{"id":1201,"date":"2025-04-01T14:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leafmotor.com\/blog\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:50:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:50:23","slug":"hub-motor-selection-and-rim-width","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leafmotor.com\/blog\/hub-motor-selection-and-rim-width\/","title":{"rendered":"hub motor selection and rim width."},"content":{"rendered":"

I am looking to build an e-bike, starting with the Mongoose Dolomite. 5000W is probably too much, I see you offer 1500W hub motor kits, but I did not see any information about 4inch wheels for the fat tire bikes.
\nDo you have a 26 inch bike motor kit<\/strong><\/a> for the 26 inch fat tire bikes, rear drive, 1500W or more?
\nWith a 9 speed cassette is there enough room for the hub motor<\/strong><\/a> in a 135mm drop out ?
\n I see now that my Shimano 9 speed rear cassette should be the same width as a Shimano 7 speed. It is the spacing of each gear that is different. However, if I am to purchase your kit, I would need you to supply the 9 speed freewheel because I assume your hub motors use freewheels and not cassettes. Right now my bike is a cassette.<\/p>\n

Unless it is possible to supply this bike motor in the kit instead:<\/p>\n

I should be able to mount my cassette to this motor. Can we do that instead?<\/p>\n

This is no longer for fat tire bike so please ignore the first email about the fat tire kit. <\/p>\n

It is for a regular mountain bike so no need to worry about 3 or 4″ tires. I have regular mountain bike tires, 26 x 2″ right now. Once I do the electric bike conversion kit, I may switch to more narrow road tires like 1.5″ or 1.75″ so the regular double wall mountain bike rim is fine.<\/p>\n

So I made a new order with the individual parts and I excluded the brakes because I do not need them. However, it came out to be a little more expensive than selecting the kit but, I would like a double walled 26″ rim added to the hub motor please.<\/p>\n

Just wondering what type of connectors come on the motor controller? I am ordering my battery and need to know what kind of connectors it has. Do you have any pictures or description?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am looking to build an e-bike, starting with the Mongoose Dolomite. 5000W is probably too much, I see you offer 1500W hub motor kits, but I did not see any information about 4inch wheels for the fat tire bikes. …<\/p>\n

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