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Should be pointed out a massive direct drive hub motor is not a sign of being illegal. They have to be large whether supplied with nominal power of around 250-400W or up to 2000W etc. In fact it can be the same hub motor with only the controller changing and some controllers have a legal mode...

Like many brands Dahon buy most of their bikes from other factories although they do have a mainly assembly plant in China now but they buy their bikes from other factories and this does mean price wise they are quite high for what you get. When Halfords used to sell Dahon folders they sold a...

Good video here that explains in detail about all the different types of motors and their advantages and disadvantages. One thing he didn't state was heavier riders have less issues with front hub motors but apart from that its pretty detailed. In some situations front motors have more grip...

Seems like the 'private land only' bit has been removed since I originally mentioned it. Which is a bit suspicious. I'm guessing there is no crank sensor so it assists whether you pedal or not so not legal on the road as not a pedelec type ebike. I doubt anyone would care if you did use it on...

Cube do use some pretty low end factories and have shorter frame warranties and lower weight limits. If you see here you can see Cube are using Bangladesh to manufacture bikes for them and those factories are fairly low end. I think Halford's Apollo range has used Meghna group bikes. I wonder if...

Looking on this site. https://whirlwind-e.co.uk/ It appears to be a fairly generic chinese mini-velo type ebike and halfway down the page it says 'private land only' so presumably it has a twist and go throttle and it doesn't matter if you pedal or not. It's par for the course with bike...

Why is their a motor resting on a box in the foreground? Are you servicing one off the bike and then swopping them regularly? It's a cool looking bike for sure but I don't ride anywhere where I would need dual suspension myself or high peak torque motor output. Have you spent any additional...

I think some of the lower end Shimano chains are made for them by KMC so you are paying a premium to get the Shimano brand on the chain. Saying that I think I've heard of fake KMC chains too but it might help stretch your budget if you buy from the factory brand itself rather than the rebranded...

I remember years ago I bought a Kona Lanai off ebay. Despite being brand new the seller obviously hated it so much he put it on the site without a reserve and it sold for £120 to me. There was about £20 postage on top but I got a brand new £300 bike for less than half price but when I got it, it...

I'm not 100% sure of my facts but it looks like the KTM has a 38T front chainring and 22T nexus cog compared to the Cube's 40T chainring and 20T Nexus cog so the Cube is a fair bit higher geared. Then when you factor in the Nexus 8 I think is a wider gear range the KTM has a significantly wider...

40Nm is down in hub motor territory but mid-drive's state peak torque which is often higher than the average which could be down to 20 or so. It's not a powerful mid-drive motor but that could have benefits with regard long term reliability due to reduced internal wear on the components...

Products are priced to what is acceptable in the market place that doesn't deter purchase. You get perfume that costs pence to make costing tens of pound because people will pay it or football season tickets that cost £100s of pounds with the players getting paid 10s of thousands per week again...

Make sure you have the right grease anything too thick could cause the pawls to stick maybe not initially but as it gets more cruddy with time. In fact now I think of it don't you normally use a thick oil instead. I guess there is probably a recommended product to use.

I've read a few forum posts about Fazua motors which have reliability concerns. A recent thread is this one where the owner is looking to get a more reliable motor system. https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/reliability-of-e-bike-systems.42621/#post-639971 However that said it sounds like...

Yes there are lots of variables. A direct drive motor can be fully legal and you get pre-configured bikes with direct drive hubs that are legal. Remember its the controller that limits the power which for mid-drive is within the motor assembly I guess but for hub motors is normally external...

Ok I've tried to simulate 250W from a typical direct drive motor on the chart. If you look at the red line you see the power is about 250W-400W which I would say is typical for such a motor with 400W being peak, they don't peak anywhere as much as a mid-drive motor. You can also see the Newton...

12,000 globally is not a lot for a product and seemed to have a production run of less than 2 years. I've never seen one on the road and so could be seen more as a novelty product typically. I could be wrong but I don't think the C1 would actually improve safety, there will be slightly reduced...

It's a bit of a monstrosity and looking at the C1 wiki page it was as sales disaster so hardly worth bothering with and despite still needing a helmet a significant amount sold in the UK of an admittedly very low number. Something about a seat belt on a moped makes me uncomfortable when its a...

As that video shows by its example of efficiency while direct drive motors don't reach mid-drive motors for efficiency on steep hills they are perhaps around 20% apart in efficiency for very steep hills and marginal difference in efficiency for lighter more normal hills and their efficiency...

There a great video that came out today but Grin actually focused on regen but has a mid-drive vs direct drive comparison regarding efficiency about 37 minutes in. It basically shows that a direct drive motor can be more efficient in real world conditions plus you have the greater reliability of...