With the power these amflow units put out, they aren’t bikes. They’re more e-moto with Pedals that act as a thumb throttle.
So this market didn’t need to be “broken open”. People will be out there with their e-motos in places where they aren’t allowed, and will end up in more access being closed off to bikers in general.
120nm would be so great for cargo ebikes, especially ones with cargo containers.
My non-cargo ebike is great at 80nm, but can only move me up a steep hill at about 9 mph @ 1,300w (52v) with a gross weight under 275lbs. Our city has steep hills, haha. Can’t imagine carrying a Costco sack of rice, various groceries, a heavy lock, and a child or two on 80nm.
Us heavier riders appreciate the power too. At 100kg I’m getting lean, and I’m not lean.
It’s similar to not needing a v8 engine in your car, but dam is it nice to have the power there when you need it.
I’ve yet to see one of these motors on an ebike, but thats certainly a perfect market for this system, far more so than calling itself an eMTB
In the US ebikes can output 750W and still legally be an ebike. I feel like everyone forgets that and thinks the 250W EU limit applies here too.
Also more torque doesn’t necessarily mean more power.
Well, 1000w is larger than 750w so it does not matter where you are, its still above the limit.
It may be 1000W peak input into the controller. Which could result in 750W output at the wheel.
“May be” and “could” aren’t necessarily intrepretations of the spec.
An in shape MTB rider puts out 200-250w. This is still 4-5x what a human can do. Its going to cause an increase in damage to trails, and vastly increase the rate of accidents - both of the rider and others.
I rarely to never see people on “ebikes” show up to repair trails where I live, but they’re always on the trails…
They’re still limited to 20 mph for Class 1, a lot slower than a pedal bike would go down a hill, the extra power really only gets used going up hills.
torque isn’t speed. In my area half of the ebikes on the market are useless because they can’t go up the hills. I cooked my first ebike going less than walking speed uphill.
I’m not sure you guys need a high torque bike but rather a law change and mass production.
I wouldnt call 120Nm high torque, that’s sort of in the mid-range area.
