Hi all,
just updating on my fidings while searching for a 27.5 x 1.9mm 36 HOLES/SPOKES rim.
You can see on picks 1 an 2 the new rim is larger than the old one. In fact the old rim fits right into the old rim.
I tried returning the larger rim to Amego and have it replaced by the proper size but after a few e-mails I never got any more replies. They don't know.
The rim is about 50$ including shipping so I elected to take care of it later and ask for an RMA.
So I went along to order from Leon Cycle and they pointed me to the Milano Plus full wheel with motor mounted.
I just needed the rim so this sounded like an overkill. Replacing a 50$ rim with a more or less 450$ wheel, but I did go with it any way.
So I received the new wheel with the motor mounted and noticed again the rim was larger than my own original rims.
Something is wrong, probably my original bike was mounted with older model rims/wheels and the new standard is the wider wheels and they don't carry the older wheel size anymore. If so they just should say so on their website.
So anyway I decided to mount the new larger rim on my front wheel and install the new larger wheel whit the motor in the back as it should be. Easy, right? Not so said the blind man.
I have to dismount my disk rotor from and cassette and install them on the new wheel. The rotor is easy but come to dismount the cassette is different. Obviously my FR-5 tool does not work on this. Notice the lock ring is outside of the gear assembly (pics 3 and 4). I've been to the bike shop and they dont sell this toll so I will need to bring the wheel in to have the cassette removed, possibly replaced with a compatible 8 gear cassette.
I just want to ride the bike.