An Introduction To Electric Bike Motor-Hub Motor & Mid-Drive Motor
These days, electric bicycles are booming, and more and more people are seen riding them on the streets. Today, this article is about a very important part of an electric bicycle that makes it what it is-the engine, a.k.a motor.
There are generally 2 kinds of motors, hub motor and central engine, which is named after the position where they have mounted the frames, check this out:
ebike Hub motor
Above is a Bafang hub motor, and Bafang is a name brand of electric bike motor, control systems, and they also produce mid-drive motor for electric bikes, see
ebike mid-drive motor
This motor is specially designed for enthusiasts who are enjoying themselves by converting a conventional bicycle to an electric bicycle.
To roughly compare a hub motor and a central engine, they are different in these aspects:
- Structures
- Mounted position
- Costs