gman1971 said:Hah, I would avoid them; I had a GNG mid drive Gen2 2015 and everything on that kit failed, motor being one of the worst offenders in breakage. I purchased the 1820-3000W Cyclone mid drive from Luna cycle and the Cyclone kit is everything I hoped the GNG would've been... just get a Cyclone man, better motors, better controller, better bottom bracket and better crank... for about the same price... don't waste your money on GNG.
G.
r3volved said:lol! The motor is pretty much the only reason why most GnG owners here on ES went GnG in the first place.
emaayan said:gman1971 said:Hah, I would avoid them; I had a GNG mid drive Gen2 2015 and everything on that kit failed, motor being one of the worst offenders in breakage. I purchased the 1820-3000W Cyclone mid drive from Luna cycle and the Cyclone kit is everything I hoped the GNG would've been... just get a Cyclone man, better motors, better controller, better bottom bracket and better crank... for about the same price... don't waste your money on GNG.
G.
what was broken in the motor? and at what power did you run it?
emaayan said:r3volved said:lol! The motor is pretty much the only reason why most GnG owners here on ES went GnG in the first place.
what was my point , i did not post about the gng 2015 or any kit, but the fact they intentionally sell the motor alone specifically for your d.i.y kit, i recall how people complained how jon is making them buy cheap parts just to get the motor, well now, you can. i wonder i finally can start my own hobby to to learn how to design stuff for it.
i don't how you can really compare gng 2015 to cyclone, one is rated for 700w, the other at least 3 times of that, and considering how poor quality gng's part if you run at those power levels you have nothing to complain about, i know i didn't.
i can tell you the shaft of the motor is extremely strong (it's long, long story how i got a moto'r's shaft fro my gng 2015 but involves jon trying to set me up, and actually benefiting me) , so strong my machinist broke several knifes on it trying to fashion it to a dual-d bore, it's diameter is 12mm. the bearing on the shaft are also different make.
one again, this is just the motor i'm of sale here, you get no cranks, freewheel, bb, basically none of the parts everyone complained about.
emaayan said:sadly i don't have a picture of the new magnet i got , but this is what the magnet and shaft look like on gng 2015, i don't think the new one was smaller ..
That is almost exactly what I'm going to build. The only difference being not in line but parallel and connected with belt and pulleys.emaayan said:i was wondering, what if a 2 stage planetery gear could be attached to it's front, and then the chain would be connected directly to the cassette?
i think it's called a direct drive or something,
then won't you be able to use a normal crank without the freehwheel, and have a freewheel on the jackshaft of the planetary gear?