electric assist

I like that they are using high quality components. However, you still have to swap wheels and run wires. I can't tell whether you can remove the battery to take it inside. Also, I have a recumbent trike so I want to have the power on the rear. That might be no problem for this system.

What is great about ridekick (assuming it performs as advertised) is that you don't have to modify your bike at all. (Well, you must have to run a wire up to a throttle.)

Also, you can remove the battery and take it inside to charge and/or to keep warm. I have found that battery management is at the top of the list of challenges for an electric bike. It means that the bike has to be kept in a place with electricity available. Or, you have to put the whole bike out in the sun to get a solar charge.

The kickride solution solves my biggest problems: 1) retrofitting my trike with a new wheel or a motor that interferes with gearing and required constant tinkering and 2) managing battery charging.

I would love to find someone who has tried this thing who could testify that it would actually provide enough of an assist to get me up these huge hills!