I got an awesome set of birthday presents from my family and coworkers --
An Electra Amsterdam and a BD36 E-bike kit. Needless to say, it's been an amazing birthday.
The only problem is the BD36 kit uses a 1.75 inch tire width while the Amsterdam's uses 700x40c city tires. Any advice on how best to use this kit with this bike?
I could put a standard tire on the BD36, but I'm worried it would be too wide and rub against the fenders. I've contacted Wilderness Energy to see if I can exchange it for hub motor attached to a different width wheel, so hopefully that will pan out.
I'm assuming my last resort would be to have the hub motor respoked onto the 700cc rims? I'm relatively new to bike maintenance so I'd probably want to get that done at a shop.
Anyone else had a similar situation?
Thanks!
edit: I didn't have the tire specs right -- new to this bike thing.
An Electra Amsterdam and a BD36 E-bike kit. Needless to say, it's been an amazing birthday.
The only problem is the BD36 kit uses a 1.75 inch tire width while the Amsterdam's uses 700x40c city tires. Any advice on how best to use this kit with this bike?
I could put a standard tire on the BD36, but I'm worried it would be too wide and rub against the fenders. I've contacted Wilderness Energy to see if I can exchange it for hub motor attached to a different width wheel, so hopefully that will pan out.
I'm assuming my last resort would be to have the hub motor respoked onto the 700cc rims? I'm relatively new to bike maintenance so I'd probably want to get that done at a shop.
Anyone else had a similar situation?
Thanks!
edit: I didn't have the tire specs right -- new to this bike thing.
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