Road Bike Conversion - 130mm OLD - Which kit / motor?

harrys

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Wouldn't a torque washer be more appropriate than those washers in the link, providing the dropouts were the right size.
 

peterjd

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Sep 18, 2019
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'My daughter has a Trek Lexa road bike, XS frame size. '


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Nice looking old style bike. I've a Swytch Mk 1 on an even older 'conventional' road/touring bike with a variety of different sized batteries fitted to the rear rack. I also had to file out the front dropouts to fit the front motor wheel. True the front forks are steel so I didn't need the torque thingy which I had, but otherwise it fitted ok. Although I've more recently bought a new electric pedelec (Decathlon 500E), I wouldn't get rid of the relatively lightweight converted tourer which is easy to manhandle into the back of the car . So don't dismiss a simple conversion, it may depend on what type of use the bike will be getting.
 

Raboa

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The washers mentioned in the link are handy if your front fork has lips, they allow bolts, other washers and torque arms to be fitted against a fully flat surface.