After trying blevo's various functions and egenesis to try and expand my range, I finally tried Specialized Smart Control.
Not sure why I've always ignored it ? Maybe because it's part of MC, which always seems slow to connect to the bike compared to Blevo so I don't bother with it. (like several minutes some times).
Anyway .. the OH said "Why don't you go out for a nice ride and enjoy the countryside and look around for a change" ...
After much bewilderment at her madness, I gave it a go.
Normally I max out at about 30km's max. Recently I've had a few less than 20km's, so did the Mission Control pre-set reset which seems to sort things out and get me back upto 40km's in Eco.
So today I thought I'd try the SMART CONTROL ! Phone charged and off we go .
50km's 800m's 2 hours with 10% left as parameters.
I have to say, everything felt really good. I thought it might feel like riding with the power off like my previous efforts to hit 50k. But it didn't. I'm guessing you can't use the eco/trail/turbo whilst it's in this mode (but might be wrong) and I'm also guessing that powerwise, it was like test riding a very very heavy Levo SL (I'm sure Spesh can confirm that from their figures).
After just under 40k, I still had about 40% battery left !!!! Never seen anything like that before, so headed off on a loop of the lake as I was already part way round.
Sadly, my phone battery went flat at about 45k. I think my torch must have come on at some point with the handlebar turning motion (you double karate chop for torch).
So I carefully limped home and rolled down hills for the last 15k and made it back with 7% left.
Probably one of the most overlooked functions and one which completely solves range anxiety !
So some Questions for @Specialized Rider Care on Smart Control.
When using the basic version (no heart control). You need to input distance, altitude to climb and time of ride.
I just guessed at these. Time for instance, I didn't know how much slower it would be so it's difficult to estimate.
So the question is, when inputting this information, which are the predominant variables it uses to calculate how much power to give you ? I ask, because you might not know all three with complete accuracy, so it would be important to focus on the most relevant one ?
For instance, If I put in 50k and only 100m climbing, would it let me use lots of power after I'd climbed 50m, thinking I was half way through ?
After 2 hours, 45k and 650m I had about 30% left. So does it use all of the numbers and try to make sure you can hit all of them ?
The second question. After I lost connection to the phone, I pressed mode down and it beeped, suggesting it wasn't in "eco".
If I'd not changed modes in the event of a phone disconnection, would the bike have continued to run with it's last known MC/SC settings ? So would I have been best not pressing anything to have a higher chance of reaching my destination ?
The third question. Due to the number of trees down, I had to walk away from the bike a few times with the phone in my pocket and lost connection. It didn't seem to auto-restart and when I checked my phone it asked if I wanted to continue the ride. Does it do this automatically after a pre-determined time, and if not, can it - or you might get "caught short".
I didn't have a clue where I was, so eventually the phone went on the bars so I could use the map Using the sun works fairly well, but when it's dense cloud/rain/hail .. it's less effective.
Not sure why I've always ignored it ? Maybe because it's part of MC, which always seems slow to connect to the bike compared to Blevo so I don't bother with it. (like several minutes some times).
Anyway .. the OH said "Why don't you go out for a nice ride and enjoy the countryside and look around for a change" ...
After much bewilderment at her madness, I gave it a go.
Normally I max out at about 30km's max. Recently I've had a few less than 20km's, so did the Mission Control pre-set reset which seems to sort things out and get me back upto 40km's in Eco.
So today I thought I'd try the SMART CONTROL ! Phone charged and off we go .
50km's 800m's 2 hours with 10% left as parameters.
I have to say, everything felt really good. I thought it might feel like riding with the power off like my previous efforts to hit 50k. But it didn't. I'm guessing you can't use the eco/trail/turbo whilst it's in this mode (but might be wrong) and I'm also guessing that powerwise, it was like test riding a very very heavy Levo SL (I'm sure Spesh can confirm that from their figures).
After just under 40k, I still had about 40% battery left !!!! Never seen anything like that before, so headed off on a loop of the lake as I was already part way round.
Sadly, my phone battery went flat at about 45k. I think my torch must have come on at some point with the handlebar turning motion (you double karate chop for torch).
So I carefully limped home and rolled down hills for the last 15k and made it back with 7% left.
Probably one of the most overlooked functions and one which completely solves range anxiety !
So some Questions for @Specialized Rider Care on Smart Control.
When using the basic version (no heart control). You need to input distance, altitude to climb and time of ride.
I just guessed at these. Time for instance, I didn't know how much slower it would be so it's difficult to estimate.
So the question is, when inputting this information, which are the predominant variables it uses to calculate how much power to give you ? I ask, because you might not know all three with complete accuracy, so it would be important to focus on the most relevant one ?
For instance, If I put in 50k and only 100m climbing, would it let me use lots of power after I'd climbed 50m, thinking I was half way through ?
After 2 hours, 45k and 650m I had about 30% left. So does it use all of the numbers and try to make sure you can hit all of them ?
The second question. After I lost connection to the phone, I pressed mode down and it beeped, suggesting it wasn't in "eco".
If I'd not changed modes in the event of a phone disconnection, would the bike have continued to run with it's last known MC/SC settings ? So would I have been best not pressing anything to have a higher chance of reaching my destination ?
The third question. Due to the number of trees down, I had to walk away from the bike a few times with the phone in my pocket and lost connection. It didn't seem to auto-restart and when I checked my phone it asked if I wanted to continue the ride. Does it do this automatically after a pre-determined time, and if not, can it - or you might get "caught short".
I didn't have a clue where I was, so eventually the phone went on the bars so I could use the map Using the sun works fairly well, but when it's dense cloud/rain/hail .. it's less effective.
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