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I hope you all get the forecast dry 1 day 'window' between rain fronts tomorrow, not too bad-looking as you said Nick, looks a bit of a headwind for the first half or so but once you pass South Molton you'll have a helping & probably strengthening tailwind hopefully as you head over the big...

Hi David, It sounds like the battery is charged, 41.6V is ok, so that might explain why its not charging: could there be a poor contact between battery and bike e.g. oxidised layer on contacts, or a loose connection elsewhere? That might account for the 'flat battery' diagnostic on the bike -...

Thanks James - that is much more climbing than the Gmaps/Bikely plot! Around 3100m of ascent, though not unreasonable as you say and I should think your result is more accurate than the plot I made - errors and lack of precise detail in height change on the Gmap/Bikely plot might account for the...

Nick - The Google maps plot of the route I made was fairly rough but can be exported from there as a GPX file, which was how Elephants transferred it to Bikely. I don't have it in any other form, and sadly I'm not satnav/emap literate in the least! Though you may be able to download or print it...

Another vote for porridge here :) I could never eat it much before, but now I can't wait to tuck into some most days :) and it does seem to help keep energy levels up & hunger pangs down. Even better to reinforce the effect would be to choose your whole diet to maintain a good energy...

Hi Mussels, I'd previously done flecc's throttle mod which shortens it & allows it to slide on the 'other way round' from riser bars - if the Wisper throttle can at least do the latter it should be ok, so long as its not too long and fits standard diameter bars (22mm) - its a bit like fitting...

Butterfly/trekking bars and ergonomic, gel-padded grips - cycling heaven for me! :) The bars shape also makes the main grip position narrower & slightly nearer the saddle than average riser bars, the height/angle can be adjusted and I've found they absorb shocks better than riser bars too -...

I 'upgraded' from sprung to rigid seatpost on my Torq1, one of the best changes I made to the standard bike! :) The pedalling efficiency is much better now - being unfamiliar with sprung posts I was unaware why pedalling felt uncomfortably odd & irregular till I changed it, then it felt...

Fair enough, Bob. My suggestion was simply that if your pedal speed is slower on medium power than on high power (i.e. if you're aware you're 'pushing' harder rather than 'spinning' faster on the pedals), then the motor might be helping you more, leading to less range, similar to what...

What sort of cadences are you all pedalling at? In addition to whats been said re power, with the way power is supplied based on cadence couldn't pedalling slower on medium power use as much or more power than pedalling faster on high power? With improving fitness you could try pedalling...

I think I'll have to take back what I said about suspension appearing to be the main source of drag: I gambled on the cheaper & easier option of changing the MTB tyres for narrower & better compound tyres, went for marathons size 559-40 (same width as on my Torq) and the rolling drag is now...

Thanks Nick, I doubt you'll find better cushioning and puncture protection for such a relatively low weight in 700C (690g), so I hope they pass the bumpy 'tree root path' test for you and you can find rear mudguard solution :). Maybe you'll really notice the difference once you try them on...

PS ebiking in hilly areas requires higher capacity batteries too of course - a '20 mile range' battery on flattish ground might equate to only around half that initially in hills, and will decrease further with time. Stuart.

Thats the ticket, saddlesore! A smaller battery still favours a strong cyclist though and many/most potential ebike are often precisely not that, either initially or perhaps ever. I've had similar experience to you and now very much limit my 'full-speed' derestricted use in favour of...

Thanks kb, Your experience confirms my conclusion, that my suspension costs much more energy than my tyres. :) My tyres are already 'balloonbike' sized (50-559) so I'd only need to swap forks :). Do you only find the energy cost on hills, or is your top speed with suspension also lower...