I think electric is the wave of the future for mass consumption, but frankly I have yet to find a really good system. I know that is heresy but the truth is electric is quieter, cleaner, the maintenance should be less.

My electric systems is home made stuck on the back of a bike for under fifty dollars. Not counting batteries which are lead acid wet cells intended for a lawn tractor hauled around on a home made bike trailer. The hub kits look really good except that I just cant justify that kind of price when It is so easy to build a drive from a twenty five dollar scooter motor off ebay.

It's gasoline for me simply because of the range and the power for hill climbing. As a hybred system you cant beat the electic. I am told the hub drive is just as good as gasoline but the battery will always be the weak link in my opinion.

I can get about five miles from my batteries. I could get more with a more expensive high amperage battery though. The lawn and garden batteries is probably only 30ah and with two 250 watt motors drawing it doesn't take long to drain them. In my area it is about five miles. I have reconfigured the motors so I might be able to get a little more now. I'm going to have to try it out to see, but it won't be more than another couple of miles.

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