Recent content by TomNO

Just wanted to give an update, maybe it will be helpful to somebody else in similar situation. I received my old bike back from the workshop. They replaced the whole motor (the good ol' E6000). I tested it on my usual route the next day, and I must say that it seems to be a bit quieter, but...

Thanks, very helpful! I just found it on sale at a local dealer for about 2550 EUR, which is still kind of high, but I might just pull the trigger on it. Haven't decided yet. Of course it's nice that it comes with factory mounted lights and mudguards, but, actually, I'm sceptic about the...

And if you get your DU replaced within the 5 years, you get brand new 5 year warranty on the new unit. It's the law. It's a tough market for the manufacturers/distributors/dealers here.

I must add though, that we have very strict consumer protection laws here, and that products that are meant to last significantly longer than 2 years, are covered by warranty for 5 years, according to law. This definitely applies to drive units on e-bikes, so I believe dealers/distributors bake...

Yes, I see you can get it for that in the UK now. Most things here are more expensive than in rest of Europe. It's a small bike store that is selling it, claiming that it's a "sales" price. The small shops here usually don't have any good deals. Luckily, the big sports store chains here often...

Yeah, saw Focus Bold 2 yesterday, a cool bike, but expensive here. They have it on "sale" now for about 2750 GBP, both 27,5 and 29" :-(

Thanks. Sure, I wouldn't mind keeping stable 25km/h up steep hills as well :) I have some long hills which I can't manage to climb at over 20km/h with the old E6000, hopefully with a more powerful unit like the E8000 I could keep steady 25km/h. But it would be really nice if it actually went up...

Thanks. Yeah, I am not considering Yamaha at all now. S-pedelecs in this country are considered electrical mopeds, and therefore are not allowed on the sidewalks, cycling paths etc. You also have to have them insured etc. So it's out of the question. :) I am not sure if Stromer also make...

Thanks. I have seen this page, I probably have seen them all now, having been researching this now every evening for a week. :) It's true that it's hard to find more info on the new Active Plus, but I'm leaning more towards E8000 now anyway. The only problem is that the E8000 is not nearly as...

Nefarious, can you confirm that your E8000 cuts off sharply at exactly 25km/h mark? After looking at the eMTB units, it seems that E8000 might indeed the best choice for me, since it has a regular chainring, lots of torque, lighter and smaller than CX, user upgradable firmware, and I saw you can...

I'm not really worried about the range that much. It's interesting that Cube has put the Active Plus on a MTB bike, so initially I thought this motor can perform. Yesterday I went through some forums again, and saw a guy claim that the Active Plus climbs worse than E6000 (apparently he had...

Yes, however, the reviews I have read show that most of its power still lies in the lower rpm range, and the assist level at high rpm is not that impressive. So maybe they pushed the limit a bit, but it still seems that the torque drops significantly past 90 rpm.

I assume Shimano would say the same thing about the E6000, which has served me well. I believe I could live with Active Plus, but what I'm worried about is whether or not it's a downgrade from E6000 (purely power wise). I don't have any traffic lights on the way to work, so there aren't many...

I used to use Normal a lot more before, but then got a bit lazy and switched to High, as it's just about as loud anyway, it's easier to maintain speed on hills and I still get a good workout, so why not. E6100 is 60nm, so is E7000. But these are upcoming units, and I don't want to wait that...

I try to keep steady 90 rpm, and do some intervals at 110rpm. Maybe not something you would call all that high in the cycling world, but it's definitely higher than most folks on e-bikes I see on the roads here do. I have looked at some torque charts, and it seems that Yamaha is the worst for...