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IGH are geared way too high for general UK use, with the gears in the 55-130" range, when really you want more like 25-30" up to maybe 85-90" max
What's the limit for Nexus 7 (torque wise?) before they start breaking?
MCamb-
I know they don't like 500W bafangs, my friend has just gone through two in 6 months
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Not that high I'd guess. Normal use no bother, but the current breed of high torque mid drives is gonna cause a lot of work for the lbs scrap bin.
Rode a brose motored bike that claimed to have 90nm. Either it had an issue, or that number is jumped up, e8000, ep8 or a gen 4 cx felt like they had more poke to them.
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BrickMan
Modern decent dyno lights (supernova, son, lupine etc) running on 3w source are plenty enough. You can get higher wattage e bike battery powered lights too, but don't go wild, the higher tier ones are for proper offroad MTB use, enough to burn the feathers off an owl no bother.
Nexus 7 is pretty slow feeling and not the most reliable. Have found most Euro cargo and hybrid bikes that come with a IGH are geared way too high for general UK use, with the gears in the 55-130" range, when really you want more like 25-30" up to maybe 85-90" max, never gonna use higher than that pushing kiddo's around. Try getting a much larger rear cog and/ or a small chainring, cheap and easy mod to see if it makes the bike more useful.