I got to try a electric P line today (France) at a bike store and while I found the electric assist to be more than decent, the controls and overall setup is extremely impractical. Moreover the E-Brompton is apparently not airline-compliant and I would love to be able to travel with my future Brompton bike.
The most well-received conversion kit seems to be from ARCC, but they don’t ship outside of UK. I’ve looked into Nano and emailed them, currently waiting for their reply. In the meantime I also heard that Grin Technologies is also good but requires extra handiwork.
I found a website where you can order Grin Brompton kits: [https://www.ebike-solutions.com/en/](https://www.ebike-solutions.com/en/)
Their website is wonky and I have trouble navigating it as it’s written in German, even when you switch languages on the top-right of the page.
My questions are:
* has anyone had any experience with ebike-solutions? Or Nano?
* is there any other reputable conversion kit available in EU?
* how long should I expect these kits to last? Can they survive, say, 2000km and 5 years of neat daily commuting?
I haven’t owned a bike since I was 13 but on very rare occasion rented bikes on vacations. Now looking into getting a Brompton for going to work and leisure (well, mostly leisure).
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by PM_MeYourCity
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not sure if their battery is air travel compliant but checkout Pendix from Germany
For grin tech go to their official website at https://ebikes.ca/ the other address you found maybe a reseller of their kits. They ship internationally.
The LIGO batteries are TSA safe but I believe they’re in the middle of cutting over to a newer model. Discuss with them. You could also use powertool batteries such as dewalt v20, v18 or Ryobi v18 etc… in sets of 2 to get the needed 36 volts. 5ah or less will make them TSA compliant.