I recently electrified my old Giant hybrid for commuting and I'm thinking of a 1x conversion. It would save a bit of weight (though not a big consideration with the motor). But it would save space on the left bar, much of which is taking up with the unnecessarily large LCD display. Plus I might even be able to use the internal routing through the downtube that currently takes the front gear cable for the LCD wiring instead, which would make it much neater.
Cheapest would be just to change the front ring for a 1x8 but I quite fancy an upgrade to 9 or 10 speed and upgrading the right shifter too. The components are lower end Shimano: Tourney front mech and square taper cranks, Altus shifters, Altus RD. 28/38/48 and 11-32 cassette. Shifting in the rear is fine, but the front is not very smooth despite my best efforts at adjustment. With the motor I don't need such a big range of gears but wouldn't want to be stranded unable to get up a hill if the battery went. I've tried leaving it in middle ring and top ring to get a sense of what might suit and I'm thinking somewhere between the two, so a 40 or 42 narrow/wide up front and 11-36.
Cheapest would be just to change the front ring for a 1x8 but I quite fancy an upgrade to 9 or 10 speed and upgrading the right shifter too. The components are lower end Shimano: Tourney front mech and square taper cranks, Altus shifters, Altus RD. 28/38/48 and 11-32 cassette. Shifting in the rear is fine, but the front is not very smooth despite my best efforts at adjustment. With the motor I don't need such a big range of gears but wouldn't want to be stranded unable to get up a hill if the battery went. I've tried leaving it in middle ring and top ring to get a sense of what might suit and I'm thinking somewhere between the two, so a 40 or 42 narrow/wide up front and 11-36.