FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoBiktrix unveils new 2,300W full-suspension electric mountain bike with two chainselectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkBiktrix unveils new 2,300W full-suspension electric mountain bike with two chainselectrek.coFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareThorny_InsightlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months ago“If 750 Watts isn’t enough” My 250 watt eFatbike is plenty powerful for my use. Why even put pedals on something this powerful?
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoWhy use any bike parts when they’re not built to put up with that many uggaduggas in the first place? I guess you could argue the two chains give some redundancy, but if one breaks I doubt the other will last for much longer.
minus-squareWilly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agomy 1000w couldn’t get me up a steep hill. we aren’t all dainty.
minus-squareThorny_InsightlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoThat’s the difference between mid-drive and hub motors. My bike loses traction before it loses power.
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months ago10% incline is gonna do you dirty.
minus-squareThorny_InsightlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIt’s mid-drive, not a hub motor. In my experience I either lose traction and momentum or pop a wheelie rather than stall due to lack of power. Granted that I also lift heavy and have quite powerful legs so that helps too.
“If 750 Watts isn’t enough”
My 250 watt eFatbike is plenty powerful for my use. Why even put pedals on something this powerful?
Why use any bike parts when they’re not built to put up with that many uggaduggas in the first place?
I guess you could argue the two chains give some redundancy, but if one breaks I doubt the other will last for much longer.
my 1000w couldn’t get me up a steep hill. we aren’t all dainty.
That’s the difference between mid-drive and hub motors. My bike loses traction before it loses power.
10% incline is gonna do you dirty.
It’s mid-drive, not a hub motor. In my experience I either lose traction and momentum or pop a wheelie rather than stall due to lack of power. Granted that I also lift heavy and have quite powerful legs so that helps too.