My Outback E-board Project

[zerogee]

You also have to look at the overall width of the hubmotor itself. Most bicycle dropouts have very little of the frame protruding around them. In this case, the size and width of the shoulders of the motor look like the will hit the frame even if you move out the dropouts. The dropouts will be tucked under the frame. The wheel still needs to fit inside the frame without interference.

 

[furp]

I have not measured it yet but I still think there might be a way. The wheel would be 12 inch, so 1/2 inch less than the original one, maybe it could be moved a little to the front of the board, where the tubes are a bit further apart. Maybe a combination of some minor changes could work out. I don't know if putting the wheel not perfectly centric would be possible as well.

The 12 inch 350w supposeldy can do up to 35kmh, so could work out as well.

 

[zerogee]

The wheel could be advertised as 12" but really 12.5" (or vise versa). The 12" Smart Pie is like this, its at least 12.5". I have 0.5" of clearance between the wheel and the front cross member and I have 0.75" between the wheel and the deck. The Outback wheels are really 12.25" I think.

 

[zerogee]

Well that's it for testing for now. We have snow on the ground. Time to think about mods and pimping my ride. Splitting and mounting the battery pack. Adding a wattmeter. Replacing the springs with gas springs. New paint. Adding cool lighting. Adding a horn. Maybe someone will come up with a Wii control for use with a bike motor controller by the time winter is done. Maybe I will try slapping on some snow chains and see how it handles on the snow first.