Originally Posted by
powell
Where I ride I want to be silent as much as possible.
No motorized vehicles on paths.
My ebike look strange enough I do not want add noise to it, in popular perception:
noise = motorized
Panasonic is well proofen , rock solid middrive used by many ebike manufacturers for the reason=reliability.
As of hubs, not all hubs are silent, NOT at all.
Some cheap, primitive hub kits when installed whine like crazy.
Do not watch videos, listen to them, turn off the one with background music - does it make sense to watch them!!
On this forums you can watch and listen to posted videos , just search and enjoy whining like electric locomotive taking off .
Agreed. One reason I opted for the Falco kit. It's supposedly very quiet and stealthy. As a bit of an update on that... I emailed the owner of the bike shop and asked if it was too late to upgrade to the 48V system instead of the 36V, but only if they are going to have to ship me out a new Wheel or some other part. If I have to wait another week for shipping I may as well do an upgrade. After doing a lot more research, it seems like the 48V with the 500 watt motor would have been the best combo for me... I'm cool either way though. If it's working now, I'll take it as is. The next one is going to be 48V though...