I spoke to my dealer yesterday and he informed me that Bosch is preparing a major software upgrade of the system in the first half of November.
and hopefully the problem will be solved. Apparently grumbling on the forums is having an effect.
The purpose of this topic was not to exchange views on pushing, but to evaluate walk assist - Bosch's new smart feature. My assessment was that, whatever the issues of its predecessor, it is inferior and as such almost useless for the purpose it should serve. My assessment is that the KIOX 300...
The fact about pushing the mtb e-bike is that we don't need this function on unproblematic slopes. An electric bike really goes up crazy hills. But anyone who really cycles in the mountains (I don't mean bike parks) is often faced with pushing the bike up absolutely unrideable sections when...
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I'm from the old MTB generation when we used to ride bikes without suspension and often carried them to the top of certain mountains :).
There are still many trails (at least in the area where I live and there are a lot of old WW1 mule trails) where there are sections on the climbs that...
I've added a link to a video where you can see how the bike stops every few metres. Maybe the video is not the most illustrative but you can see that it is a discontinuous operation. I don't know if this is "normal" operation or is it a SW fault of Bosch?
I recently bought a new Trek Rail 9.8 XT electric bike which has a new Bosch 2022 smart motor, a 750 Wh battery and a new Kiox 300. On my first ride I tried the walk assist and found it to be useless as it is. When you activate the walk assist with the - button, the bike moves 2-3 metres, then...
I am new to this forum, although in years (60+) but have been biking for 40 years. In the last few years I have also switched to electric bikes due to health issues and with the new technology has come a whole new set of problems. With my first Specialized LEVO 2018 I replaced 3 batteries under...