Well free rides today at the renegade race with the hummie hubs 4wd!!
There’s only 2mm in the radius more in the core (ie the hub motor) than the core of an abec fly wheel. That coupled with good thick wheels poured by a and e.they feel great, even on shitty road.
Not sure I agree with the whole flawed concept thing. They work well as a low amp set up. Don’t get hot and you can cruise around all be it slowly all day long. Where it becomes problematic is when you try to get them to perform like a satellite/gear set up. Then they get hot. Use them the way the chinese do with limited current and they do just fine. Boring but fine. Each to their own really. Even the direct drives leave me wanting in the torque department but then I like to be ripped off the line and not gently encouraged up the road. Oh and I’m a big heavy lump too.