aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,502
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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The motor is in the front hub. It's not crazy. Some ebikes have a front hub motor, some have a rear hub motor, and some have a motor that drives the cranks. So yeah, if you have a front hub motor and it seizes, you're going over the bars. Maybe that is crazy. So they say they're replacing the bikes. Maybe they'll put in rear hub motors or crank motors.