Bob, It won't make you go any faster but it could make you go quicker. The top speed limitation with EMs is low horsepower because of battery pack and motor power limits, not poor gearing. A bike geared for a top speed of 60mph is pretty sluggish getting from 50 to 60 when the motor is spinning at near max RPM and isn't pulling tall gearing. My experiance is that the same bike with a fixed gear acceletes pretty well. I mean not doing wheelies, but will beat a car off the line. A CVT could improve acceraltion, but for my use I'd rather spend money and space trying to get more range. The CVT efficenty loses and better low speed gearing may be a wash, and craming more batteries in the space will certainly improve range. Once we get a high current small light battery, then the CVTs may make more sense. I don't see why you would want it manually operated. Garret " If we can put our heads together we can develop a pretty cool bike tranny. Transmissions will help us go faster! Later, Bobcat"
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