blitzwagen
100 mW
Hello all,
Firstly, thank you for the excellent ES community sharing knowledge and innovating so freely, we are all grateful.
I'm longing to build the perfect trail bike for attacking single track adventures. I have a few turnigy/Astro direct drive MTB and commuter
bikes under my belt which are great, but I want something seamless and inconspicuous for the trails around here. There's a strong anti-ebike
sentiment amoungst the hardcore mountain bikers here, I don't want to draw any unnecessary attention to myself, I just want to get up the steepest climbs
and preserver some strength for the downs.
The Specialized turbo levo FSR is probably the ideal bike for me for the following reasons:
1. The pedal assist is mature and completely seamless to the rider in operation
2. It's silent
3. The integration of the motor and battery pack is excellent, it looks pretty close to a normal mountain bike.
I'd prefer to build something though and I'm asking the community for ideas. The best midrive options appear to be the Tangent drive and
Bafang BBSHD. The Bafang is perhaps more visually conspicuous than I'd like and the Tangent is perhaps more audibly conspicuous. Is my perception
true, I haven't seen either in real life. I can handle basic
mechanical and carbon fibre fabrication, the reduction drive is beyond me though. Are you guys aware of any system (midrive pedal assist) that might
match the Turbo levo FSR for fit finish and noise that I can integrate into a high end enduro like bicycle?
Thank you for any useful comments,
Cheers,
Josh
Firstly, thank you for the excellent ES community sharing knowledge and innovating so freely, we are all grateful.
I'm longing to build the perfect trail bike for attacking single track adventures. I have a few turnigy/Astro direct drive MTB and commuter
bikes under my belt which are great, but I want something seamless and inconspicuous for the trails around here. There's a strong anti-ebike
sentiment amoungst the hardcore mountain bikers here, I don't want to draw any unnecessary attention to myself, I just want to get up the steepest climbs
and preserver some strength for the downs.
The Specialized turbo levo FSR is probably the ideal bike for me for the following reasons:
1. The pedal assist is mature and completely seamless to the rider in operation
2. It's silent
3. The integration of the motor and battery pack is excellent, it looks pretty close to a normal mountain bike.
I'd prefer to build something though and I'm asking the community for ideas. The best midrive options appear to be the Tangent drive and
Bafang BBSHD. The Bafang is perhaps more visually conspicuous than I'd like and the Tangent is perhaps more audibly conspicuous. Is my perception
true, I haven't seen either in real life. I can handle basic
mechanical and carbon fibre fabrication, the reduction drive is beyond me though. Are you guys aware of any system (midrive pedal assist) that might
match the Turbo levo FSR for fit finish and noise that I can integrate into a high end enduro like bicycle?
Thank you for any useful comments,
Cheers,
Josh