Search results for query: hub motor vs crank

I've never had to replace any parts on the many used bikes that I've bought and converted, except one that I pulled out of a skip and gave the guy £5 for it. It had a rusty chain and no brake pads. Bikes last for many years of negligence before you have to buy any parts. It's actually the other...

Land rover bikes are just standard cheapish MTBs with a sticker that says Landrover. Why would you want to keep a wheel? Surely, when you want to convert your bike, you'd want many years of good riding experience from it by fitting the parts you need to get that enjoyment. Why would you want to...

Hi every one Had my eskute netuno plus (with a Torque Sensor) now for 5 weeks done 150 mile,but the other day the crank bolt came loose ,i tightened it back up, now i have noticed that sometimes when pedaling say 10 mph, the mpg readout on the info screen on the handlebars will fluctuate saying...

Eleglide bikes make a lot of sense for the money. One reasonable payment and you're done. No fixing up or upgrading old bikes, no bike shops, no drilling or filing (OP states he needs to get his LBS to fit the kit). PLUS, when the OP reappears here a month later asking how to de-restrict his...

Buying a new bike to convert is a silly idea. Why would you do that when you can get the same bike secondhand for half the price or less? The moment you fit the motor, you invalidate any dealer warranty, and you're going to end up chucking some of the parts that you paid for, like gears, brakes...

I use cable brakes and they stop fine! As this is a conversion kit, it is going to be fitted to mostly older bikes with cable brakes!

I was referring to TSDZ2B without any software modification. This is probably why you have different experience. Seneagle described similar feeling in his thread: "There is a slight surge from the torque sensor. You can feel a threshold of pedal pressure that steps up the power. It's not a...

You can buy a stepthrough bike and transfer all the BigBear stuff to it, which would save a lot of money. It's all standardstuff that can be fitted to any standard bike.

Thanks. Andy told me all about that throttle. Is the new one a step through?

The Santana3 has a throttle but it needs a bit of pedalling first, about 1-2 seconds to activate it. Afterwards, it's like the Big Bear. I have the ideal replacement for the Big Bear in Southend-On-Sea, but isn't in production yet. It has the 48v ananda crank motor.

There are many riders posting online that they have had Bosch motor failures at very low mileages, mainly Gen4, mine at only 800 miles! Some had sensors knocked out by simple crank strikes, leaning the bike against a lamp post or water ingress. Bosch do not release any motor or battery...

You are forced to pedal harder with this motor than one with a cadence sensor. It feels that whatever level you set on the LCD, there are two power levels with each one. When you pedal lightly, you get one power, and when you press harder, the power steps up to a maximum for that level...

Any torque figures given are fictitious. The torque changes with your gearing, and they have no idea what gearing you have. The value is based on an arbitrary value estimated about 12 years ago. The reason they give a torque figure is because they dare not give the power because people would go...

Not a basic question at all Short answer, no, 80nm is 59lb/ft in English, about what you’d get from a 1970’s 1000cc twin cylinder motorcycle engine. Your buttons control input current and therefore input watts as explained above, with the proviso that your 10S (36v nominal) battery almost never...

Hi @Nixtoo, yes in my case the Swytch hub motor worked. I wanted to test the Swytch hub motor (essentially Aiekma / AKM 100SX hub) with Woosh's Lishui controller / battery / display set up to eliminate any fault on the Swytch hub motor (the three phase wires on PRO power pack controller failed...

That's interesting. I think it's probably more to do with your riding style, but you need to eliminate other variables or repeat the rides with different riders to be sure. Years ago, as an experiment, I installed two identical motors in two similar bikes, one as a hub-motor and the other...

On hilly rides my cadence sensored crank drive bike is significantly more economical than my torque sensored hub drive using exactly the same battery over the same route, taking approximately the same time. Not sure why, the hub drive is a 26" wheel with more "roadie" tyres - it does have...

Today, I did the shakedown ride - about 35 km at an average speed of 20km/hr. It was down Ironbridge Gorge and back, mainly on trails, some exceptionally steep bits. Here are my thoughts, but please bear in mind that I'm comparing it with my normal bike, which is the best legal ebike you can get...

12 years ago, I made an ebike, where the motor turned the crank directly, to which the pedals were attached. That meant that the bike pedalled the rider when you twisted the throttle. It was quite interesting to ride, but I soon got used to it. I still can't figure out if it would be legal...

If because of an unanticipated stop, I haven't managed to change to a low enough gear to easily get moving again, I lean the bike to one side on it's kickstand, thereby lifting the electrically driven rear wheel off the ground, then switch to a lower gear and turn the crank, until I am on the...