RE: More cheating on the Tour de France?
January 29, 2017 at 9:16 pm
(This post was last modified: January 29, 2017 at 9:22 pm by Anomalocaris.)
How does this motor work again?
These bikes mostly use off the shelf, albeit top of the line, drive train components. So any deviation in shape of drivetrain components will be instantly picked up cycling gear heads. So there is no room in the bottom bracket or wheel hubs to hide any rotory motor. You can't put a motor anywhere else and transfer the torque to either hub without something highly visible on the outside.
So The only way i can think of is to create a sort of linear motor embedded in the chain or rear stays that move magnets embedded in the wheel rim. Is there enough room in a bike's chain star or seat stay to hide a set of stators of a linear motor.
These bikes mostly use off the shelf, albeit top of the line, drive train components. So any deviation in shape of drivetrain components will be instantly picked up cycling gear heads. So there is no room in the bottom bracket or wheel hubs to hide any rotory motor. You can't put a motor anywhere else and transfer the torque to either hub without something highly visible on the outside.
So The only way i can think of is to create a sort of linear motor embedded in the chain or rear stays that move magnets embedded in the wheel rim. Is there enough room in a bike's chain star or seat stay to hide a set of stators of a linear motor.
