certain framed bikes (so not everything) in terms of a little powered 'pushed' type system and 100 or 209 Wh battery -- they say you can install it in ten minutes -- that's a big claim but i see the market they are going after.

check out their kickstarter, they already raised all the money they need for this to happen -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/revolutionworks/revos-transform-your-bike-into-an-ebike?ref=2i64qy

people who love the bike they already have but hate having to bike up the hills in hilly cities thus not using it for commuting to and from work -- this is perfect, it gives you that little boost to get there and back and helps with that 'assistive' push up.

they just made their kickstarter as well so i'm really happy this is a product that will actually exist -- let's hope they can deliver it on time and not frustrate people which happens a lot with kickstarter and indiegogo projects! :)

So is it cool? -- damn straight for someone who already has a compatiable bike they love, this is a no brainer addon. but what about the cost -- well, that's relative right? no electric bike, probably gonna spend over £1k on one to be reasonably good, this is adding on to an existing bike so half that price not bad i'd say -- the build quality look first class, the video for the fundraiser btw was polished (always a good sign) -- ethics wise this seems to be an inhouse project taking existing parts, making their own PCB's and fabricating the builds, i'm impressed -- is this a buy indicator? for me, if you have an existing bike with the right config and you wanna go electric this is certainly a look at product. ..