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Old 05-27-18 | 08:56 AM
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bowzette
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e-assist motor

Has anyone installed one of these and what is your experience? I'm not interested in turning my trike into a go-cart but get on top of a bigger gear at a higher cadence. Like riding with a strong tail wind or riding in a fast pack-heart rate increases and leg muscle strain decreases and you go a lot faster. I think the key to this is a good torque sensor system and that is an issue. Bionx is in bankruptcy and may not survive. Falco looks like a good system but it takes months to get the product, after they charge your credit card, and with this poor business practice may follow Bionx. I don't think you can buy the Shamino Steps off the shelf. The Golden Motors Edge and other systems that require a bottom bracket torque sensor have a problem now that the Thun torque sensor is no longer available and the other BB torque sensors may not function properly with a recumbent bottom bracket location. Hopefully someone will modify a torque sensor bottom bracket to work properly with a recumbent-may require a CA V3 firmware update to do so. So my research doesn't look good for the present as to a quality torque sensor system. But I'm interested in any experience you may have had.
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