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Originally Posted by Saltydawg
Over 400 lbs of people + cargo up a steep hill? Ride thru a lake? What? What motors are these? Where can I read more about them?
Here you go, Saltydawg.
Those two motors in particular are the Stokemonkey and the Dirt Monkey's system. The Dirtmonkey is simply a Crystalyte dual speed motor put in a smaller wheel and a full suspension bicycle. Small wheels are strong.

Stokemonkey:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...07362062&hl=en
This motor known as the Stokemonkey is able to carry more weight than even the Xtracycle cargo system can handle, up a great deal of hills, and with an efficient power draw. Its been known to be able to haul over the rated limit of the X's capacity, which is about 200lbs of cargo and a 200lb rider. Here you can see the system zooming up an incline with two people in tow.

If you want to know about what the Xtracycle is:
http://www.xtracycle.com

Dirt Monkey:
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...41791628409013
Oh hey, these guys don't seem to have disappeared after all! There are some new videos for '07 with their new model. As you can see, the Dirt Monkey's motor has been sealed to the elements, and rather seems to like this lake. I've done something similar to my kit to make it more winter worthy, although these days I prefer to just skip the e-bike in winter altogether.

I guess I could mention that the skewer on the Crystalyte is about twice as thick as those on my mountain bike, or that you can mount any spokes + rim you want. But its all Crap + BS, even after all is said and done, after all, isn't it?

Broadway, you're right. I'm just going to ignore him until he starts giving people bad advice.
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