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Originally Posted by flecc

Yes, it can be confusing, and it's the cause of many who try these briefly thinking they are no good. When they pedal fairly fast and don't sense power, they pedal even harder to try and get it!

The system's logic is simple though. If you are spinning fairly fast it sees that as you getting on fine and not needing help. If you are pedalling slowly, it sees that as you struggling, so it comes to the rescue. Logical when you think about it.

The important thing is that it allows it to be just like a normal bike in every way, unlike any other e-bike system. Help is there when it's genuinely necessary, but at other times you can be almost unaware that it is an e-bike, especially when the power is turned off.
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so if on flat you pedal slowly on top gear and maximum power you risk falling asleep due to so little effort, ha ha!