-\HI Mark
I love my cyclone 500 kit,, the crank freewheels so I can pedal
when I want and assist when I want,, it also has a 3 speed hub with
a 8 speed freewheel in the rear,, lots of gears for speed and hill
climbing ..


Regards Brad


> hi Jim!
>
> 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 <ebikebuilders%
40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "Mark Garvey" <lazybee45@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On 7/1/07, jim58ba2000 <jim58ba@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 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?
> > > >
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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!
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > mark
> > >
> > > .
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "Human Misery is caused by human expectations." Buddha
> > >
> > > Mark Garvey
> > > Cedar Rapids, Iowa free state!
> > >
> > > Check out the web site at:
> > > http://www.vine-ave.com
> > >
> > > contact us to have INVISIBLE INC! appear at your next program!
> > Details at
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> > >
> > > I am a bicycling lifestylist!
> >
> > Hi Mark: Riding in the rain didn't seem to bother me much last
year,
> > 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
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> "Human Misery is caused by human expectations." Buddah
>
> Mark Garvey
> Cedar Rapids, Iowa free state!
>
> Check out the web site at:
> http://www.vine-ave.com
>
> contact us to have INVISIBLE INC! appear at your next program!
Details at
> www.vine-ave.com
>
> I am a bicycling lifestylist!
>