New Bike - Optimised

[Sidepod]

So I’ve come to the conclusion that the best way to go is lightweight/multiple battery.
The vast majority of bikes seem to have 650 W/h ish large in-tube batteries making carrying a spare not really an option and pushing the overall bike weight up.

Ignoring components, forks/shocks/wheels etc as all of those can be changed and, choosing a motor with good torque, it seems to me the only manufacturer that has got it right is Lapierre with their GLP2 or AM variant.

In other words, bikes with a Bosch CX and a 500wh physically small battery.

Discuss.

 

[Zimmerframe]

The GLP2 is a nice bike which fits well with what you're proposing. Buy the right one and I think it also comes with it's own rucksack and a spare 300wh battery - though you'd then have the 500 in the bag once you swap.

There won't be a fixed "perfect for all" solution though. Some people will want a heavy hitter. Others, something lighter and easier going. A lot of people don't like carrying extra weight on their body's, so that rules out spare batteries or multiple Levo SL range extenders.

Then you have the physical aspect. Some riders like the bare minimum assistance to their natural abilities, but just enough to make the climbs quicker, others like to be towed up the climbs or make uphills almost as fun as downhills.

The Orbea rise with extenders might also fit within your framework ?

 

[The Hodge]

Discuss?
No thanks..you seem to have it sussed ...

 

[Zimmerframe]

Discuss?
No thanks..you seem to have it sussed ...

Side note .. Covid Isolation Diary Day 2 .. Still maintaining good humour, not yet exhibiting argumentative tendencies ..

 

[The Hodge]

Side note .. Covid Isolation Diary Day 2 .. Still maintaining good humour, not yet exhibiting argumentative tendencies ..

Spot on Zimmer..you already seem to know me too well..while I'm at it I suppose I had better apologise for my posting in the ride footage section ??

 

[Zimmerframe]

Spot on Zimmer..you already seem to know me too well..while I'm at it I suppose I had better apologise for my posting in the ride footage section ??

I'm only part way through the Lickey Hills video .. it's about 14 minutes long .. ??? I thought if anyone complained about a video called "Lickey Hills" and found it was only about mountain biking it would be @BAMBAMODA

 

[Mteam]

You can fit the bosch internal 500wh battery to any of the bikes that come with the internal 625wh battery, it just requires a plastic adapter fit it.

I have an orbea wild fs and I'm thinking about getting the 500wh bosch battery for the everyday rides where I don't need 625wh and saving a kilo of weight, and then I have a spare 625wh battery for those massive days out where one battery isn't enough

 

[R120]

If going down that route I still think the old e8000 with a Shimano external is the answer, the Shimano external battery is the lighter than the bosch

 

[Cisco]

If going down that route I still think the old e8000 with a Shimano external is the answer, the Shimano external battery is the lighter than the bosch

It's a good idea tho, I'm planning on doing the same thing with Shimano, running the EP8000 with the BT8035-L and just saving the BT8036 battery (and around .6kg) for the bigger rides. "When" I get my new Vitus which Im going to try to get to near 20kg

 

[Sidepod]

I don’t think it’s the weight of the battery, more the physical size that’s the issue. That’s why the Lapierre appeals. Perhaps if manufacturers went with a modular 300wh system that was usable in 300wh chunks. That way those big down tube internal batteries could run 2x300 and we could carry a spare 300.