Mathurin said:
Bike is awsome, alloy(?) back rim and seat stick out but woah, I love it! The trailer looks pretty heavy duty, here's hope that the motor'll be geared allright...
What kinda mods/tweaks were you thinking about for the new owner?
I'm guessing tune-up/ajustments + battery care & feeding?
Hi Francois,
It's an all-steel Schwinn, three speed hub.
He can do fine with the Currie drive and this heavy load because
a)the terrain is pancake-flat here
b)he's assisting the gearmotor/the gearmotor's assisting him.
c) it does not take a lot of power to roll along once rolling a load.
The new bike, even without motor assist, would be much easier for him to start up--it's got more and better gearing.
The Unite motor gives great torque.
It will start that rig up on its own power, on the level, just fine.
I don't advise a lot of mods for Joe--battery in the trailer if he needs the range.
I wonder what that trailer, loaded, weighs? 300 lbs?
It's because it's flat here that he can handle such a haul.
And even if the Currie only made the pedaling half as hard...great!
But it will def. move that rig along just fine, on the level, at 10 per, without straining. I'm intuitively sure of that.
Gear motors offer grunt.
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