parajared
10 kW
If it's okay with you guys I would prefer to visualize mountainbiker24 as a bike hating curmudgeon who harbors deep disdain for the outdoors, fun, and the MTB community. Thank you.
Hello ya salty old fist shaker you!
To answer your question, I enjoy single-track here in the mountains and while its legal to e-bike on forest land it's an issue of noise. Around here wattage requirements get quite high for hub motors, motors pushing an excess of 3 kilowatts all too, and surprisingly often. Therefore if you don't want 30 pounds of hub motor on the wheel and 20lbs of battery on your back you are going to want to go mid-drive and granny gear your way around.
Some mid drives come as high rpm/big reduction types and they are whiney and obnoxious little buggers; hard to share a nice peaceful hiking trail with other patrons. It's totally legal to e-bike on forest land but I recommend you either do it with a quiet mid-drive on the shared trails or stick to motorcycle/quad only trails if you do it on a noisy bike.
Hello ya salty old fist shaker you!
To answer your question, I enjoy single-track here in the mountains and while its legal to e-bike on forest land it's an issue of noise. Around here wattage requirements get quite high for hub motors, motors pushing an excess of 3 kilowatts all too, and surprisingly often. Therefore if you don't want 30 pounds of hub motor on the wheel and 20lbs of battery on your back you are going to want to go mid-drive and granny gear your way around.
Some mid drives come as high rpm/big reduction types and they are whiney and obnoxious little buggers; hard to share a nice peaceful hiking trail with other patrons. It's totally legal to e-bike on forest land but I recommend you either do it with a quiet mid-drive on the shared trails or stick to motorcycle/quad only trails if you do it on a noisy bike.