I recently installed and took my first successful test ride on a road bike that I had converted to a hybrid electric bike via the Swytch eBike Conversion Kit. This was a project that took me eight months—two-thirds of a year—to complete, and was sometimes hugely demoralizing along the way. My sister suggested I write a blog post about my experience to help anyone thinking about “making the Swytch” (I promise that’s the last time I’ll say that), and I agreed, feeling like it would give me some welcome closure around the project.

So, was the Swytch eBike Conversion Kit worth it?