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🛣️ Road Bike

Road bikes can be converted, but tight clearances and drop bars make them our trickiest standard case. Here's what to check before you order.

July 12, 20262 min read

🛣️ Road Bike

A customer's Bafang-converted drop-bar road bike

Road bikes can be converted, but their tight tolerances and drop bars make them our trickiest standard case — go in with eyes open.

  • Tire & frame clearance. Road frames have tighter clearances than most bikes. Our front-hub kits ship with a wider puncture-resistant hybrid tire, so on a narrow road frame you may need to swap to a narrower front tire (see Replacing the Tire on Your Front Hub Motor Kit — our rim works with tires down to about 25mm).
  • Drop-bar handlebar hardware. This is the big one. Our displays, throttles, and e-brake levers are built for standard flat/riser bars around 22mm clamp diameter. On drop bars, mounting them is difficult and sometimes not possible — even the e-brake sensors can be a struggle to place. Budget extra time and creativity.
  • Avoid the 500C display on road bikes — its mount doesn't play well with drop-bar cockpits. Choose a different display.
Because road builds are finicky, run the Fitment Quiz (videos + templates) before ordering so there are no surprises.
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