It’s fun to watch Ebike’s move full circle, back to the little Europe peddle assist bikes of the 50s. Basically the electric versions.
Full gearbox, this is a little motorbike. And why not? Small motorcycles rock.
It makes no sense, go buy a motorbike insted
No. I like being able to carry mine up stairs, and put it inside.
You will likely have a hard time carrying ebike up a stair when they disregard weight and built with only power in mind.
I agree. These are now small motorcycles. I like it. If only they’d ditch the bike facade, and make them look cool. Style em up.
IMO It’s completely ridiculous that derailleurs have dominated bicycle shifting for so long.
They’re just really not a good solution at all.Because it’s significantly lighter than gearhub, and there’s no better solution available to shifting that’s also light in weight. The sort of gearhub mentioned in the article are mainly for ebike.
- cheap to manufacture
- has high efficacy
- gears wear out relatively fast (debatable)
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- … so they can sell you spare parts
