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I have not had much experience with internal hubs as such, but the newer ones seem to have the same sturdy qualities as the older ones did. I had a 7 speed hub for a while and it seemed to be OK and the same with a 3 speed with an 8 speed cassette on it. THAT was an interesting wheel! Actually I had a pair of them! a 26 inch and a 20 inch. Both were quite sturdy.
Mostly I have used multi speed bikes myself because I have found them pretty bulletproof most of the time. also easy to fix if things do go Wahoonie shaped. the biggest problem with the "10 speed racers" is that they were 10 speed racers! Two things to remember arre that MOST "racing" bikes are built lighter and hence more fragile, and that racers are often relatively experimental bikes. a mountain bike will be a much sturdier set up as will a bike intended for more utilitarian use. I happen to prefer sturdy over fast mostly too.
Personally my Currie works quite well. It is off the bike at the moment because the charger went TU on me and a friend is fixing it. but I would suggest looking at the Cyclone motor the 360 or 500 either one would be fine I think unless you are more portly than I am! (I weigh 240 more or less!) It is placed in the chain line of a bike or trike and drives the chain. The Stokemonkey does the same thing. This means that you MUST pedal with the motor unless you have a freewheeling crank, and there seems to have been a bit of difficulty with those recently.
I have never had difficulty with pedaling when the motor is running honestly though my motor freewheels well so that I don't have to worry about it. If you can find a used Currie, they are a nice unit too, but they are getting hard to find!
mark
On 7/4/07, jim58ba2000 <jim58ba@...> wrote:
--- In ebikebuilders@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Garvey" <lazybee45@...>
wrote:
>> On 7/1/07, jim58ba2000 <jim58ba@...> wrote:Hi Mark: Riding in the rain didn't seem to bother me much last year,
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> > Mark: Thanks for the quick response, any recomendations for the
best
> > set up? The Currie drive is not one of those hub motors right?
Have
> > you had any problems riding in the rain?
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> > Jim
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> Hi Jim: I have not really ridden in the rain in all honesty, at
least not
> the way you might think. I have ridden the trike with a Velokit on
it in
> the rain but that hardly counts! the Velokit keeps the rider dry
and the
> motor only gets a bit of mist from splashing and stuff. the
mountain bike
> is unpleasant to ride in the rain!
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> The Currie is a motor that bolts onto a 36 spoke X3 wheel so it not
exactly
> a "hub motor" it is a chain drive to an attachment on the hub. I
have been
> very satisfied with mine. But Currie is no longer importing e-
bike "kits"
> to the USA. EV Deals may have them still, but I don't think so.
The best
> bet these days in my opinion is the Cyclone which puts the motor in
the
> chainline so that you have all the rear wheel gears. Making the
motor much
> more efficient. That extends the range as well.
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> mark
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> Mark Garvey
> Cedar Rapids, Iowa free state!
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ok I wasn't too excited about slipping & sliding on wet leaves last
fall but the rain itself was never a big problem, I was just
wondering if e-bikes have a potential problem with anything shorting
out if it gets wet or if the set up is pretty well sealed.
Powering it through the gears sounds like it would give me a lot more
flexability than a hub motor and if I can peddle along with the motor
and not have to choose the motor or me that would be way cool! I may
be dating myself here but when I was a kid I rode an "english racer"
with a sturmey-archer 3 speed hub. While my buddies and I were hard
on our bikes, with lots of flat tires and bent spokes, that hub was
bullit proof. When I got a little older and had "10-speeds" they
didn't seem to hold up as well as the internally geared hubs and
always needed to be fussed with to keep the chain tension right and
drivetrain components bent back into alingment. So now I am wondering
if a sturmy-archer hub could stand up to the motor. Any experince
with these?
Jim
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Mark Garvey
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