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And now for something completely different: an e-bike with a mid-drive motor so powerful that it needs a separate drivetrain with its own chain. The forthcoming Biktrix Juggernaut FS XD electric mountain bike features a 2300W mid-drive motor, which is capable of producing up to 10 times the power that a human can generate while pedaling, which could play hell with a standard chain and sprocket set. The company’s solution for handling that much power without blowing out the drivetrain is to give the motor its own heavy duty chain and sprocket on the opposite side from from the conventional crankset.
“The innovative Coaxial-Drive motor provides all the handling and weight distribution benefits that come with a mid-drive motor. But with all this power you need a drivetrain to handle it!…
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