Lightweight and compact TQ ebike drive could make eRoad bikes ‘actually’ good

[Aushiker]

The legal cut-off of pedal assistance at 25 kmh can’t be changed… and every road rider will tell you that this is too slow. But what can be changed is the weight and form factor and this is precisely why TQ attracted so much attention. The Canyon Endurance:ONfly Sub-10 roadbike on display features a carbon fiber frame, total weight of 9.8kg including the TQ HPR40 drive system with a 40Nm, 200W motor. The total system weight of the drive system is 2.7 kg which puts the rest of the bike (minus the drive) at 7.1kg.

More details in the Bicycle Networks Australia blog post.

 

[Rás Cnoic]

More details in the Bicycle Networks Australia blog post.

Yes, been discussing this here:

Another new TQ motor: hpr40

I had a talk with my race competitor who rides a 2021 TREK e-Caliber with a Fazua motor. While the Fazua is indeed very lightweight (the 250 Wh battery is not heavy either, and his e-bike is all carbon, making it weigh some 17 kg, which is very light as for an XC full suspension e-MTB), he...

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