As the title states, as a fun winter project I was looking on bikes direct at a 27.5 plus single speed to convert. not sure how much of a disadvantage I would be at running a mid drive seeing as how there is no gearing benefit but in the back of my mind I was thinking something like a TSDZ2 would be cool for the torque sensing pedal assist considering I won't be able to keep the most consistent cadence.
On one end of things I know that the geared hub motor sometimes don't take too well to a lot of sudden loose dirt to hooking up and jumps etc
On the other side, I know the bottom bracket isn't too beefy on the TS, the q factor can be a downside , And I probably would be a little bit down on power compared to something like the MXUS xf19c
So apples for apples, if I were to run a similar power level, which would you go for? This would be strictly for mtb and mostly used as a loaner bike to get friends and family out on the trail that otherwise wouldn't be able to keep up
On one end of things I know that the geared hub motor sometimes don't take too well to a lot of sudden loose dirt to hooking up and jumps etc
On the other side, I know the bottom bracket isn't too beefy on the TS, the q factor can be a downside , And I probably would be a little bit down on power compared to something like the MXUS xf19c
So apples for apples, if I were to run a similar power level, which would you go for? This would be strictly for mtb and mostly used as a loaner bike to get friends and family out on the trail that otherwise wouldn't be able to keep up