I feel as though the tech has gotten good enough on emtbs now not to worry too much about tech progression.
Mid power is more than enough for me. So improvement here is a bit irrelevant to me. Noise on mid power is very low. Power delivery very natural.
Battery power is more than enough for...
Realised a trick to get 4 power settings. If you set your micro tune to 100/100 (or whatever you want) you can jump on and off this setting with a long press. So can have an eco, low-mid and high-mid setting and then long press turbo on and off.
Haven't ridden the heckler SL but love the Levo SL2. Power is heaps for me (but I'm only 70kgs). Range is also better than I expected. I get 40kms with a medium assist level and 60kms with the range extender. I have zero desire to ride longer than that. It's an incredible bike (e or otherwise).
I wouldn't bother. A decent set of wheels and chain rings will cost as much as a basic or second hand road/commuter bike. The drive train also won't like swapping.
Think you may have misunderstood my post in your haste to activate hero mode. Zero roosting past or being a jerk. The point is at slower cadence the motor is very quite, and like it or not some people are triggered by ebikes so if they don't realise it's one they don't get triggered. And FWIW...
Does anyone else shift up a couple of gears when overtaking other riders or walkers, because the slower cadence makes the motor almost silent and they are less likely to realise you're on an ebike 😆
So been testing out more combos and go back to 40/70 a lot. Really good battery range and a solid boost.
50/100 feels great too. I feel like I've got the full power but with better battery life.
Would love to know what settings other people prefer.
I'm not sure it's that simple.
50/50 might give more range than 25/100 in steep terrain, or when pedalling hard - as 50 is the max power it can give you. But 25/100 will probably give better range in general riding or more mellow terrain.
Interested to know what power settings people are using/liking?
I'm liking 70/100 if I want to fang it. Feels very close to 100/100 but better on the battery.
40/70 feels good too.
I should probably test more combos (new bike) but I'm pretty much only using these two.
Soooo happy. Especially as they are on a good sale/discount in Aus currently.
Surprised how much power/assist there is. More than enough if your not trying to keep up with full fats.
Doesn't even feel like an ebike on the descents.
Now riding twice as often and twice as far, so definitely...
It probably makes sense for you, but your points 1 and 5 are wrong.
1 - you don't need to take the range extender on every ride..just take it off.
5 - some bikes are simple to replace the battery, but it's not simpler than just plugging in the range extender.