The rim of my spouse's e-bike's rear wheel is broken and is need of #bikerepair.
Not everything went as planned:
The bike has a Shimano 8 speed sprocket in a frame designed for a 142 mm hub. I've got a new wheel for up to 10 speed.
It turned out that, with the old hub, the shifter reached the inner side of the sprocket "just so". With the new hub there is no way to make that work.
Now my choice is to either convert to 9 or 10 speed, or to re-use the old hub with a new rim.
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Thomas
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2026-02-22 06:53:00 UTC
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