Originally Posted by tfahrner
[disclosure: commercial interest] the stokemonkey waiting list isn't very long at all. as for expense, yes the question is "compared to what?"
consider that when you buy something on credit (i.e., that you pay interest on) your interest payments go to help other people buy things they too can't really afford, such as cars. add up a couple few hundred million such purchases and you have the wherewithal to wage "perpetual war" to keep the bubble from bursting.
Tfahrner,
The SM seems like a great product; I use the same brand electric motor on my homemade ebike, but it is mounted in the front wheel hub rather than geared down to drive the crank. I apologize if I missed it on the website, but why did the SM designer choose to use a heavy hub motor to drive the crank rather than a lighter brushless motor such as the one used in the Lashout bike (BMC drive)?