 Re: Currie does have ebikes with hub motors
If I went with the currie bike from walmart which I could afford, I would still have to change the battery system and motor. I think they are under powered and the battery system just looks way too top heavy. It is also a ten ah I think which i would not like.
I am about to replace a 12 ah system with one using double 7ah to achieve 14ahs. Somehow the doubled up batteries seem to be far superior in performance to the only slightly smaller 12ah system.
I think you can buy a 400 watt motor that will fit the curry ebike chain driven at tnc and then run 36watts through it. You might have to change the controller but it should work. Still I prefer my rhino friction drive. Just taste I guess. I have never put a thino on a bike with gears. I might just have to do that one day. It wouldn't be hard. The reason I never have is that I usually can get a good gear ration with a chain ring change and I don't pedal a great deal. It might be worth the build to test how much range I can get by pedaling more. A set of gears would be good for that I expect. |