Now that I've got all the electrickery and the Sachs hub properly sorted and working as they should the next task is to fit up a large wicker hamper between the rear wheels. I'm a big fan of basketwork containers because they're light and very strong - and of course they are easy on the planet too.
My previous trike had the hub motor wheel on the front (I don't have any pictures sorry) and while this did work Ok I was never entirely happy with the setup. I didn't really know how well it might work out moving the motor wheel to the LH rear, but I'm very pleased to be able to report that the new configuration is a total success.

My previous trike before electric conversion.


Something I did try out on my old Raleigh based trike was dual rim brakes on the front wheel. These were very successful and worked very well. I had a part-time job delivering pamphlets and flyers around the neighbourhood at the time and my route included one of the steeper roads in town. Let me tell you a load of pamphlets for 225 households can weigh very heavy and I wasn't always that happy on the downhill bits. Dual brakes up front cured that very nicely