Hi Telemarker that's great to hear.
My Jam2 is retuned similar to your bike, and I love it this way.
I'm off to Wales next weekend with a bunch of mates, and most of them will be on 100% human powered bikes, so I'll be pedalling along with them most of the time in my Eco setting of 20%/30Nm...
Sounds good highpeak rider, as you can see from my earlier posts I've had similar results and l'm really pleased with how my bike is riding now.
I can only think that Shimano won't officially allow owners to retune the Eco setting because they would actually prefer us all to be shelling out for...
Freemax is the business, take a look at my thread in the Focus forum that tracks my findings on retuning/tweaking my bike.
It's called - Focus Jam2 - set up nirvana achieved!!!
Update 23.04.19
Hi all, I went out for a ride today here on the Isle of Wight.
Ryde to Ventnor Radar Station, (St Boniface Down if anyone knows it?)
It's the highest point on the island.
If I had more time available, l could have gone much further.
Ride stats - bike retuned as mentioned earlier...
Hi SD,
I love to ride in the Lakes, I haven't been there for ages.
Your ride distance is impressive, but I've found that the real battery killer is climbing. That's what does it..
The 21 mile ride I explained earlier involved a lot more climbing than the the stats you state, so if you're...
Hi All,
The Freemax tuning software is free, you can download it from
the Emax tuning website.
But you do need a Shimano PCE-1 computer interface box which is pretty pricey (I've gone halves on the cost with a mate).
It's PC compatible only.
I downloaded the Shimano E-Tube project software...
Some emtb riders on this forum may think what I'm about to explain to you is bonkers, but!!
I've had my Focus since November 18, and I've done over 1000 miles on it since then.
It's an amazing bit of kit, but I've been searching for ways that I can extend the range, because I just want to keep...
I've kept the Rekon on the rear as it's great most of the time.
It's still a bit sketchy in mud, but I can deal with that on the back end.
The Minion DHF on the front keeps me pointing in the right direction over a wider range of conditions.
Of course there are extremes of mud where no tyre is...
Hi SD,
I had the same dilemma with the Rekon on the front and ditched it almost immediately for a Maxxis Minion DHF 2.8.
Don't worry about drag, you're riding an emtb?
I generally get between 26 and 32ish miles range out of my Jam 2 (depending on terrain), even with the Minion on the front.
The...
Yes Peaky Rider, I was lucky too, once I'd removed the lever off the bars it freed up enough cable to do the job as suggested by Karsten.
No need to take the bash guard off. Job done.
Doh,
Cheers Kirsten - it's easy when you know how eh!!
All done now and the Nukeproof Seat Clamp is much more robust than the original and looks much better too.
Hi All,
This is a call for help/tips on how to get the dropper post out of the frame?
It may be a basic thing, but this is the first bike I've had with one.
I've bought a new seat post clamp to replace the crappy original one, and I thought I'd just undo the clamp, pull the post up and out...
Snapped mine too on first attempt at tightening it.
I was using a torque wrench.
I had to chase the snapped part out of the clamp collar using a stainless bolt!
What do we all consider to be low or high cadence?
I generally ride in around the 75-80 rpm range which is a healthy spin. Of course gear selection is important, so I go through the gears to try to maintain this level over differing gradients.
Sometimes it creeps up higher and on steep climbs it...
That's an impressive distance.
I've now done close to 700 miles on my Jam2.
Not on one charge I must say!
I seem to average around 26 miles with approx 2000ft of climbing on a charge, depending on conditions, and so long as I spin in the 80rpm cadence range.
If it's warmer and firmer on the...
Russ, I forgot to say sorry to hear about the electrical issues you are experiencing.
I agree totally that a UK wet winter is really going to put these bikes to test.
Maybe you should put it in the lounge in front of the fire to dry out for a couple of days?
My wife loves it when I do that.......
Here are the stats of my last two rides:
02.02.19
Temperature 3 degC
Trail conditions: wet, muddy, snow on the ground at higher elevations.
I managed 22 miles with 1765ft/534M of climbing.
The battery totally died approx 400M from home!!
All Eco/off with a couple of very short bursts of trail...
Yeah, Highpeakrider,
Great to share knowledge, tips, routes etc. With other riders.
It's all part of the spirit of being an MTBer.
I don't think that you can get the OS maps for free though.
I'm happy to pay for those personally, lots of effort goes into putting those together.