Highly doubt that line of..B:poop: Haibike cannibalized 2019 sales of their own Bosch-powered inventory both in production and out at distributors/bike shops announcing the TQ120 powered FLYON model too early. To be fair, they couldn't sit on it with the biggest Euro bike/ebike...
Makes sense on class 2+ but not class 1 pedelecs / eMTBs. Agree with above comment. Hard to flow with artificial slowdown. In fact, after motor cutout on assist some ebikes don't even free spin wheels well. There should be no resistance from motors, ideally, after assist cutoff, let along...
I would not be happy with people riding my new rig before myself, even the bike shop owner. When you buy a car they inspect it on delivery. They do not take it on the highway or roads for a "test drive" to make sure all is good.
No one has stated this, but my belief is that TQ production cannot keep up with Flyon order demand based on pre-orders alone. The pre-orders gave insight into sales projection and, unlike many other manufacturers like YT who simply put "Sold out" for some of their specs, Haibike wants to deliver...
Spoke to rep last week day the new spec sheet dropped for their "big book" they carry around everywhere. 4 new updates, such as tires, etc. No new motor update... but their specially-tuned brose motor is still one of the best on the market, especially considering the bike's weight @ 90Nm of torque.