Electric Bikes - 8-speed freewheels getting hard to find?

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Patriot
07-18-08, 09:35 PM
After slowly collecting parts for an E-bike/commuter build this fall, I got to the point where I decided I'll be going with a 5303 rear hub motor. I decided to go with a chrome 13-28 freewheel by Sunrace, and some basic Shimano ST-EF50 8s flatbar shifters.

Problem.

AeBike has sold out. Other venders I normally buy from have also sold out. I couldn't find one on Ebay for over a week, and my daily attempts at finding one on BestBikeBuys and QBike have failed. No one has one for a decent price. I'm thinking the uptick in cycling/commuting due to high gas prices, is using up the inventory.

However, I found one at www.ebikestop.com

They have them at a very reasonable $15 price tag, for anyone searching.