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Old 09-28-2015, 01:06 PM   #56 (permalink)
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You would need gear reduction no matter how you do it.

With a 37" tall tire at 30mph your tires are turning at about 272 rpm, at 1mph you would be way out of the efficiency range of an electric motor.
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