Intra drive Mid drive motor and 8 sp gearbox (EP8 mount)

[fenwick458]

anybody seen this before?

Intra-Drive

I'm pleased to see the start of the demise of the derailleur, it won't be long now...

 

[deksawyer]

Based over the water from me in Edinburgh. Maybe @Gary could check it out since he's nearer..??

 

[lightning]

Looks a great idea, the unit is a bit ugly but that will change with development.

 

[Zimmerframe]

This one seems to be moving along a bit. The EP8/E8000 mounting makes it idea for manufacturers to consider instead or to be used as a replacement.

Obviously, that would be no use if you couldn't get/use a compatible battery, so fortunately their batteries are also being designed around the Shimano mounting system.

The whole thing is supposedly also designed to be servicable......

Orange Phase test bike fitted with the system.

Images from Pinkbike :

Orange Reveals a Gearbox Belt Driven eMTB Using the Intradrive Motor - Eurobike 2022 - Pinkbike

An orange Orange eMTB with an 8-speed gearbox motor.

www.pinkbike.com

Potentially less torque in emtb configuration, but that post was almost a year ago, so things may have changed ..

 

[lightning]

Looks great. May be the future?

 

[irie]

Derailleurs are shit for MTBing, always collecting vegetation and other debris. The sooner get rid of them the better.

 

[04fuxake]

In over 30 years of cycling/mountain biking, I’ve broken exactly ONE derailleur and that was on a flat piece of cycle path. I don’t get the hate for derailleurs.

 

[bazxa]

You must be lucky, bent a derailleur during the second month of the new bike and always have one spare. Will be glad to see them replaced by motor gearbox combo.

 

[TimC7]

Intra Drive crowdfunding UK production of gearbox e-bike drive

Do you share a vision of a UK-built ultra-durable and repairable e-bike gearbox drivetrain? Think along the lines of the MGU from Pinion.

singletrackworld.com

From 2 Nov 2023
TLDR: Intra Drive Ltd has announced an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to start production.

Please let this be successful and get rid of derailleurs for good!