L7523 wrote: ↑15 Oct 2021, 3:43pm
I am not yet ready to hang up my wheels My machines are classics (Jack Taylor and George Longstaff) with drop handlebars, mudguards, rear carrier etc. The time has come for the e-bike but lifelong cyclists are not the target of the ready made market.
I looked at 'Bespoked 2021' exhibitors information but was unable to find anyone making bespoked e-bikes. Has anyone the answer to my dilemma?
Genuine question but how should an e-bike for "a lifelong CTC member" be any different? You're sort of implying that you want (or need?) a custom e-bike without stating what you want it for which, given the range of e-bikes from reasonably lightweight e-road bikes through gravel, MTB, commuter, cargo, folding, special needs (ie adapted cycles) etc, makes it almost impossible to answer your question.
Custom e-bikes are rare (not impossible but very very rare) because the bike is usually built around a motor and drive system first and everything else second. It gets more complicated when proprietary systems are used and you're constraining a lot of the customisation possible on a normal bike by designing it around the motor. Frankly, you'd be far better off just buying something off the peg.
If you're after some way of turning your existing classic bikes into e-, you're probably after some sort of bolt on system like this:
https://www.swytchbike.com/