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Originally Posted by Toymeister
Since dhdallas is giving advice and recommentations on watts we might as well be accurate.
There are two types of ebike systems hub drive, which have a motor within the wheel. These operate at 30% efficiency. Hub drives are located at the wheel center.
Mid drives are located at the pedals and run 70-80% efficiency. Most mid drives drives are 250 watts. You can recognize a mid drive in pictures at a glance.
Mid drives feel more natural, go further, last longer and cost more.
There is no standard that ebikes be rated at peak, continuious, or nominal watts. It is foolish to shop ebikes by watts. Some mid drives rate by torque but I have never seen a hub drive do this. Torque is the measure of power, not watts.
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Maybe you meant to say "
Torque is a measure of force (rotational) whereas
Watts is by definition power.. Torque gets you up the hill, how
fast you get up the hill is all power.