Pinion Motor.Gearbox.Unit (MGU)

[Rás Cnoic]

Strictly for the tech nerds - Pinkbike run through each of the gates & gear box bikes at the UCI Downhill World Cup round at Bielsko-Biała in Poland this coming weekend, first race of the season! The incredible Hattie Harnden (World Enduro champ) with AON Racing is strong favourite in the women's downhill and if she wins, they get the £100K prize from Gates for the first Gearbox bike to win a UCI World Cup event.

 

[Rás Cnoic]

High tariffs have been put on Taiwan Republic of China as well. 43%?
P.S. I don't think the batteries or electronics for Pinion MGU are made in Germany.

Pinion E-Drive Systems, including their motors, gearboxes, and integrated units (MGU), are manufactured in Germany. Specifically, the components are made by a regional network of mid-sized automotive industry partners to Pinion's specifications. The MGU is designed and assembled in Germany to high industry standards.

 

[Rás Cnoic]

8 new gearbox systems:

 

[Explorer-1]

 

[kevinmccune]

why not make no.2 a splitter and reduce the cassette?

 

[Explorer-1]

why not make no.2 a splitter and reduce the cassette?

It maybe what someone tries. The basic design has been used in bike competitions, maybe someone has already tried that. I was mostly interested in its technical comparison to the Pinion transmission. Since it requires a custom frame like Pinion, its adoption might be limited to mostly custom bikes. It's interesting though.