Search results for query: hub motor vs crank

Back in 2011, I did an experiment to see whether a mid drive is more efficient than a hub-motor. I used exactly the same motor in two bikes: one was in the hub spoked to the rim and the other was mounted in a bracket in the frame triangle, driving the crank via a chain. They both had the same...

I took your advice and checked out Google to see what people said about crank vs hub motor. It took me all morning. Here are the results: Out of the people that knew what they were talking about, 5 said crank motors were better and 18 said hub-motors. Out of those that didn't know what they...

I haven't driven a Bugatti Veyron to know it would be no good for me wither and have ridden FRONT and REAR hubs and they are crap compared to my mid, so don't assume because you will always either be wrong or sound stupid assuming what others do without actual facts. I said before here, you or...

You only say that because you haven't ridden a Wisper Wayfarer with hub motor. There's a reason why the hub-motor version out-sells the crank motor version by 10 to one.

POST the prices and site, post here the comparison now. Show like for like

Then you have never ridden one, Ill take you OFF road you ride a hub Ill ride mid drive

And on the evidence of the last 20 years, has on average more parts to fail, lower reliability, a far higher cost to repair or replace the drive unit if it fails and the pedelec with mid driven transmission costs far more to run, on top of the other higher costs. The Moral: If a rear hub...

the difference between a hub kit and a crank motor kit is only about £100. The cost difference is down to the gearbox. The gearbox for a crank drive has to handle more torque compared to the gearbox inside the hub motor, is more complicated, heavier and more expensive.

That sounds like a disadvantage of crank motors. Why would you want all the problems of drive wear and having to be in the right gear all the time, when you can avoid that with a hub-motor. I thought the idea of adding a motor to your bike was to make life easier, not the same or worse.

After 600 miles, and three mid drive installs, I believe I finally learned how to ride my TSDZ2. I keep it in Eco mode, rear gear in one of the middle gears, and spin the pedals faster than I normally do, Plenty of power, even if the motor is off. Climbs better too. Before, I was riding it like...

Hi. My wife picked up a cyclamatic gte pro. She had one ride on it and fell over after the chain snagged on the main ring. The bike seems in good order and battery is fully charged. The motor doesn’t activate though. Controller shows no error codes. I’m suspicious that the pedal sensor was...

Has anyone experienced problems with their crank drive motor?

The Giant twist is an older design bike and one is assuming it is a simple cadence rotation system and not a Torque sensing affair. A couple of things to check first off after an off or the bike fallingover. Pretty sure Flecc or d8veh will be along soon as they both are very familiar with...

The photo's not clear, but it looks like your motor wheel is in upside down. The slot for the cable exit should face downwards towards the road.

YELLOW BIKE RIDES AGAIN!! Bits arrived, some issues.. but a quick fit, brake check and adjust, and whoosh she runs.. The replacement 17a controller is a few mm to big to fit inside the original controller housing which has screws rusted into it atm anyway.. Well i did order a bigger box...

I think what I need is for @saneagle to expand on his dislike of crank drives more fully than what he said HERE and then I might be more encouraged to give a hub motor a whirl - @saneagle?

Hi All, I have a Raleigh Velo XC and posted here about it last year, regarding intermittent problem with pedal assist. Finally took it in for repair this week, and bike shop have advised it is the Torque sensor that as failed - in fact it has actually broken in half. They contacted Raleigh...

Yes, both. I have ridden many crank-drive bikes of all sorts,. I used to work in a large ebike shop. I've built several and still own two myself - one torque sensor and one cadence sensor. When you ride around with low power, you don't experience the worst disadvantages of a crank drive, and...

You know the bottom bracket is left hand thread on the left side and right hand thread on the right side?

Back on track.. (i dont know all the proper terminology for a lot of bike bits yet..) tldr- Lots of arghhh due to bike bits agro and rust, not a huge spend required tho.. The yellow TAICO-02 bike, Needs a bloody redesign. gear cables fed through open holes in the top of the drop tube...