Installation guides
Fitting a Cyclotricity e-bike conversion kit is a roughly two-hour job with basic tools — no soldering, and every connector is colour-coded and plug-and-play. Pick the guide for your kit below.
How to install a front-wheel e-bike conversion kit
Fitting a Cyclotricity Front-Drive 250W conversion kit takes most people about two hours with basic tools. The recommended approach: connect and bench-test the electronics first, then swap your front wheel for the motorised one, transfer your tyre across, seat the torque washer, fit the optional pedal-assist sensor, mount the battery and controller, and connect the colour-coded plug-and-play cabling. No soldering — and the 250W front kit needs no torque arm, making it the most beginner-friendly Cyclotricity kit to install.
Read the guideHow to install a rear-wheel e-bike conversion kit
Fitting a Cyclotricity Rear-Drive 1000W kit follows the same flow as the front kit, but the motor goes in your rear wheel and takes a screw-on freewheel for your gears. Because it's a high-torque motor, fit a torque arm where your frame needs one (aluminium, carbon or degraded-steel frames, filed dropouts, or shallow dropouts). Budget about two hours. The 1000W kit is powerful and intended for off-road use; it ships restricted to road-legal speed and can be de-restricted via the LCD display for off-road riding.
Read the guideHow to install a mid-drive e-bike conversion kit
The Cyclotricity Mid-Drive 250W mounts at the crank, replacing your bottom bracket, so there's no wheel to change — it drives through your existing gears for the most natural feel and best hill-climbing. You need a standard 68mm or 73mm threaded BB shell. The motor has a built-in torque sensor, so there's no separate PAS disc — just a spoke magnet for the speed reading. Allow about two hours; the trickiest part is removing your old bottom bracket.
Read the guideHow to fit a pedal-assist sensor (PAS)
The pedal-assist sensor (PAS) tells your motor to help as you pedal. On Cyclotricity front- and rear-hub kits it's a magnet disc that fits onto your square-taper bottom-bracket spindle, read by a small sensor mounted on the frame. It takes about 15 minutes. If your bike has a Hollowtech or press-fit bottom bracket the disc won't fit — you can ride on a throttle instead, or have a shop swap in a square-taper BB.
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