Picked up one of those super inexpensive Voilamart 1000w rear wheel kit. I was going to install it on a 1998 Giant Yukon, but the dropouts were not accepting the wheel. So I decided to give it a shot on my 2005 Giant Trance 4. The wheel dropped in perfectly on that. The Voilamart kit comes with a 7 speed cassette on a threaded freewheel style hub. The Trance is a 9 speed rear. Going to get a 9 speed threaded freewheel cassette that will hopefully work on the electric wheel. I also need to put a bigger rotor on it, to allow the hub motor to clear the caliper. Thankfully the electric wheel has the six hole mounts for a rotor. The bike will go from 160mm rotors to 180mm rotors, nice upgrade.
As it's a 3x9 setup, I may convert it to 1x9, possibly to a 42t chainring. That will clean it up and I can ditch the front derailleur - something I've wanted to do for a while.
Still waiting on the cassette and the rotors to get here, but here's the bike that's being converted:
As it's a 3x9 setup, I may convert it to 1x9, possibly to a 42t chainring. That will clean it up and I can ditch the front derailleur - something I've wanted to do for a while.
Still waiting on the cassette and the rotors to get here, but here's the bike that's being converted: