Cork woman transforms her bicycle into an electric bike for just €470

For most of my life I wasn’t really into exercise or fitness. I’d take the dog for a walk or occasionally going hill walking, but to be honest, I did that more often in head than I did in reality. In my 40’s I met and married Patrick, who was a total fitness fanatic and I travelled all over Ireland and Europe with him, when he was competing in triathlons, at European and World championship level in age group category.

Back to research and I went with a recommendation for swytchbike.com , a company that sends you the kit and you fit it yourself. Although I was assured that it was a really simple process, I am no bike mechanic, I had never as much as mended a puncture so I wasn’t convinced that I would be able to do it myself. I said I’d give it a try, but was sure I’d end up bringing in an expert - my cyclist husband.

I had been told that it had a battery life of 50k, which is incredible when you think of the size of the power pack that sits tidily in a cradle on the handlebars, but the sceptic in me said that’s probably on the flat, with little assistance required, and my area is hilly so I was nervous to go far. When I sat on ‘my new e-bike’ for the first time and it took off, up my hilly drive, I was amazed and excited enough to venture a bit further.

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