Any Electric Bike users out there?

[Litehiker]

I'm strongly thinking of getting a TREK Powerfly 5 e-bike. It has a BOSCH motor and battery, both of which are very advanced technology.
Not sure i trust Chinese made e-bikes, especially for warranty backup.

But whatever you decide upon it needs a MID mounted motor (on the crank bottom bracket area), not a rear wheel hub motor. This is so you can fully utilize your gears.

Eric B.

 

[mslman]

I have a Radrover 5 and it had a drive hub and the gears work just fine; all of them. plus you don't have the parasitic loss of the drive train. With the mid motor, you are limited to Class 1 and 3 only