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Old 11-23-2017, 12:07 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by puddleglum View Post
.... Those direct drive motors don't coast well so you need to be under power all the time ...
I wish I had known this before wasting $1,087.50

I need a motor that lets me coast and allows me to pedal without turning the armature . Otherwise , it's useless, a trade-off that actually reduces my range , instead of increasing it (which was the idea).
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