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Originally Posted by WaiWonChing
I have always maintained that the Panasonic system is only for utility riding and originally designed for Japanese grand mothers.
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To be fair, you probably would say that!
But I suspect that a quick survey of pedelecers would reveal that most of us
are "utility riders"; that is, we use pedelecs because they are useful in terms of getting from A to B.
The Panasonic system may well have been designed for Japanese grandmothers, but it's reliable, efficient, and excellent at hill climbing. I have quite a few "gadgets" from Panasonic and I've always found them impressive. I've been less impressed with some of the stuff that comes out of the less well-known chinese manufacturers.
It'll be interesting to see the result of the "race", but at the end of the day whoever wins is irrelevant to most of us. What might be more interesting is a comparison of who enjoys the ride most, but of course that would be rather subjective.
As for the offer of 50% off batteries, that's all very well but who wants to end up owning 4 batteries?! Perhaps if you lent them out for the event that might be better.
Peter