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Old 03-31-07, 05:52 PM
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dwoloz,

What grades are you expecting to encounter? My brushless, gearless Crystalyte will pull an 8% in excess of 20MPH while I'm pulling my 100lbs. of children and trailer. However, if I were pulling 100+lbs. up protracted climbs on a regular basis, I would get something geared down to keep the motor near it's highest efficiency in these tough situations. The Stokemonkey is the same hub motor that I use except it is geared down to apply heavy torque to the cranks; the cyclone works in a similar manner. Either of these would be better suited for your needs than a gearless hub motor. However, there are planetary geared hub motors such as this model which I am very interested in trying in an ATB application:


Freeenergystore.com is taking orders for this hub motor, but the wait is several months.
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