Evening All, I have a conundrum and am hoping more experience minds can share some thoughts:
I am of a mind for a second build and am contemplating a hub motor (my first is a Tangent Mid Drive), having said that I have zero ride time on a hub motor and ride a lot off road on my mid drive...which it is great at but I am starting to wonder about ways in which a hub motor would eliminate some of the mid drive issues such as drive chain stress and the need to change gears full stop
Does anyone have experience with both mid drive and hub motor builds offroad?
Most of the big boys like Stealth, Nyx, Vector and others I have seen seem to favour hub drives (perhaps they are better or as good as mid drives after all or is it just a cost saving going the hub drive route?) and seem to do OK, nay, built for offroad work. But I do wonder about unsprung weight and their ability to climb hills...at speed. The Tangent kit has zero problems with any hill I have ridden and does so with ease, at speed.
Any input greatly appreciated.
P.S. I was thinking about a Mxus 3kw build so far if I do decide to go the hub route...
Ham
I am of a mind for a second build and am contemplating a hub motor (my first is a Tangent Mid Drive), having said that I have zero ride time on a hub motor and ride a lot off road on my mid drive...which it is great at but I am starting to wonder about ways in which a hub motor would eliminate some of the mid drive issues such as drive chain stress and the need to change gears full stop
Does anyone have experience with both mid drive and hub motor builds offroad?
Most of the big boys like Stealth, Nyx, Vector and others I have seen seem to favour hub drives (perhaps they are better or as good as mid drives after all or is it just a cost saving going the hub drive route?) and seem to do OK, nay, built for offroad work. But I do wonder about unsprung weight and their ability to climb hills...at speed. The Tangent kit has zero problems with any hill I have ridden and does so with ease, at speed.
Any input greatly appreciated.
P.S. I was thinking about a Mxus 3kw build so far if I do decide to go the hub route...
Ham