Crstalyte do make a compromise motor, that has torque and speed, if your ordering one go for the 408. I ran one for years 20+ top speed and anought torque to pull me and a, U plus 2, with two small children up a 1 in 12,you don't need the 35 amp controller if your at all fit, they just eat away at your batteries. The standard 20 amp controller should be good enough.
I used to import a few direct, but have only the 409 and 4011's left. To get the sort of speed you might be looking for, say around the 20mph mark you would need to run the 409's at 48v, no problem with the old analogue controller, which had 50v rated circuitry. If your interested in I could sort you out a kit of bits, motor, controller and throttle at cost as I was going to put them on E bay. I'll have to dig around in my stores to see exactly which motors are in rear wheel format though.
I also have some 250 watt Bionx kits to get rid of, there not as powerful as the 350w and being Euro legal road sets they don't have throttles just pedal sensors, but I can manage 1 in 7's with them with ease, at I may say a bargain price.
There is in my experience nothing to gain by going to rear wheel drive, of road there's always the compromise between traction at the rear wheel and grip for the front to steer. You have to balance your weight at the right point to do both jobs. I've spent a few hours of road on both types of hub motor without problem, recent experience in the snow shows just hw well two wheel drive works and how easy it is to pull yourself along when it gets very slippy without pedalling.
I used to import a few direct, but have only the 409 and 4011's left. To get the sort of speed you might be looking for, say around the 20mph mark you would need to run the 409's at 48v, no problem with the old analogue controller, which had 50v rated circuitry. If your interested in I could sort you out a kit of bits, motor, controller and throttle at cost as I was going to put them on E bay. I'll have to dig around in my stores to see exactly which motors are in rear wheel format though.
I also have some 250 watt Bionx kits to get rid of, there not as powerful as the 350w and being Euro legal road sets they don't have throttles just pedal sensors, but I can manage 1 in 7's with them with ease, at I may say a bargain price.
There is in my experience nothing to gain by going to rear wheel drive, of road there's always the compromise between traction at the rear wheel and grip for the front to steer. You have to balance your weight at the right point to do both jobs. I've spent a few hours of road on both types of hub motor without problem, recent experience in the snow shows just hw well two wheel drive works and how easy it is to pull yourself along when it gets very slippy without pedalling.
