After a long search for hub motors that are light, good for climbing hills, freewheel easily, and inconspicuous, three stood out:
Q100H (Aikema, sold by BMS Battery & topbikekit)
Q128H (Aikema, sold by BMS Battery & topbikekit if you ask)
Xiongda XD 2-speed (sold by manufacturer and Luna)
As with so many ebike motors it was had to find good specifications and details. That is what this thread is for, to collect and post the best information I can find or measure myself.
The impression I get is that all three motors were more popular a few years ago, but lately mid-drive and direct drive hub motors are more popular. I have a TSDZ2 mid-drive ebike, it works great, mid-drive is great. But it isn't as light, or as inconspicuous, and it has a lot of drag so that on flat pedaling without assists the drag is obvious. I'm looking to make an ebike that feels like a regular bike as much as possible. I am sticking with rear hub motors because climbing a hill a front hub motors spins. That won't do in Seattle. Finally, freehubs are great, but now that you can get good (Sun race) 10-speed freewheels I prioritized motor performance. All three hubs are available with a 135mm axle so you can build up a regular road bike (Luna only sells 145mm Xiongda, but 135mm is available from Xiongda direct).
In the end I bought a Q100H and a Q128H, and I am building the Q128H.
Here are the basics for these Aikema motors:
There is a Q100 and Q100H, Q128 and Q128H. The H models have more torque but are freewheel body only and the rpm choices are limited. But torque is a lot higher.
They have been sold for years by BMS Battery, lately I have found topbikekit who also sell them.
Both BMSBattery and topbikekit have good prices but shipping is DHL and pretty expensive. Opinions vary on BMSBattery. My experience is that they are OK but not expert. Results are better if you keep your order simple. My single order to topbikekit went well.
I know the motors are made by Aikema because the Q100H had an Aikema label underneath the BMSBattery label, and because the part numbers begin with AKM
They have double reduction planetary gears, so the gear reduction is high. This is why they are lighter than direct drive hubs, a high spinning motors geared down for torque is a lighter approach. They have higher reductions than most other geared hubs as well.

Weight of what you see in the picture:
Q128H: 2806g
Q100H: 2240g
Q100H (Aikema, sold by BMS Battery & topbikekit)
Q128H (Aikema, sold by BMS Battery & topbikekit if you ask)
Xiongda XD 2-speed (sold by manufacturer and Luna)
As with so many ebike motors it was had to find good specifications and details. That is what this thread is for, to collect and post the best information I can find or measure myself.
The impression I get is that all three motors were more popular a few years ago, but lately mid-drive and direct drive hub motors are more popular. I have a TSDZ2 mid-drive ebike, it works great, mid-drive is great. But it isn't as light, or as inconspicuous, and it has a lot of drag so that on flat pedaling without assists the drag is obvious. I'm looking to make an ebike that feels like a regular bike as much as possible. I am sticking with rear hub motors because climbing a hill a front hub motors spins. That won't do in Seattle. Finally, freehubs are great, but now that you can get good (Sun race) 10-speed freewheels I prioritized motor performance. All three hubs are available with a 135mm axle so you can build up a regular road bike (Luna only sells 145mm Xiongda, but 135mm is available from Xiongda direct).
In the end I bought a Q100H and a Q128H, and I am building the Q128H.
Here are the basics for these Aikema motors:
There is a Q100 and Q100H, Q128 and Q128H. The H models have more torque but are freewheel body only and the rpm choices are limited. But torque is a lot higher.
They have been sold for years by BMS Battery, lately I have found topbikekit who also sell them.
Both BMSBattery and topbikekit have good prices but shipping is DHL and pretty expensive. Opinions vary on BMSBattery. My experience is that they are OK but not expert. Results are better if you keep your order simple. My single order to topbikekit went well.
I know the motors are made by Aikema because the Q100H had an Aikema label underneath the BMSBattery label, and because the part numbers begin with AKM
They have double reduction planetary gears, so the gear reduction is high. This is why they are lighter than direct drive hubs, a high spinning motors geared down for torque is a lighter approach. They have higher reductions than most other geared hubs as well.

Weight of what you see in the picture:
Q128H: 2806g
Q100H: 2240g