[HNaTTY]

You me and the author are on the same page. Top speed isn't the issue that the author is complaining about, and it's not the reason to get more power. It's about acceleration and hill climbing. That's why he wants more power, and it's why he hates hub motors big and small. In the author's case, it's so that he can power a heavy bike with 5.5" wide tires through deep snow. So many people in this thread don't ride like this, so they imagine 2500 watts powering their skimpy road bike with 110psi tires. He talks about it in this post: https://electricbike-blog.com/2016/12/21/electric-fat-biking...

[laughfactory]

Exactly. I'd happily buy another $3000+ ebike with a top speed of 20 mph if it could get to that speed faster, and maintain it up hills. The hills, especially, slow me down a lot, and more than I'm happy with.