> Wesley Ambrosini Wrote:
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> So that replaces a variatior? And it opens or closes to simulate gears?
It's just a variator that has a stepper motor built into it, and you program the amount of positions in it.
This is going to be hard to adapt to a hobbit/derbi at all, as it's meant to sit between the belt and the cases, not at the outside like the two mopeds above. You'll have to have a cover/guard that supports the outside of the mechanism from spinning and twisting itself apart. Also, you will to full reg/rec and run a battery because I highly doubt that it's going to like anything be clean DC.
Make sure you have the mildest contra you got in the rear so you don't yet the whole thing right off the end of the crank.
The biggest hurtle is that either way you slice it, you have to adapt a different crank/mill the hobbit/derbi bell to accept what is in essence, just a novelty.
If these were as effective as you think they could be, you'd see people using them.