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Can you remove it easily so you can take it in for warranty? Is it plug and play or do you have to cut wires?Takes about 10 minutes for easy
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Can you remove it easily so you can take it in for warranty? Is it plug and play or do you have to cut wires?
On my Rail it stops at around 26,3 km/h (according to the Purion display). I think the 2020 CX is easier to pedal without assistance than the Levo is.I found that the old motor tailed off from 15.5 to about 17mph and then was in full on treacle mode. The 2020 CX stops assisting dead on 15.5mph but is less treacle-like over the limit.
Can you remove it easily so you can take it in for warranty? Is it plug and play or do you have to cut wires?
There seems to be a lot of people riding the Gen4 that need to man the fuck up...
Having owned a bike with the previous motor I can assure you that most of what you're feeling over the limit or switched off is the weight of the bike, not drag above from the motor.
Not sure any of them definitely work on the gen 4 motor. Seems to be mixed reviews of success over longer distances and 504 errors with limp mode engaging.
Looked at Badass, Volspeed 3 and Speedbox 3.0 and reports seem to be inconclusive...
I've had a Speedbox 3.0 fitted and working perfectly for over 600 miles.Agree with all your comments Beekeeper, just not sure the reliability is there of it working long term. There's a few discussions on this thread: Does the latest FW (1.0.3.0) affect derestricting? - EMTB Forums
I've had a Speedbox 3.0 fitted and working perfectly for over 600 miles.
It will theoretically still allow the motor to assist upto 61mph (99kph) but obviously most bikes are geared to spin out at 25-30mph, it does allow you to set your own cut off speed, I set mine at 25mph.does this speedbox make your bike Unlimited? or 20Mph Darren?
I don't ride much harder with the Speedbox fitted, it just allows that bit extra cruising speed, I don't tend to ride much over 18-20mph I find that extra 5mph makes all the difference and as I have set tha max at 25mph, it's still pulling if I want a little extra.Thanks Darren, couple of questions if I may.
- How hard/fast do you tend to ride with it?
- What maximum speed do you set?
- Do you turn off the speedbox/higher speed as you cruise home (ie letting the SW "cooldown" (figuratively) before you reach home and turn it off?
- Or do you just ride with it on constantly and just obey the countdown timer before shutting down?
Just went to get one on Amazon and the 1st review that comes up from April says it doesn't work, so I'm trying to piece together what are the ingredients that make it work vs generate limp home mode...
Yes, 20-25mph is sufficient, any more and you're spinning out anyway.20mph is sufficient for my type of riding, 15.6 is and utter joke :/
It will theoretically still allow the motor to assist upto 61mph (99kph) but obviously most bikes are geared to spin out at 25-30mph, it does allow you to set your own cut off speed, I set mine at 25mph.
Yes, that does make sense.This new limit of Approx 60 mph suggests that the box is reducing the frequency of pulses from the sensor by 4 and feeding this new info to the motor
My bike was bought new in Feb, it has 1.0.2, according to Speedbox, the firmware version is not an issue.Actually, one more question Darren, do you have v 1.0.2 or v1.0.3 on your bosch motor? Whilt my bike is brand new it has the older 1.0.2 software on it which some reviews have said can generate the 504 error.
I think you hold down + and - as you turn it on and it shows the version if you haven't looked before.
Thanks!
Hi MatthewA Whyte E-150 with a Purion display.
Installation takes 2 minutes.
Yes, you should wait with turning off the bike according to the instructions.
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