If you’re feeling left out by the current craze for electric bikes, a Kickstarter-toting entrepreneur might have the solution: an affordable(-ish) conversion kit. For £350 plus shipping, the curiously-named Barak comprises a motor for the hub, a battery, and a controller. It’s the brainchild of Micah Toll, who has a good pedigree in the e-bike industry, so should prove more than a flash in the pan. (Or, of course, you could just pedal like the rest of us.)

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