Patdown45
New Member
Very true on the large chainring! I have a 60t on my m2s r750 bike and with a 750 watt geared hub and 11tooth small gear I can still pedal at 32 mph going down hill without feeling like I am beating eggs. Cadence is around 60 to 70 at most, my limitation is my battery is a 48 volt 16ah and my controller has a 15 amp max capacityBad idea. If you are looking for high speed, a tiny chainring coupled with a high-powered mid-drive means you will be eating through chainrings and cogs. Assuming 27.5 x 2.2 tires, a 30T x 11T high gear only gets you to 22 mph at a cadence of 100 rpm.
I'd go with at least a 46T ring, so that you would not be relying on the 11T cog so much. Even larger would be better.