fooferdoggie
Well-Known Member
same here. mine was not unsafe but it was so easy I did not work at all. though when I bought it that's what i needed because of my health issues. got a Bosch bike and made ya I have to work a little more but it is like night and day. my 500 watt mid drive bike is a eg bike. with a 52v 670 watt battery. the Bosch had a 350 watt with the 36v 500 watt batty. both at max assist the Bosch is about 1 mph or so average slower but I get 24 miles at full assist doing about 20 and the 500 watt I get maybe 14 miles. its a huge difference for such a little bit more performance.you really need to test ride at least a few different systems of bikes, since each system has unique characteristics. When I took my first test ride I was so impressed with the power of the 500 watt hub drive that I bought the bike right away. Only later did I realize that there is more to a system than raw power. It became clear to me that this bike was unsafe. How and when that power is delivered is very important. Now I have a less powerfull Bosch system but it delivers the power in a way that blends in with the pedal strokes almost perfectly. And I should say that I am not bashing all hub motor systems. the one I bought was too primitive but I am sure that there are great hub system bikes like OHM which solve the problems like cadence sensor response and spoke breakage.