Beautiful & Surprising Ebike Motor | Explain & Explore

Ben tries to explain this incredibly unique motor system from TQ and has his negative opinion on SL Electric MTBs challenged in the process. A detailed and humorous breakdown that reveals the cycloidal secrets of the tiny, torque dense system. Learn more here: https://www.tq-ebike.com/en/ Massive thank you to Tony W for his excellent animations of the TQ system. Go check them out here : @tonyw6909 Subscribe for more content from the pulse of mountain biking. Website - https://pinkbike.com Podcast - https://pinkbike.link/pbpodcast Instagram - https://instagram.com/pinkbike Facebook - https://facebook.com/pinkbikecom 0:00 SL Ebikes are pointless 2:00 Welcome to Explain Explore 2:33 This motor is an enigma 3:05 How do normal EMTB motors work? 4:28 Ben attempts to explain the motor secrets 4:41 Stage 1 - Electric Spin 4:51 Stage 2 - Induce Wobble 5:15 Stage 3 - Reverse Real Slow 7:03 The secret cycloidal sauce 7:29 Stage 4 - Dastardly De-Wobble 8:31 But what does it all mean? Visuals 9:03 Silence is golden - Raw Riding 9:58 Conclusions 11:17 HURRR?