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Hey everyone. I am in the process of building an ebike starting with a Schwinn Corvette frame. I found a 10 ah battery pack that will fit in the "tank space" of the frame. Now...how to get a tank around it? I have some rudimentary metal working skills and tools but this looks like a really...

Thanks us56456712! Your Corvette is exactly the setup I am trying to do. I just picked up a 61 Corvette at the swap meet. I did think a 2.3" tire was probably a little overly ambitious. Oh well. I was thinking that you might scooch the front of your rear fender 1/2" aft with a coupling...

Greetings, all. I am converting a '61 Schwinn Corvette to 26" rims. I am trying to figure out how wide of a tire I can fit in there. I am hoping to keep the original fenders (which look very wide). Considering that the 26" rim is slightly smaller diameter, might I fit a wider tire in...

Hey everyone. Have you replaced the S7 rims on a Schwinn Middleweight? (Typhoon, American, Heavy Duti, etc.) Can I go to a modern rim size and still use rim brakes? I have done a few conversions to 26" but I always used coaster/drum brakes. Recommendations for rim brakes that would work...

Ok this is interesting. I'm attracted to the chain drive but simultaneously repulsed by sprocket that clamps onto the spokes. https://www.amazon.com/Newest-Electric-Conversion-Bicycle-Sprocket/dp/B0733CNV25?th=1

The Heavy has had a Worksman front drum hub for a decade or so. This contributes to my desire for a rear hub motor since there's no hole in the fork for a brake caliper. (Also contributing is the fact that I don't want to file open the fork to fit the larger diameter of an electric hub axle.)...

Here's a kit that says it is for BMX and the spacing is specifically called out as 110mm. I am thinking I could buy this kit and lace the hub into my own rim. Does anyone have any experience with Leafbike...

This is good information! I guess I figured it was more complicated than just reversing + and -. Oh well.

I'm sort of warming up to the idea of using a front hub. I think I have read about that elsewhere. You either need to find a compatible cover that has the freewheel threads on it or make an adapter and use the disc brake holes, and then run it in reverse. It's a DC motor, you can just reverse...

This is what I have seen as well. But many of them have a 7s freewheel, which fills up a lot of the 135mm of width. I don't have much experience with ebike hubs, but the other freewheel hubs I have seen have a spacer on the axle so that the lock nuts stick out of the freewheel. (As in the...

Hey everyone. Has anyone put a rear ebike motor into a frame with 110mm spacing? I want to electrify my Heavy Duti and I'm looking for a rear hub that will fit the frame. Has anyone done this yet?

Yeah I saw this one too and I had a great idea like I would find my old unit, and use the nuts and other pieces from it on this new hub. Then I went out and looked for the old hub and I guess I pitched it. This is why my garage is so full of junk. Every time I think I can get away with...

You forgot the spoon brake! I have only really seen one bike with a spoon brake. It was a Puch Waffenrad. I saw it at the Ann Arbor swap meet a few years ago and I almost bought it. I should have bought it. I knew that night that I should have bought it. Next year I went back to find the...

Yes but of course I need 36H!!!! (I saw that one on eBay in my searches) I bought one of the S2Cs when they first came out. I put a lot of hard miles on it and eventually it started to make some funny sounds. I took it apart and replaced the bearings. It was never the same so I bought a...

I would like to find another S2C. I like the one on my Speedster much better than the Bendix Red bands I have used over the years. The Bendix hubs I have had always had too much drag in high gear. I can't locate the S2C anywhere. It's still on Sturmey's product page, but on one has them in...

Greetings, all. I am looking for a rear hub for my wife's speedster. I have had a couple of Sturmey Archer S2C hubs on my bikes and I really like them. I can't seem to find those anymore. Does anyone have a good alternative? I liked how the S2C gives you a low gear when you need it, but it...

Hey everyone. Where are we hiding our eBike batteries? I bought a Hilltopper Sprinter conversion kit recently for my wife's Speedster. And I'm thinking about one for my Heavy Duti. But the battery packs are ugly! What I really want is a custom battery pack that fits in the top of a...

I have it on good authority that the spindle will come out of this pedal by removing the nut on the outboard end. http://www.vpcomponents.com/product/vp-x83/ I think I am going to get a set of these and get them turned down. Guess I'll order a tap while I am at it!

Interestingly, LHT dies are not that hard to find. Nor that expensive. https://www.grainger.com/product/10N634?cm_mmc=display-_-mmath-_-display-_-723229-Grainger So with that in mind, I have someone lined up to turn down a spindle for me. I haven't done a lot of work on pedals, but I gather...

Hey everyone. I am trying to come up with a good option for SPD pedals on my Speedster. I would prefer to keep the one piece crank since (in my opinion) it's an important part of the look of the bike. But it appears that all SPD pedals have 9/16" spindles, which will not fit my crank. I...