Originally Posted by
linberl
Every bike I have motorized, I had to increase the chain ring size. Otherwise you're ghost pedaling and there is absolutely no resistance, not to mention no exercise because you simply can't spin that fast. A lot of e bikes are set up with traditional gearing and they just add a motor, not taking into account you need higher gear inches to actually use it like a bike with just some assist..
Ghost pedaling is a good description of what I'm doing using maximum motor power.