bought ebike kit and might have screwed up

[1dave1]

hi,

I bought a 26 inch front wheel ebike kit (48v 1000w) and realized that my bike, a 2012 specialized cross trail, has 28 inch wheels.

I got such a good deal on this thing. Saved around 100 bucks. Do I need to return it? Can I just put 26 inch wheels on my rear and go w/ 26's? There are really two issues. One, will it work? Two, if it does, will the performance suffer?

Please, any advice will be appreciated.

 

[BarelyAWake]

Why not have your existing rim laced onto the ehub you've gotten? Specialized claims it's a "durable, double-walled 700c alloy rim" and a relace is usually only $40 at most...

It will take a custom spoke length due to the hub's size, but that's rarely an issue other'n wait time

 

[1dave1]

I could not find the size of the rim. I measured it and thought it was 28 inches. Its 700cc? Where did you find that? Whats the difference? I thought cc's was a measure of liquid.

That is an interesting idea and something I had not thought of. I would rather pay $40 for someone to place hub motor onto same rim. Is that something fairly doable at most bike shops you think?

Thanks for the input

 

[BarelyAWake]

No worries, I got the Specialized info here: http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bikes/archive/2012/crosstrail/crosstrail & there's far too much info regarding rim sizes here: http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html - but I'd not sweat the details, it's more than fairly doable - I've had a coupla hub motors relaced onto different rims as the stock rims included w/the hubs aren't always the best, or simply don't match what I've got lol

I'd jus' bring the ehub & the rim you want into your local bike shop, due to the custom length spokes the math gets tricky - but that's what they get paid for

 

[Mike B]

I got mine done for $40, but I had to buy the spokes.

So $80 for me.

The cool thing is you can cross a 700C wheel.

 

[paul]

i was able to get mine done way out here in the middle of the atlantic. any bicycle shop should be able to do it for you. i used an alex da 16 rim and ordered stainless black spokes for it