An E-bike With A Quiet Motor

[bbrebis]

Hi all!
I need an e-bike for touring over days or weeks, so fitted with a battery with a long life. Today, I've just tested the Riese and Muller Charger 4. It's an excellent bike, I loved it, apart from one thing: the noise of its Bosch Gen4 CX motor. I don't think I can get used to it.
So I'm back on the market for an e-bike with a quiet motor. Any suggestion? Thank you.
Cheers

 

[MinnBobber]

Stromers with their rear hub motor are whisper quiet and they have a 983 wH battery available for huge range.
Where are you located?
Any Stromer dealer nearby to test one?

I recently did a 72 mile group ride and only used 42% of battery so they are very efficient.
I normally ride by myself with more E assist/ faster which yields less miles but still awesome range.

 

[bbrebis]

Thank you for your message. The prices are too steep for my budget unfortunately. I would prefer a central motor.

 

[Oendaril]

Thank you for your message. The prices are too steep for my budget unfortunately. I would prefer a central motor.

The Brose motor is gonna be the quietest of the mid drives out there for a full power system, much quieter than the bosch performance cx. Bosch does have some quieter motors too, their active line is not too loud at all if you are okay with a lower power system.

 

[Alaskan]

For a quiet higher powered mid drive, the Dapu motor used by Evelo puts out up to 115 Newton meters of torque and is remarkably quiet except when climbing very steep hills. Cruising on flat ground, all I can hear is tire noise and the server motor on the Auto shift system.

 

[teskow]

My Ride1Up Prodigy bike sports a Brose motor that is virtually silent. I love that.

 

[JES2020]

Hi all!
I need an e-bike for touring over days or weeks, so fitted with a battery with a long life. Today, I've just tested the Riese and Muller Charger 4. It's an excellent bike, I loved it, apart from one thing: the noise of its Bosch Gen4 CX motor. I don't think I can get used to it.
So I'm back on the market for an e-bike with a quiet motor. Any suggestion? Thank you.
Cheers

The "internally geared hub" motors are going to be the quietest.
You can buy a kit for very little cash and install it easily .
I regularly sneak up on wildlife, deer, cranes, turtles, birds, cats, dogs, you name it.

 

[newts]

Go with the Vado. MUCH quieter, the Brose motor uses an internal belt instead of a gear that isolates much of the noise.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Go with the Vado. MUCH quieter, the Brose motor uses an internal belt instead of a gear that isolates much of the noise.

and sadly more of a failure history.

 

[indianajo]

I ride geared hub motors on a 30 mile route twice 30 weeks a year. I can hardly hear them. I've had ebikeling, Mac12t, and now bafang 36 v 500 w. Direct drive motors are quieter yet, but waste watthours climbing hills slowly or accelerating from traffic controls. Like twice the electricity used on my 30 mile route than the ebikeling 1300 w geared hub motor, and the mac12t used 1/3 less than that. I crossed 66 hills on 24 miles in the DD motor days. I'm up to 80 hills and 30 miles now for less interaction with 70 mph traffic - especially dump trucks & camper trailers. The mac12t was the fastest. If I used a lot of electricity and didn't pedal unpowered much I could make the 30 miles in 2.3 hours.

 

[DaveMatthews]

My Giant/Yamaha Sport motor is very quiet.

 

[newts]

and sadly more of a failure history.

Is it? I only had mine a little over a year but the motor was great.

 

[Marci jo]

Oh no, let’s hope this thread doesn’t digress into the pros and cons of Brose motors.
The op just wants to know of some quiet motors.

 

[PSm]

Hi all!
I need an e-bike for touring over days or weeks, so fitted with a battery with a long life. Today, I've just tested the Riese and Muller Charger 4. It's an excellent bike, I loved it, apart from one thing: the noise of its Bosch Gen4 CX motor. I don't think I can get used to it.
So I'm back on the market for an e-bike with a quiet motor. Any suggestion? Thank you.
Cheers

How much range do you need?

 

[Stefan Mikes]

A Specialized full power e-bike (Vado, Como, Tero). The failure rate of Specialized/Brose motors is the matter of long past. For one, I ride a 2017 Vado and no issues for 13,000 km.

 

[bbrebis]

My Giant/Yamaha Sport motor is very quiet.

What model is it? Thank you.

 

[bbrebis]

How much range do you need?

My rides will usually be 80 to 120 km long.

 

[benherr]

Just got a Tern HSD P9 with Bosch midmotor. Very nice ride and very quiet. And it's already set up for "hauling stuff daily".

 

[bbrebis]

Just got a Tern HSD P9 with Bosch midmotor. Very nice ride and very quiet. And it's already set up for "hauling stuff daily".

Yes, the Bosch Performance line is said to be more quiet. I think I have to test one.

 

[PSm]

My rides will usually be 80 to 120 km long.

Ok then, my bike (Ride1UP Roadster v2 with extended battery, ~$1500 total) is not appropriate. it's almost silent with belt drive and 350w rear hub, but typical range ~60-80 km. I've done as much as 150km, but this was with all out effort to hypermile and I was completely exhausted by the end.