Thanks. And yeah I could have done without the thread hijacking... makes it difficult to find answers to the questions I'm asking.
That's something interesting to think about as there are a couple of gravelly paths I have to go down on my commute.I find it interesting that no one has mentioned one of the big advantages of a hub drive over a crank drive yet. With a front hub motor, the bike is 2wheel drive when you peddle. This gives better traction on slippy surfaces like mud, wet tarmac and ice and thus better handling in poor conditions with less chance of spinning out. It also makes tyre wear more even than if all of the drive is coming through the rear wheel. (For this reason alone I will not consider anything but front hub drive.)
Puncture proof tyres make changing a tyre so rare that the requirement for a spanner is not an issue either.
James
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