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Originally Posted by TomB
Tour of Manchester - Stage (daily both ways).
Distance 19.8 Miles.
Best time so far on ProConnect (medium power sixteen teeth rear sprocket) 55 minutes and 55 seconds (one third charge left in battery - heart-rate aerobic).
So average speed 21.25 mph.
I am a utility cyclist, but not a Japanese Granny  |
Let me get this right, if not please correct me.
Your total distance ca. 20 miles daily both ways, meaning you do one way 10 miles and that is only 1/2 hr on and return hone at the end of the day with an 6 - 8 hrs break in between ? And do you charge your battery in between ?
I would look at it this way , at 20 mph the required energy is about 330 watts, your body put in about 150 and your battery provided 180 , this you could perhaps easily sustain over 1/2 hr, if you have normal fitness according to age. The question is does your Pro Connect provide power above 14 mph ?
If it does it does not conform to the EU regulation and is not the normal control parameters set in the Panasonic system which basically provides very little power once it reach 22 kmph or 13.75 mph. So, could your ride been pretty mixed with some sectors done at utility speed and some with lots of power from your legs. Or the Kalkhoff sold in Uk does not conform to EU reg.
Meaning your bike has been modified from the 23 T rear sprocket to 16 T rear sprocket for the Nexus 8.
For those who understand simple bicycle mechanics, as what David Henshaw has informed me, they have switch the sprocket on the Pro Connect in the Presteigne event from the original 23T to 16T. They have MODIFIED the bikes, and such blatant lies that they send in a regular production model, and how the bias in the AtoB magaizne write " lightened and re-gear" instead of MODIFIED as he use on describing the Torq that won. Ian did not "MODIFIED" the Torq he rode, he un-plugged the connector which allowed higher speed on the regular production model, de-restriction is the common termed use on the Torq. Just a matter of semantics.
Best regards to all.
W W Ching
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W W Ching