Giant are claiming big ranges with their Yamaha motors for next year's Trance Bikes: Giant electrifies Trance and Stance for 2019
"With the 500Wh battery, Giant is claiming up to 150km of range in Eco mode with the less-powerful Sport motor and 110km with the Pro motor. In the top 'Power' mode...
Yes but I would just like to change the settings of my eco mode on my Shimano so I could plan some full days out. 30 miles in eco, even in the hills barely takes 4 hours. I'd like to be out at least 5 - especially if I've had to drive an hour to the start of the ride.
Just asked on Shimano...
Would be good to get an idea of how many ft Stuckmojo climbed on that ride as that's 30 miles with 2 bars left so range up to 40+ miles - which would be nice and he's only on a 400wh battery !
Those numbers make much more sense. So it just seems than the Shimano motors just isn't capable of much more than a 30 mile hilly off road ride then.
I would like to be able to have a lower assistance than eco - something that feels just like riding a standard bike ie something that overcomes...
So what does trail on setting 1/7 equate to in percentage terms do you think? 15%?
If that's the case I can adjust trail to be a proper eco and boost to be more like trail, but that really only gives me two effective settings.
It makes no sense for Shimano to make eco 50% and fix it there ?
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It's a stock Shimano on a Vitus e-sommet. Is eco really constant 50%? Can trail be tuned on the e-tube app to use less than eco?..
Only the downhills on my ride would have been over the 15mph threshold,
Done a few longer rides on my Vitus e-sommet now.
Ride 1 - Lumpy Yorkshire Dales Ride - 24 miles 5000ft - all on eco except for 200m where I had to push (steps) went to last bar at top of last climb - 3 miles from home.
Ride 2 - Classic Lakes ride (Garburn Pass) - 19 miles 3000ft - all on eco -...
I had to drop the motor to free up the cable outers when sorting my dropper. Chain off, Cranks off, chain guide off, Undo mount bolts - make sure your torx wrench is decent quality as it appears they're done up with an airgun at the factory - had to use the big bar to loosen off a couple of...
My normal bike is a commencal hip hop, handling is great, suspension action is very good for only 120mm, sorted geometry and pictures and bushings rarely need attention. If only they hadn't made the bottom bracket push fit and made it impossible to convert to screw in it would be spot on.
Heard...
So for 2 people and bike of equal weight on an identical route on identical bikes in the same power setting there will be little difference in how much battery is consumed regardless of pedalling effort or cadence?
So am I correct in understanding that the less pressure I put on the pedals the less assistance the motor will provide?
And if so does pedalling high cadence and smooth rather than slow cadence and pushing hard on the pedals help to extend the range?
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All done in eco except for 20 mins of pushing which even turbo wouldn't get me up. Battery went to 1 bar at the top of the last climb.
There's nothing wrong with the handling of this downhill, the extra weight...
Doubt there's a better value £2800 e mtb out there in the UK available new! I feel I've made a good choice, feels as good to ride as the merida e-onesixty 800 i test rode for nearly 2k less
Deore version here for me, the yari fork is great and it will take a better ride than me to find the limits of the rear shock.
Ride position is very orange like, aggressive without being too far over the front, really feel like your behind rather than on top of the front wheel but still quick...