Recent content by taiwwa

Honestly the range of the gearing matters more to me anyways. With the 11 speed shifter I end up shifting twice really fast anyways.

I’ve long been a holdout as a roadbike purist. but recent experience with my 11 speed road bike versus a belt drive igh mid drive e-bikes has changed my perspective. the 11 speed has always had adjustment issues. With the tolerances of road bike gear becoming smaller and smaller, they become...

How about spring forks like this? What exactly makes a fork tuned for lower or heavier wheel weights?

Because the piston joint is closer to the wheel weight.

Unsprung weight is bad and yeah what I describe as my experience is from the unsprung weight. The weight of the wheel prevents shock from just skipping and instead all of it transmits through the bike. But the issue is whether or not suspension systems make unsprung weight more tolerable...

So generally the advice is to not install a hub motor on a suspension fork but grin on their product page specifically mentions suspension forks as good for the front hub. Maybe a cheaper design is heavier and more durable? It seems that a lot of bicycle expense comes in weight reduction...

i have two older road bikes that I would consider installing this motor on. One has quick release and the other is thru axle. from my research, the integrated Torque arm interface of the all axle prevents nut loosening over time. The other motors will experience nut loosening over time...

I happen to drive an electric car and before that hybrid cars and the regen meant dramatically less wear on the brake pads.

I’m thinking I generally care more about power from a stop or below 10mph torque. Top end speed it’s always a little dangerous going above 20mph imo anyways.

Eh, it will be a drop bar gravel like bike. I do wonder about front hubs and steep hills too. I’ve resorted to pushing the bike up hills but pushing an ebike is considerably worse. But I once installed a bionx wheel into a bike and the weight being in the back made for a very harsh ride. Like...

I have some many hills and I’m designing the bike for some extreme hills and long descents because I’m tired of burning up my brakes and I’m wanting to increase the areas I can bike to.

Eh, the price difference between these motors and the grin all axle is only like $300. Which isn’t that big a deal when you consider that all the other stuff in a kit costs $1000 anyways. It’s $1500 vs $1200 kit cost.

It looks like this is a fairly new option. The ezee front geared hub motor with the clutch locked for regen capabilities. So pros compared to other options from grin —lower price — lower weight. This thing looks like it is 3.8kg —geared hub which gives you leverage advantage. Basically can...

I can see the usefulness of torque sensing for a regular bike but for a recumbent?

What sort of cog sizes are best for this combination?