• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    Only very cheap e-bikes have hub motors. They’re not a good idea precisely because they don’t interact with the gearing system. So you lose that functionality.

    It’s not worth losing access to gearing just to get regenerative braking because the amount of power being used isn’t worth trying to recoup.