I've now transferred my kit to a third bike, my newly acquired Trek 4300.
It started off on my old Raleigh winter bike which was OK but only 21 gears, not enough around these parts if you like to pedal as much as possible.
Then I fitted it to my Schwinn Rocket 88 which with 27 gears and brilliant rear suspension was great, that is until the seat tube started to crack from the weight of the battery on a rack attached to the seatpost.
I noticed it just in time and refitted the kit back to the Raleigh till I got around to buying a more suitable bike.
I have disc brakes for the first time which are brilliant now I've worked out how to prevent them screeching. The kit has fitted really well to the Trek or maybe I'm just getting better at it and the ride is great though I've ordered a Suntour suspension seatpost as using the bike almost entirely off tarmac I really miss the rear suspension.
I upgraded to a 203mm front rotor, something I expected to have to do thanks to a bit of advice from Ray74 and this gives the brake calliper plenty of clearance for the hub motor which wouldn't fit with the stock 160mm rotor, I doubt whether a 180mm would give enough clearance.
The 6 rotor screws that came with the bike are slightly long so I used the shorter ones that came attached to the motor.
I'm still happy with just a thumb throttle which suits the way I ride but the Trek has a square bottom bracket shaft so should be easy to fit the sensor for a pedelec system should I need to do that in the future.
My Schwinn is now demoted/promoted to winter bike so will be sporting spikes in a couple of months (just hope I won't be sporting a plaster cast soon after) and the old Raleigh is now a reserve for visitors or friends, I'll probably give it away locally in due course though it's hard to part with such a faithful old bike which has never failed me.
It started off on my old Raleigh winter bike which was OK but only 21 gears, not enough around these parts if you like to pedal as much as possible.
Then I fitted it to my Schwinn Rocket 88 which with 27 gears and brilliant rear suspension was great, that is until the seat tube started to crack from the weight of the battery on a rack attached to the seatpost.
I noticed it just in time and refitted the kit back to the Raleigh till I got around to buying a more suitable bike.
I have disc brakes for the first time which are brilliant now I've worked out how to prevent them screeching. The kit has fitted really well to the Trek or maybe I'm just getting better at it and the ride is great though I've ordered a Suntour suspension seatpost as using the bike almost entirely off tarmac I really miss the rear suspension.
I upgraded to a 203mm front rotor, something I expected to have to do thanks to a bit of advice from Ray74 and this gives the brake calliper plenty of clearance for the hub motor which wouldn't fit with the stock 160mm rotor, I doubt whether a 180mm would give enough clearance.
The 6 rotor screws that came with the bike are slightly long so I used the shorter ones that came attached to the motor.
I'm still happy with just a thumb throttle which suits the way I ride but the Trek has a square bottom bracket shaft so should be easy to fit the sensor for a pedelec system should I need to do that in the future.
My Schwinn is now demoted/promoted to winter bike so will be sporting spikes in a couple of months (just hope I won't be sporting a plaster cast soon after) and the old Raleigh is now a reserve for visitors or friends, I'll probably give it away locally in due course though it's hard to part with such a faithful old bike which has never failed me.
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