Pushkar a buddy of mine ordered one of your Travelanche (M) frames and 2.3kw motor with the upgrade of course and I am helping him build it up. He rode mine for 5 minutes and ordered his that night.
But back to my question.
HIs motor came with a 44t steel chainring and rockguard but it hits the frames rear triangle and thats not even fit on all the way. I even removed the rockguard and installed the chainring on the outside of the spider and it's still a no go. Is there a spacer that needs to be installed? He has the shallow spider that should be for the 148mm rear end.
Luckily I didn't run into this issue on my ride as I installed a 38t Wolftooth chainring and it doesent extend to the frame itself but after looking at it if I had a larger chainring I would of had the same issue.
The workaround of course is to use a smaller chainring. 38t is ok 40?. Looks like a 4mm spacer might work and still have enough threads for the locknut.
Just wondering if you ran into this problem when you were building and selling these bikes?
Let me know if you get a chance. Will post up a couple pics when I go in the house.
This is my set-up with the 38t
This is my "problem" bike Bare spider support.
This pic is after removing the rock guard which was on the outermost side of spider and moving chainring to the farthest out position. Ring not flush and it's hitting the frame so I'm guessing a spacer will be needed to run this 44t set-up.
I know building up your own bike has challenges but a motor designed for a specific frame and drivetrain should be able to work or at least a heads up that it won't work out of the box.
I must be missing something here, doesn't make sense to provide something that won't work.
Help me Pushkar.
But back to my question.
HIs motor came with a 44t steel chainring and rockguard but it hits the frames rear triangle and thats not even fit on all the way. I even removed the rockguard and installed the chainring on the outside of the spider and it's still a no go. Is there a spacer that needs to be installed? He has the shallow spider that should be for the 148mm rear end.
Luckily I didn't run into this issue on my ride as I installed a 38t Wolftooth chainring and it doesent extend to the frame itself but after looking at it if I had a larger chainring I would of had the same issue.
The workaround of course is to use a smaller chainring. 38t is ok 40?. Looks like a 4mm spacer might work and still have enough threads for the locknut.
Just wondering if you ran into this problem when you were building and selling these bikes?
Let me know if you get a chance. Will post up a couple pics when I go in the house.
This is my set-up with the 38t
This is my "problem" bike Bare spider support.
This pic is after removing the rock guard which was on the outermost side of spider and moving chainring to the farthest out position. Ring not flush and it's hitting the frame so I'm guessing a spacer will be needed to run this 44t set-up.
I know building up your own bike has challenges but a motor designed for a specific frame and drivetrain should be able to work or at least a heads up that it won't work out of the box.
I must be missing something here, doesn't make sense to provide something that won't work.
Help me Pushkar.
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