taiwwa
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I bought the ebike recently. It is a road/gravel style bike with a rear hub motor. Comes with grx gravel shifters.
I mainly have in comparison to this bike a vvolt proxima e-bike which is a mid drive belt with igh.
1. The voya is faster and more comfortable for me because it is has drop bars.
2. The proxima seems to get better electricity efficiency even though the igh and belt drive are inherently inefficient, due to the nature of a mid drive versus a rear hub drive.
3. I don’t think a mid drive is the best for road/gravel ebikes because of the additional wear it places on the chain and cassette. Mid drives are perfect for belt and igh. Hub drives can potentially reduce the wear on external drivetrains.
4. The voya seems to transmit road imperfections more than the proxima. This I think is because of the weight of the hub motor, the heaviness of the spokes. It also could be because the tire is a wire bead and so is very stiff. I’ve noticed this in other hub motors I’ve ridden that they seem to transmit road imperfections more.
5. Both bikes don’t really coast that well and have noticeable drag when coasting.
6. The voya’s charging port is odd. It has a weird interface that looks kind of like a miniature j1772. The proxima just uses a regular barrel plug. The proxima‘s plug location is better. The voya has the recharge port right next to the crank itself. When recharging, the voya indicates on the charger itself.
7. The voya seems to be a more turn on and forget it is an e-bike while the proxima needs some more involvement with managing the e-bike motor.
8. the Voyas programming of the torque sensor is superb.
lastly, the voya is what Grin e-bike motors should be installed on.
I mainly have in comparison to this bike a vvolt proxima e-bike which is a mid drive belt with igh.
1. The voya is faster and more comfortable for me because it is has drop bars.
2. The proxima seems to get better electricity efficiency even though the igh and belt drive are inherently inefficient, due to the nature of a mid drive versus a rear hub drive.
3. I don’t think a mid drive is the best for road/gravel ebikes because of the additional wear it places on the chain and cassette. Mid drives are perfect for belt and igh. Hub drives can potentially reduce the wear on external drivetrains.
4. The voya seems to transmit road imperfections more than the proxima. This I think is because of the weight of the hub motor, the heaviness of the spokes. It also could be because the tire is a wire bead and so is very stiff. I’ve noticed this in other hub motors I’ve ridden that they seem to transmit road imperfections more.
5. Both bikes don’t really coast that well and have noticeable drag when coasting.
6. The voya’s charging port is odd. It has a weird interface that looks kind of like a miniature j1772. The proxima just uses a regular barrel plug. The proxima‘s plug location is better. The voya has the recharge port right next to the crank itself. When recharging, the voya indicates on the charger itself.
7. The voya seems to be a more turn on and forget it is an e-bike while the proxima needs some more involvement with managing the e-bike motor.
8. the Voyas programming of the torque sensor is superb.
lastly, the voya is what Grin e-bike motors should be installed on.
