Hello All,
I believe this belongs in bike mechanics and not electric bike cause it's more about the mechanical and technical issues, and also involves parts that are just limited to ebikes. But if this is in the long subforum, please feel free to move.

I ride an electric bike due to a disability that doesn't allow me to ride traditional bikes anymore. And due to said disability, I use the electric bike to provide myself transportation to save myself from long distance walking which I cannot also do much anymore. I like to use the bike to not only get around but I use it with a Walkie Dog leash to walk my german shepherd everywhere and also like to go trail riding, beach riding and doing general outdoors stuff. The electric portion allows me to do things I would have a difficult time doing with a normal bike.

I have a Currietech Ezip Trailz which is a mountain bike with a SLA battery that has a good amount of power.. good pedal assist and throttle. but it lacks one thing that I absolutely require. Portability. It weighs almost a whopping 70 lbs with the SLA battery and I can't take it anywhere with me unless I have access to a SUV or truck. My 350z doesn't allow for bike racks (trust me, the ones that exist are terrible).

I'd like to buy a folding Montague bike that is built like a mountain bike but will allow me to fold it and transport it in ANY small car. How difficult would it be to swap/transfer all the electric (and necessary) parts from the Currietech Ezip to a regular folding bike? From what I can see with my very unskilled eyes, there's a motor on the rear wheel or rear gearing. The rest of the stuff are wires and go to the controller in the back part of the bike under the rack.

Is this something that is easily doable or is it too much trouble than it's worth??

The reason I want to swap is because the folding ebikes are about $1200-1500 price point here AND they don't look or function like a mountain bike. The wheels are smaller, the seat and handles raise up really high and it lacks the sporty look I want. A montague type folding bike looks great, folds very small. All it needs is an electric power to it.


The other option is to sell the currietech as is, make about $200-400 or whaever I can get for it and then buy one of these kits: http://www.electric-bike-kit.com/hill-topper.aspx
But it's $500 for a very very small lithium battery and $800 for the 10ah lithium, which is way too expensive for me.


ANY help greatly appreciated.