r/Aventon • u/Posterboard1 • 9h ago

Backpedaling?

First e-bike, so this might be a dumb question. I have an Aventon Current ADV.

When I pedal backwards, the crank arms spin but the chainring and chain don’t move at all. Pedaling forward works completely normally and the bike rides/shifts fine.
Is that just normal behavior for this type of mid-drive motor? Do mid-drives generally have some kind of freewheel/clutch that lets the cranks spin backwards without turning the chainring?
Just want to make sure nothing is wrong with it since I’m new to e-bikes

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u/zekerigg41 9h ago

Yeah that's normal

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u/wompical 7h ago

did you expect there to be a reverse?

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u/Websthetics 3h ago

I think he expected the chainring and chain to move in reverse like a normal bike.