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Well, any steel that is 3/16" or thicker. I run about half the power you run and used 1/4" steel (though my dropouts are aluminum alloy, not steel). A little over-engineering in this area is probably not a bad thing.
Do you mean _lowest_ gear (largest cog?) Usually the highest gear is the farthest from the hub motor.Philaphlous said:Anyone else's rear derailleur run against the hub motor in the highest gear?
Philaphlous said:Anyone else's rear derailleur run against the hub motor in the highest gear?
but am dreading cold and snow.Loving the ebike life
Philaphlous said:I almost wonder if I should experiment with tubeless tires...
use the liners between an old thickwall tube that's slit along it's inner circumference, and the tire.
If you use a slightly smaller width tire, and you cut away the wire beads, the tire can remain in a seamless piece for no overlap and no chafing. It makes installation easy, and the liner tire says in place when repairs are eventually needed.
I've done this modification on bikes that required elaborate disassembly for flat repair.
Chalo said:Philaphlous said:I almost wonder if I should experiment with tubeless tires...
Tubeless tires have to come off every couple of months because their sealant turns into poutine over time. Think of it as having to deal with the tires just as often as if you were getting a lot of flats, but you get to pick the time and place more often. Tubeless is also much messier than using tubes, even if the tubes have sealant/poutine in them.
Ianhill said:but im not really at crazy power levels either 36v 40amp battery really barely gets the mxus awake speed wise but on the torque side it still climbs like an a2b metro beast with the 20 inch wheel.
markz said:Which mxus motor you rocking?
I am at 36V (10S) with mxus 3kw, its alright, but I am using more discharge current to get same wattage of a higher volted battery.
I will be converting to 15S for ease of converting, easily change my LVC to whatever I want.
20" wheels are the key to torque
I got a generic controller, have no clue what the amps are. I am going to pony up for a good controller, sinewave, adjustable lvc, high amps. Ideal is the Adaptto, but may go Kelly or the other one that the name escapes me at the moment, starts with an S.
Ianhill said:but im not really at crazy power levels either 36v 40amp battery really barely gets the mxus awake speed wise but on the torque side it still climbs like an a2b metro beast with the 20 inch wheel.
Philaphlous said:Chinese clone.. I believe either 28mm or 30mm stator. Came with the 1000w hub kit. Has 12 awg phase wires. I'm running 2300w bursts out of it. Mostly riding around 600-1000w continuous. Motor runs great so far!
Philaphlous said:I'm pretty sure any gear drive would blow up at 2300w...especially ones that are high torque...and you'd probably flip your bike. It's a hub no gear motor. It's a little sluggish at the start but once you get Goin it's fasttttt.