Electric Bike Wheel Hub Motor

This article first appeared in electric bike report in june of 2013.

Electric bike wheel hub motor. However they do tend to be quite expensive to purchase but if you can t afford to buy one there is an alternative to an electric bike that will work just as well this is an electric wheel for your bike and it provides you with the same service as an electric bike would and will help assist. Since then we ve made some changes to our motor selection our direct drive motors are now all high torque 6x9 wound so they run slower approximately 15mph at 36v or 20mph at 48v and our geared motors have been replaced by a 500w version approximately 20mph at 36v or 28mph at 48v. Since the spacing is different between front and rear dropout you cannot use the same kit on the front or back. As an early pioneer of bicycle drives our e bike motors benefit from our decades of experience and boast maximum efficiency across the entire speed range and a high torque at low speeds.

When you buy your hub motor or hub motor kit be sure to specify if you want front or rear drive. If you go with a geared hub motor bmc mac cute bafang etc its possible to get a powerful motor in a much lighter and smaller package. Bicycle wheel hub motors heinzmann offers a large selection of space saving motors for direct attachment to the wheel hub for a broad application range. However there are some really cool bicycle inner tubes that can be replaced without removing the bike wheel great for hub motors.

Pinty produces both front and rear wheel motors. Electric bikes can be very useful to use and they won t exhaust you as much as a regular bike. If you want an easy to install electric bike motor that replaces a wheel on your existing bike there is a pinty model for you. Electric bicycle hub motor disadvantages.

A hub motor is an easy alternative to turn your standard bike into an electric bike but before doing that you should check that the motor s specification would fit on your normal bike.