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Can you pop down to Southend on Sea? Woosh have a GSM mid drive 250W (nominative) motor that would be legal in Oz. Maybe you could have a go on a bike with one fitted? It is PAS not torque, you don't want a torque sensor on a trike, trust me. You want the motor with external controller - then...

Tubeless I would agree but with tubes they lose a lot of speed.

Crossroads off road tyre? Big Ben Plus if you mostly ride on the road.

And there we have the UK, summed up in a nutshell! A real world hunger games!

And do we have the name of the new pope? :rolleyes:

Heavier will accelerate faster to the same terminal velocity down hill all other factors being equal. Lighter will accelerate faster from a standing start on the flat and require less energy to climb. https://www.gribble.org/cycling/power_v_speed.html A calculator to play with.

You will start to have heat issues at 30 Amps X 52v continuous with small Bafang geared hubs. I would stick to the 17 A controller - that's 864 W hot off the charger and about 650 W at the wheel at 48v if you take into account about 80% efficiency.

Ahem correction... Basque Country, French side :) Lots of riding done in Navarra though.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/obituaries/8296949/World-speed-records-set Of course... :)

Look at your route. Can you maintain high speed on a bike over a good part of that route? An example: There is a new 2 km section of cycle path linking a village to the town here and that village has cheaper rent than where I am now so I looked at it very closely. However I couldn't use the...

I have a basic derailleur at the moment, bit of a fiddle to set up. But on a trike you can't have chain line problems! I eventually have gotten it working in all 24 gears so I can use 48:40 and 26:11 :) I was looking at the Sunrace 11-46 but the Shimano is 30 € cheaper and I don't need the...

For those asking the question there is a video on youtube of two Giant bikes, one electric the other not with similar fitness riders doing a circuit in the Alps. Pantani climbed the Alp at 37 km/h average, we are not Pantani. Even without the EPO he was a fast climber. Potential uses: 1. cycle...

According to Bike Radar Shimano have finally brought out an entry level 10 speed wide range 11-42 cassette. Not only good news for eMTB folk but also for us trekking guys and gals too, a 1 x 10 setup is always much more fun to ride...

I have never mounted a throttle. On a mid-drive you have motor run-on when you stop pedaling which is why one is required even without a throttle. Both bikes using similar KT controllers and PAS cuts off power immediately on the hub motor.

From reading the article in the Guardian I think the couple have illegal substance consumption issues... My theory is the same as for the first time - huge smoke screen just before embarrassing government meeting to make sure all the headline space is being used. Poison is something that you...

I am a migrant, my three sons are French. My eldest just obtained a NZ passport because he intends going there for a year. When do you stop being a migrant? 3 French players were born outside France (rough count on wikipedia) and are naturalised - that would be just over 7% of the squad are...

Never needed one with a hub motor, wouldn't be without with a crank drive.

Physics say the contrary but hey! Who cares about range. Oh! The OP needs range too... He is on the road. Balloon tyres and a more aerodynamic riding position than on a MTB will serve him much better. Notice I suggested a Stromer not a trike? A trike will do what he wants much better but that...

I know you don't go fast but the battery up that high will seriously affect handling/cornering. Otherwise good plan.

On Monday we were in S. Sebastian and walking back to the train we saw a bike where a helpful person had undone the QR on the front wheel and set the bike down next to aforementioned wheel locked to the bike rack :) Nothing like a bit of free education to teach the beginner how to lock his bike! :D