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My wife has a Moustache Saturday with Bosch Performance and I have a 827i Lapierre. When we ride together she is consuming her battery faster than me, but she's also typically riding with higher assistance levels, yet more than 10 kg lighter than me. But anyway, twice the range can't be right...

Here you can see the furniture felt pads on both of my two batteries and the battery cover with few strips of old latex inner tube at the root of the locking tab: The felt glued on top of the factory rubber opposite the battery opening is another, even simpler option. Tested that today, no rattle:

Yes Sir. It was a phenomena that I fixed/hacked simply by gluing a small furniture felt pad on the battery (to the topmost side of the "highest" battery section, close to the frame opening) and also wrapped few slices of old inner tube inside the cover of the battery opening (at the "root" of...

You consider that as a bad point?

They (manufacturers) probably know very well their target market. The full throttle, flat out, suicide DH bonanza folks are just a small niche minority. The money is not there for mass manufacturers.

Shimano says 70% charge level is advised only if storing longer than 6 months.

Even though I carelessly charge my batteries 100% after every ride, I do understand your point and I'd also be interested in hearing/seeing battery reports from those of us who have had their bike few months already.

I tried to check how my mistreated batteries are doing, but unfortunately they are not compatible with eTube, no information is available using SM-PCE1 box and a laptop with eTube (it's a rare Snakepower battery):

Yeah, it's all subjective. I like simplicity and for me that's complicated, because it's guesswork (how to reach 75%) and I would need to plan and prepare for the next ride, recharge the battery two times.

I think I've almost always disliked Giant bicycle designs. But with this Stance e, they have done a marvelous job, very nice indeed. Good looking babies here in this thread, like those bold colors.

That sounds very complicated strategy, Tamas. And how on earth do you charge a battery up to 72.8% with a standard charger anyway? Let's do some calculation: IIRC Shimano promises 1000 charging cycles for a battery. If I'd ride 6 times a week, using full battery capacity every time, I would...

eMax - english eMax developer has three separate software products: - freeMax: free application, which allows assistance-% and max torque adjustments for each three modes (Eco, Trail and Boost). - miniMax: does only one thing, but how cool baby it is: it allows changing the bike destination...

Actually, with freeMax software (which is free, i.e. no cost) you can change the ECO mode assistance level as you wish. And not just the percentage, but also the maximum torque it gives (as well as other modes, too, of course). Total freedom.

@nickthebee : Brilliant comment. I remember Lucas electrics, I remember British Leyland. Ducati is a living legend in comparison. That Ducati thing looks almost cool.

THAT would be a super cool thing to do, Karsten. However, there might be a small problem that needs to be solved (IF your Levo is similar to Shimano motors): the speed sensor and corresponding magnet attached to a spoke... you need to provide that speed signal to the motor/controller somehow...

Yes, but unfortunately Garmin announced support only for newer STePS incarnations, E6100 and E7000?! E8000 is NOT in the list of supported models, maybe because that unit does not transmit the needed ANT+ channels?

IF Blevo only shows average and max power of the rider during a ride (like in screenshot), the usefulness of that info is questionable, but IF the rider power info would be available as real time data, using same ANT+ power meter profile as any other separate power meter, then THAT would...

I don't know exactly where I got it... but everywhere from the net, I guess. Isn't it like public domain info: Mode: Assist ratio-% / Max torque -------------------------------------------- Eco: 60% / 30 Nm Trail: 90 % / 70 Nm Boost: 300% / 70 Nm The difference between Trail and Boost is in...

In addition what @mark.ai says it's worth noting that for a reasonable fit and strong rider the Trail mode can actually consume the battery as fast as the Boost, if you use The Force of your legs. Both modes allow the maximum assistance torque and power (without tinkering the factory...

AFAIK, the power and torque charts have always shown maximum power (a.k.a peak power). It's something that an engine can output a brief period of time, but no one expects that you can drive a car "flat out" days on end (like "continuously") - and still keep regular service periods etc. The...