New electric bicycle conversion kit launches to help Brits beat the cost-of-commuting crisis

New electric bicycle conversion kit launches to help Brits beat the cost-of-commuting crisis: every mile costs less than 1p on your EXISTING bike

The average UK worker spends c.£8000 – 21% of their salary on commuting annually 

Swytch launches to upcycle your journeys – saving commuters thousands
Oliver Montague and Dmitro Khroma, co-founders of Swytch Technology, comment on the launch of the world’s first pocket-sized eBike battery

Swytch Technology has today launched their new electric bike conversion kit which turns any bike electric, featuring the world’s first pocket-sized eBike battery. The London-based tech start-up has been inundated with thousands of orders for the lightest and smallest eBike conversion kit in the world, the Swytch Kit.

At a time when the country finds itself in a deepening cost-of-living crisis, and the average UK worker spends 21% of their salary on commuting annually, Brits have been forced to seek more affordable sources of transport. As a result of this, close to 16 million Brits now partake in cycling – the highest level ever recorded in the last five years, according to recent research from Mintel. The bike conversion specialists have also released data that finds one of the main reasons why Brits are currently considering purchasing an eBike is to save money on travelling or commuting, a burgeoning price that currently stands at an average of £8,000 per annum across the nation. For this reason, Swytch has engineered a solution that allows you to travel electric for just 0.4 pence per mile, potentially saving you thousands a year on commuting costs.  

The new way to cycle: Who are Swytch?

The new Swytch Kit takes you further and faster by converting any regular bicycle into a state-of-the-art eBike. The conversion kit features a pocket-sized battery (the “Power Pack”) which is similar in size to a large smartphone. The battery provides 250W of power and enough range for your daily commute, whilst weighing only 700g (1.5lb) and can be recharged in around one hour. Furthermore, the high-torque frictionless motor allows Swytch users to easily climb gradients of 30% without breaking a sweat.

Such is the popularity of the brand in the UK, Swytch estimates that 1 in 14 new eBikes on the road in the UK in 2021 were Swytch bikes, and is forecasting to account for more than 10% of the entire UK eBike market, by volume, in 2022.  

How does Swytch work?

Once you receive your made-to-order Swytch Kit, you’ll have everything you need to convert your bicycle into an eBike including a customised motor wheel, a Power Pack, a handlebar mount, a pedal sensor and a charger. You can install your Swytch Kit in three simple steps:

1. Remove your old wheel and replace it with the new motor wheel. 

2. Fit the pedal sensor onto the pedal (to detect when you are pedalling). 

3. Fit the handlebar mount to the handlebars, and plug everything in. Now you’re ready to simply click on the battery, and ride electric!

Where can I buy one?

The Swytch Kit is now available to pre-order here. Due to significant demand, the option to receive your kit from one of the first two batches of production (for delivery in September/October or November/December) has now sold out. However, you can pre-order a kit from a later production run, with prices starting from £549 (with 50% discount applied, delivery in January/February) or from as little as £449 (with a 60% discount applied, delivery in March/April).

Swytch’s CTO and Co-Founder, Dmitro Khroma comments:

“Our new improved Swytch Kit is a game-changer. It is going to totally disrupt the eBike industry because it is so much lighter, smaller and more affordable than anything else out there.”

Swytch’s CEO and Co-Founder, Oliver Montague adds:

“Our job as innovators is to make environmentally-friendly technology that people want to use because it is cool! That way, a global change to a more sustainable way of life will happen naturally”.

About Swytch 

Swytch was founded by engineers Oliver Montague and Dmitro Khroma in 2017 in response to an obvious gap in the market for a sustainable transport solution. The idea first developed when Oliver was cycling to his workplace to meet with his boss. Despite travelling similar distances, Oliver had broken into a sweat whereas his boss arrived impeccably dressed, simply because he was on an eBike.

Oliver now plays a pivotal role as head of the company as CEO and Dmitro leads a world-class London-based engineering team as CTO.  Already saving 17,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions from previous models, Swytch believes that transport shouldn’t cost the Earth – so they’ve made it their mission to make electric transport accessible to everybody. Since launching the first version of the Swytch Kit in 2017, Swytch has helped over 40,000 customers convert their bike into an eBike.