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| fallacy:
Well half the problem is the Mid-Drive motors seem to cost $3000 and up, Rear Hub you can spend $1600- $2000. Mid-Drive are just not being mass produced like that at the moment so you still have to pay a premium. |
| Howard_Casto:
I kind of want to get one. I could use the exercise. The only problem would be dodging all the meth heads and coal trucks trying to run me off the road. |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: fallacy on August 25, 2022, 05:24:28 pm ---Well half the problem is the Mid-Drive motors seem to cost $3000 and up, Rear Hub you can spend $1600- $2000. Mid-Drive are just not being mass produced like that at the moment so you still have to pay a premium. --- End quote --- I get the feeling that mid-drives, as much as they are better, will be high-priced for quite some time. The gearing in those is more complex and needs to be a lot beefier in order to get any of their advantages. It's also a luxury feature which the masses won't adopt due to it's cost, so no real economy of scale. But that's kind of what I was talking about. I always heard that mid-drive is the way to go, and after the sticker shock I almost gave up on the idea of an e-bike. As it turns out, the hub drives are just fine for the average person. If I went for a mid-drive bike, I probably would have severely overspent based on my expected use for the bike. |
| fallacy:
It is not so much a power thing between the two motors it is just more of a feeling that you are one with the bike. With a hub motor usually you start pedaling and then you actually feel the thrust of the rear motor engaging and pulling you along. With a mid drive not only is the weight of the motor right under you balancing out the bike, whatever force you apply to the pedal it will just return double that to the chain giving you the feeling that you are just twice as strong then you really are. If I am buying an E-Bike, being lied to like that is essential. I don't know I could just buy an electric motorcycle if I just wanted to hit the throttle and go. |
| javeryh:
What is an E-bike? A regular bike with an electric motor? Do you pedal or ride it or both where you can pedal but then the motor kicks in if you need help? |
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