I have seen posts about lack of traction on front hub motors. Just a post on my experience today.
I have an EZee front hub motor and 10ah battery, pedelec set up with no throttle but adjustable assist.
I have just ridden up three big steep climbs on the Yorkshire coast.
The first is a steep cobbled street at the side of the 100steps going up to Whitby Abbey. It is somewhere in the region of a 1 in 4 hill and has cobble stone surface. This was a tough climb, I had to move my weight right over the bars because of the steepness of the hill and also to keep traction. I have previously ridden this on a mountain bike some years ago and had to adopt a similar stance to keep from going over backwards when pedalling hard.
The second was the tamac road out of Robin Hoods Bay another steep climb about 1in 4
The third was a steep rocky climb up a track around 1in 6
All three hills were ridden up pedalling with motor assist working hard, the first and last needing quite a bit of my years of cycling skills to complete, I have done a lot of mountain biking in the past.
There was very little loss of traction however it was was mostly dry just the occasional damp patch.
So my question is would a rear hub have faired any better? I feel that I would have had to have had my weight over the front on whatever bike i was on and this may well have caused a loss of traction on the rear putting all the effort through one wheel.
Ps the whole ride was 26 miles from robin hoods bay down into whitby back to rhb up to Ravensar and back to rhb. Anyone who knows this part of the country will appreciate the long steady climbs out of these locations. Its about 5 miles uphill from rhb ravensar. I used 8.5amps from the battery and finished on the steep rocky climb. Impressed!
I have an EZee front hub motor and 10ah battery, pedelec set up with no throttle but adjustable assist.
I have just ridden up three big steep climbs on the Yorkshire coast.
The first is a steep cobbled street at the side of the 100steps going up to Whitby Abbey. It is somewhere in the region of a 1 in 4 hill and has cobble stone surface. This was a tough climb, I had to move my weight right over the bars because of the steepness of the hill and also to keep traction. I have previously ridden this on a mountain bike some years ago and had to adopt a similar stance to keep from going over backwards when pedalling hard.
The second was the tamac road out of Robin Hoods Bay another steep climb about 1in 4
The third was a steep rocky climb up a track around 1in 6
All three hills were ridden up pedalling with motor assist working hard, the first and last needing quite a bit of my years of cycling skills to complete, I have done a lot of mountain biking in the past.
There was very little loss of traction however it was was mostly dry just the occasional damp patch.
So my question is would a rear hub have faired any better? I feel that I would have had to have had my weight over the front on whatever bike i was on and this may well have caused a loss of traction on the rear putting all the effort through one wheel.
Ps the whole ride was 26 miles from robin hoods bay down into whitby back to rhb up to Ravensar and back to rhb. Anyone who knows this part of the country will appreciate the long steady climbs out of these locations. Its about 5 miles uphill from rhb ravensar. I used 8.5amps from the battery and finished on the steep rocky climb. Impressed!
