Search results for query: hub motor vs crank

I'd be quite interested in the impressions of customers that try both crank and hub drive

I volunteer at a charity that refurbishes bicycles and recently rescued some bits from a stolen/recovered 20" wheel folder with a view to converting a previously rescued Dahon folder. Unfortunately because a lot of the wiring was inside the frame and had to be drawn out through small holes I...

I think lots of people buy e-bikes through the cycle to work scheme also use their bikes for leisure cycling. On one hand I think if you have got the money and if it brings you pleasure, go for it. On the other hand, if people are using it mostly for roads / light trails, I would advise them...

Traditionally, most bottom brackets were 68mm long with a 1.370" dia x 24 this thread. You'll find that on all catalogue type bikes and most bikes before about 10 years ago. Today, bikes have become more technical. MTBs have wider tyres and they want stiffer and stronger BBs, and road bikes have...

Hmmm.. just realized that I cannot simply edit my previous post one day after.. Let me see how I can put more info to make the SR Suntour battery solution wholesome. to provide a better context, SR Suntour HESC system appears differently under various brand names by region: UK and EU...

In case you didn't know, meters are used for checking electrical items. A crank-drive motor also works with electricity. It's a three-phase motor with hall sensors, electrically exactly the same as a hub-motor motor, but harder to test because the connectors are harder to get at. They also...

300 rpm at the crank, which is about 5 times the pedal speed of the average guy on this forum. If you tried to use it with normal pedalling at 20% of its max speed, the motor would run with very low efficiency and overheat. The Bafang BBSHD has a max crank speed of 120 rpm, which is much more...

Would 20A X 48V = 960W at the crank utilising appropriate gearing for a 20 stone rider be a good solution? I don't know if 20A is enabled by the alternative .hex file @Woosh has for his new 750W rated TSDZ8 motor, labelled and legally rated as 250W. And it's torque sensored, possibly not as...

Hi all, I am a new memeber here and completley new to any e bike build, i am very experianced in building cycles. I have recently stripped an E Mission trike that was giited to me as used but well cared for from an elderly friend. I know they indoor stored the battery, had no issues with it...

Not sure a Direct Drive hub is what you want for what you are describing - either a geared hub like the Woosh DWG22C (48v 17amp max power input) - (which is legal to use on UK roads) or maybe a BBS02B crank drive (48v 25amp max power input) (which isn't legal on UK roads) - can get with 20Ah...

It's because I've been dealing with electric bikes for 14 years, I'm a trained and certified Bosch technician and was an ebike mechanic in a shop for 2 1/2 years, so I learned to recognise the difference between an expensive crank-drive bike and a hub-motor.

Definitely a Shimano motor, but the weird thing is it seems to be two separate crank-drive bikes. You can see the chain and derailleur on the right, but there's another chain driving a sprocket on the left, and on the right end of that chain is another set of cranks, but where are the front...

That's quite a common problem, and usually easily fixed with 3-in-one oil.

Quick question is the Faro freewheel as I believe my problem of the rear wheel not engaging when the crank, chain and gears all spin is pawls sticking. Will 3in 1 oil and better maintenance help to unstick the pawls and return the drive train to actually driving the wheel. Spinning the cranks...

I love diversity so my range of motorized two-wheelers as of today is as follows: ELEGLIDE M1 Plus 29", 250 W (1/3 HP), built 2023 BMW R1150 GS, 85 HP, built 2001 Honda CM 185 Parallel twin, 17 HP, built 1980 MZ ES 250/2 single cylinder 2-stroke 19 HP, built 1972 JAWA 175 cc, 9 HP, built 1960...

I had a RT100RT for a couple of years. I quite liked it, but the oil seal went on the back of the crank, so the clutch was always slipping. Eventually, I traded it for a VFR750, which was a very nice nike compared with all those ones. A few years later, I discovered the NTV650 which is a...

Had you previously attempted to change some settings in the LCD? It sounds to me like the speed sensor was set incorrectly in the LCD settings: https://ride1up.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/KD21C-Display-Manual.pdf

Hi all, I'm new here & have just discovered this site after lots of searching for assistance with a problem with my Furosystem Furo XMax ebike. I presume you are aware the company Furosystems seems to have disappeared. There are still some basic webpages available with manuals etc but nothing...

My kit was via Yose-Power (chinese with uk based web site and eu/uk wharehouse so complient with eu/uk regs mostly) , and a good rep for batteries (welcome to critisism on this point), and was complete with a 36v 17ah battery. rear wheel 700c size the 700mm again.. 28" to most 29" to some but...

The main decision point between hub and crank drive is whether you're going to do any serious off-road riding, where the more centalised mass of the crank drive makes the bike more agile. The crank drives give the advantage of very high torque at low speed in bottom gear, so you can climb very...