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Tempted to get a Yose Power kit for a Specialized Crosstrail.
www.specialized.com
The spec states the wheels are Specialized Borough XC Sport, 700x45c, 60TPI, wire bead
Is that 700mm? Which converts to 27.5 inches?
Crosstrail Pro Disc
The double-butted A1 Premium Aluminum frame of the Crosstrail Pro Disc saves weight, and the up-spec'd Shimano drivetrail adds more performance.
The spec states the wheels are Specialized Borough XC Sport, 700x45c, 60TPI, wire bead
Is that 700mm? Which converts to 27.5 inches?
I bought an eBike a few months ago to commute to work, to aid losing weight after a heart issue earlier in the year, and I, at 57, am enjoying riding a bike again. The 10 miles each way commute is 99% on quiet roads in estates and then onto a 5 mile cycle path from my home town to close to my place of work. One section I have to do, to avoid a 60mph A road, is approx. 1 mile along a gravel/farm track.
I do have a Dawes 401 Discovery Hybrid bike I bought some 20 years ago and recently I've cleaned it up and testing it out with the aim to covert it to an eBike. The reason for this is I don't want to ride my expensive eBike in the rain as it lives in my living room but the Dawes lives in the porch.
@SexyGreyFox you know your onions when eBike conversions are said onions, I want to buy a Yose Power kit, for simplicities sake it'd be great if I just bought a front wheel kit, but given I ride about 1 mile on a gravel/farm track, picture below, would I be risking coming off with a front wheel kit? I'm not too worried about doing a rear wheel conversion but I can see I'd need to know if my bike is cassette or freewheel. It did look like the cassette option when I filmed the wheel turning.
I do have a Dawes 401 Discovery Hybrid bike I bought some 20 years ago and recently I've cleaned it up and testing it out with the aim to covert it to an eBike. The reason for this is I don't want to ride my expensive eBike in the rain as it lives in my living room but the Dawes lives in the porch.
@SexyGreyFox you know your onions when eBike conversions are said onions, I want to buy a Yose Power kit, for simplicities sake it'd be great if I just bought a front wheel kit, but given I ride about 1 mile on a gravel/farm track, picture below, would I be risking coming off with a front wheel kit? I'm not too worried about doing a rear wheel conversion but I can see I'd need to know if my bike is cassette or freewheel. It did look like the cassette option when I filmed the wheel turning.
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700 is standard road bike size, which becomes 29" on mountain bikes.Tempted to get a Yose Power kit for a Specialized Crosstrail.
Crosstrail Pro Disc
The double-butted A1 Premium Aluminum frame of the Crosstrail Pro Disc saves weight, and the up-spec'd Shimano drivetrail adds more performance.
The spec states the wheels are Specialized Borough XC Sport, 700x45c, 60TPI, wire bead
Is that 700mm? Which converts to 27.5 inches?
They only go up to 28"
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I was going to say "Well they are illegal" and then noticed they do rear ones
I've been riding front wheel hubs for 14 years on all sorts of terrain including Coronation Street type cobbles, no there is no chance of coming off unless you're riding like an idiot.
I've never had anything happen to me concerning a front hub that has concerned me and I have rode both rear and mid also.
If you live close to Stoke you can always try mine.
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I've bought at least 5x 700c Yose conversion kits, my hybrid uses one.
All these companies selling kits are just ran/shipped from China. You're not going to be getting great support from an English representative.
700c (not mm) = 28" though so you'll be fine with that option.
I think the actual rim of a 700c tyre is actually the same as a 29" mtb bike (622mm) but the extra size generally comes from increased tyre size.
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Don't they sell a 700c wheel, I've bought at least 5 off them in the past?
Here you go
E-Bike Conversion Kit 36V 250W 28"(700C) Front Motor Kit with HL1 36V 15.6Ah Battery Hub Motor DIY
1. Technical Description1) 36V 250W brushless geared front motor, stable and powerful;2) 36V 15.6Ah down tube battery, the range is 50-60km, comes with 42V 2A charger;3) comes with 28" double wall rim and 13G black spokes, fit for 28" bikes and some 700C bikes;4) the max speed of motor is...
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I'm on the co.uk site. There's no mention of 700c there. I read somewhere that it's not 700mm but the old french method of measuring bicycle wheels. Possibly why it's not on the uk site.Don't they sell a 700c wheel, I've bought at least 5 off them in the past?
Here you go
E-Bike Conversion Kit 36V 250W 28"(700C) Front Motor Kit with HL1 36V 15.6Ah Battery Hub Motor DIY
1. Technical Description1) 36V 250W brushless geared front motor, stable and powerful;2) 36V 15.6Ah down tube battery, the range is 50-60km, comes with 42V 2A charger;3) comes with 28" double wall rim and 13G black spokes, fit for 28" bikes and some 700C bikes;4) the max speed of motor is...
36V250W 28"(700C) 44NM Front Motor Kit R1 with 36V 13Ah Rear Battery with Rack fit for Bike with Disc/V-brake
1.Additional Information*The warranty of motor and battery is 18 months. Other parts in kit have warranty of 12 months.*The shipping takes 2-4 working days in Germany. In other countries the shipping takes 4-8 working days.*The max speed of motor is 25km/h. The limit can't be canceled.*The max...
www.yosepower.co.uk
new bike incoming... I noticed they changed the price to £899 instead of £999 for the red colour
ah it had to be the red! it's the best colour imo
now we just need some sunshine in London for a sustained period so that I can ride an e-bike for the first time in my life! will it be okay to use it off-road....ie in moorlands that kind of place? I have no idea about hybrid bikes being a mountain bike enthusiast for over 20 years.
ah it had to be the red! it's the best colour imo
now we just need some sunshine in London for a sustained period so that I can ride an e-bike for the first time in my life! will it be okay to use it off-road....ie in moorlands that kind of place? I have no idea about hybrid bikes being a mountain bike enthusiast for over 20 years.
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Personally i wouldn't, my hybrid is used for roads and concrete paths.
There's even a 1 mile cycle path i ride on going to and from work and i won't ride on that with a hybrid because of the tree roots that have pushed up the path every 10 metres.
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It's up to you, like a car it will tell you if it doesn't like where it is so try it.
Hybrids are basically Road Bikes with straight handlebars, my Trek 7300 is but the tyres are a little wider because that's what I put on.
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700x 35 gravel bike tyre(also same tyres hybrids use) vs MTB 29x2.5inch
internal diameter is the same, but I could git 2x 700c tyres on the same rim no doubt, or fit one as an innertube, the rims probably deeper too though is a 700c35c fitted I'd likely be riding on the rim?
MTB tyres flex a lot, run at low pressures, they basically form the shape of whatever they pass over, I'd imagine the rims would have to be deeper to stop the tyre ripping off, especially when the rims probably twice as wide, so some of the height difference in a true 29er wheel is likely the rim too
road bike wheels, gravel bikes and hybrid/citybikes all measure tyres in c so 700c, mtb always used inches. regional differences of where bikes came from originally I guess.
In the UK you still ask for a 700c tyre or wheel, inner tubes always have like 3 different measurements on them
apart from they use tyres that won't fit on 99% of road bikes and have a different geometry. (road bikes forks are so narrow they limit tyre width)
Gravel bikes are hybrid with shorter wheel base and drop bars
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