Technosanity #22: First steps to installing a hub motor on a bicycle

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Continuing from Technosanity #21: Electric bicycle conversion kits I'm taking the first step to using a hub motor to electrify a bicycle. This is to put together the hub motor with tire and inner tube and mount it on the bicycle.

A hub motor kit replaces one of the wheels on the bicycle and for the most part is the same as a normal bicycle wheel. It is later steps, where the motor is wired up, and it begins to diverge from being a normal bicycle modification project.

Technosanity #22: First steps to installing a hub motor on a bicycle