Converting a bike you already ride is the cheapest way into electric power, and a rear hub kit is the cheapest kind of conversion. Most stop at or under 750 watts. GOSHET's skips ahead: a 2000W brushless motor laced into a 29-inch rim, wired for a 72V battery, at a price near the middle of the 191 kits we track.
The catch is everything around the motor. There is no battery in the box, and one owner puts that part at about another 350. 2000 watts also sits far past the power level most e-bike rules recognize, so where you can legally ride it is a real question, not a footnote.
The customer record does not settle things either. It is small, and it is split: eight people have written anything at all, and the rating histogram does not agree with what they say.
Speed is the first thing to check against what owners have written, and their reports run below the listing's own rpm arithmetic.
One rider says a torque arm saved their frame. Another found a spark at the battery plug. The spec table also argues with itself, which is worth reading before the order button.
The GOSHET 2000W rear hub kit is a 72V direct-drive motor built into a 29-inch rim, sold at 187.00 when checked. It sits near the middle of the 191 conversion kits we track, and its customer record stands at 3.8 stars from 18 ratings with eight texts attached.
The words are mostly warm. The stars are not. Check the current GOSHET kit price on Amazon.
Four silent one-star ratings and eight texts that disagree with them
Eighteen ratings produce a 3.8 average, and Amazon's own histogram explains why the number feels soft.
Sixty-one percent of the ratings are five stars and 22 percent are one star, with nothing at two stars at all, so the record splits into a camp that loves the kit and a camp that does not, with no middle. The most-endorsed text carries 11 helpful votes, which is a lot of agreement for a page this small.
Only eight of the eighteen ratings carry written words. Six are verified five-star texts, one five-star is unverified, and the single one-star text is also unverified. That one complaint is about price rather than hardware: the writer sees kit money close to whole-bike money and signs off with a joke about shopping at Walmart instead.
The remaining one-star ratings, about three of eighteen, never say a word, so the record cannot tell you whether they found defects or changed their minds.
The gap in coverage matters as much as the split. No text mentions the pedal assist sensor, the LCD display, the 7-speed flywheel, the brake lever, range per charge, rain exposure, or the listed 2-year warranty. Every written word is about speed, fit and install.
A buyer who cares how the assist feels or how the display behaves is reading a page that does not say.
What 560rpm works out to on a 29-inch wheel
The listing states 560rpm and 60Nm of torque and never attaches the rpm figure to a voltage, which is the first thing to know about its speed claim. Do the arithmetic the listing leaves open and 560rpm turns a 29-inch wheel at just over 48 mph with no load, no rider and no wind. Real riding eats into that number, and the owners say by how much.
The most-endorsed owner on the page reports a flat-road maximum of 40 mph on a 72V 20Ah battery, on a straight road with no hill, and writes that they chose not to go faster.
A second owner reports hitting 50 uphill on their Schwinn build, a figure no other text comes close to and one that sits above even the no-load arithmetic for this motor. A third wrote 40 mph on 48V and added that they were not sure about 72V. The listing cannot referee that last one, because the rpm figure never names its voltage in the first place.
Treat all three as owner reports from a record of eight texts, not as measured performance. What they support together is a motor that comfortably beats the 28 mph ceiling most legal e-bikes carry, with a wide gap between the listing's implied no-load figure and what people actually saw.
A torque arm the record asks for, and a spark at the plug
The same owner who reported 40 mph flat-out supplies the most useful mechanical warning on the page.
Their bolts were coming loose repeatedly until they fitted a torque arm, and they tell readers straight that without one the motor might rip the frame. A torque arm is a cheap steel brace that stops axle torque from spinning the dropouts, it is not included in this kit, and no other text contradicts them.
That owner also built their own regen braking from the motor and reports it tripled their braking force. That is their modification, not a kit feature, and the listing never claims regen anywhere. Direct-drive hub motors are the type that can support it with the right controller, but nothing on this page promises the controller does, so nobody should buy this kit expecting it.
One more defect report exists, and it is electrical. An owner with install experience, who has removed and reinstalled their wheel many times for flat tires, found a spark at the battery connection on every plug-in and has kept replacing plugs because of it. They still call the electronics fine.
Two reports are not a pattern, but both describe a kit that rewards a buyer willing to tighten, brace and re-plug things himself.
What 187 covers, and the battery it leaves out
At 187.00 when checked, this kit sits near the middle of the 191 kits we track by price. The box holds the motor wheel with a 7-speed flywheel, the controller with its bag, the LCD display, an ordinary throttle, the pedal assist sensor, a power-off brake lever and an English manual.
What it does not hold is a battery, and one owner puts that part at about another 350 on top. Our own battery comparison table sorts every pack we track, and none of them is a 72V, so that part of the build cost cannot be checked against our data. Sticker price and build price are different numbers here. Nor is GOSHET alone in that: Cubellin's 26-inch 2000W kit ships the same way, battery not included and the listing quiet about it.
The listing's first bullet claims the package contains all the needed items so you do not have to buy them separately. The same page's own component list disproves that with the battery's absence, and the owner figures confirm it. Read bullets on this page as marketing first.
The spec table argues with itself in four places. Wheel Size says 29 inches while Rim Size says 25 inches in the same table. Number of Items says 12 while Unit Count says 1 Count.
The Manufacturer field reads Gdrockpond under a GOSHET brand field. And the controller's amp rating appears nowhere on the page, even though the controller decides how much of the 2000W rating the battery can actually reach. None of these is disqualifying alone.
Together they say the listing was written carelessly, so check the option box and the order confirmation rather than the table.
Fit, install, and the owner who removed the wheel many times
The strongest fit evidence on the page is an owner who laced this kit to a Schwinn Xumm 29-inch rim, reports it worked perfectly, and calls their bike a beast now.
A second owner calls the kit complete and simple to understand and recommends it for riders facing steep inclines, and an unverified text describes it as just enough power for a hilly daily commute.
Keep one category fact in mind when you read those hill reports. Without the bike's own gears, a hub motor of this type tends to be less effective at slow climbing and less efficient at flat-out speed than a mid-drive of the same rating, which is the trade the hub design makes for simplicity.
The 60Nm torque figure should be read against that limit, not against mid-drive numbers. The spec table lists a disc brake style and a 29-inch wheel, but it also prints a 25-inch rim size a few rows away, so measure your frame's dropout spacing and your rim before ordering rather than trusting the table.
GOSHET sells the same 2000W 72V motor laced into a 27.5-inch rim as a separate listing, so the wheel size choice is real and not a typo.
GOSHET FAQ: five questions this record cannot settle
Does the kit include a battery?
No. The component list holds the motor wheel, controller, display, throttle, pedal assist sensor, brake lever, controller bag, flywheel and manual, and no battery appears anywhere on the page. One owner puts a battery at about another 350, and our battery table tracks 36V, 48V and 52V packs only, with no 72V listing to price one for you. Budget for the battery before the kit, not after.
How fast does it really go?
Owner reports are the only evidence: 40 mph flat-out on a 72V 20Ah pack from the most-endorsed text, 50 uphill from one owner, and 40 mph on 48V from another who was unsure about 72V. The listing's own 560rpm works out to just over 48 mph with no load. Nothing on the page measures the motor, so treat every figure as one rider's report.
Do you need a torque arm?
One owner says yes, after their axle bolts came loose repeatedly until they fitted one, and their warning is the most-endorsed text on the page. The kit does not include one. Treat it as cheap insurance, add it to the budget, and fit it before the first ride rather than after the first loose bolt.
Will it fit my bike?
The kit laces into a 29-inch rim and the spec table lists a disc brake style, with one verified fit on a Schwinn Xumm 29-inch rim. The same table prints a 25-inch rim size, so trust a tape measure over the page. Check your frame's rear dropout spacing and your rim width, and expect the wheel to arrive laced and ready.
Is a 2000W kit street legal?
Probably not as an e-bike, depending on where you ride. Most e-bike rules cap motor power at under 750W and assisted speed at 16 to 20 mph, some at 28 mph, and this kit's rating sits far above all of it. That does not make ownership illegal everywhere, but it moves the kit toward off-road and private-property use unless you check the rules where you ride first.