Avinox Reveals its Motor Gearbox

[skizzian]

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What do you guys think about the axle placement on these motors? Seems like the gobao will have a lot more motor hanging down.

not great on the Gobao - I reckon I would be smacking it a fair bit on my local rides
the Avinox axle position looks good.

 

[Suns_PSD]

I feel like no one would have cancelled an M2S order, if only Gabao had released this product. We've never even heard of this company, and it feels like Avinox made it feel much more like the immediate and valid future by jumping in.

Anyways, it's coming now!

 

[Fangs2k]

Realistically, I doubt it’s a “dummy” motor and is actually a functioning prototype given Avinox’s demonstrated development speed and prowess, but stranger things have happened.

Rob said he rode it, he was just asked not to film it, said it was good on the limited car park ride he did.

 

[G-Sport]

An important thing to consider for folks who are shopping (or who stopped shopping based on this news) is that new technologies need time for the inevitable bugs to get worked out. As anyone who’s bought a first model year car can attest, there are plenty of issues that only show themselves after release. Your best experience on a bike for the next 2+ years is probably going to be on that current gen M2S, so go buy it tomorrow and enjoy it.

I think people need to be prepared for the possibility that the ecvt drives have a different feel to conventional derailleurs. The connection between the pedals and the wheel is likely to feel a little spongy. If you just want to power up fire-roads then mostly freewheel downhills then this is unlikely to matter much; and I also think it will feel quite nice to have a bit of cushion once you get used to it, sprag hubs have a little of this and it actually feels good to me. But there will be some people who really won't like it. So I can easily imagine a scenario where someone waits for the MGU and then doesn't like it on a test ride and buys the conventional version instead, but what would really suck is if they waited and bought the MGU without a test ride and THEN found they didn't like it!