I am writing this as other people may find it of interest.
The Kudos King’s trip computer has five bars on it that correspond in some way to the amount of power in the battery.
It is how they correspond that is interesting.
I noticed on one of my long jogs (35-40 miles) that the first bar stays on much longer than the others and so I started taking notice.
After zeroing in the gauge before setting off I then wait for the first bar to go out proper (the battery will recover a bar if allowed to rest, but only for a short while). When I know that the first bar is not going to recover I make note of the mileage achieved. Lets say twenty miles. The next bar will go out at approximately half the first bars mileage and the third bar half of that and so on. The last bar is good for about a mile and a half on the lowest speed settings. In other words the first bar is roughly equal to the sum of the other four bars.
So, if I haven’t got to where I intended to go on the first bar and proceed further then I am not going to get back via the same route without flattening the battery first. This is handy to know as though I don’t mind riding the bike powerless, I have the gears to do this, I prefer to do so when fresh and not when fatigued at the end of a journey.
Don’t know about other make of bikes but it works out alright for me.
Yours sincerely
Linfitter.
The Kudos King’s trip computer has five bars on it that correspond in some way to the amount of power in the battery.
It is how they correspond that is interesting.
I noticed on one of my long jogs (35-40 miles) that the first bar stays on much longer than the others and so I started taking notice.
After zeroing in the gauge before setting off I then wait for the first bar to go out proper (the battery will recover a bar if allowed to rest, but only for a short while). When I know that the first bar is not going to recover I make note of the mileage achieved. Lets say twenty miles. The next bar will go out at approximately half the first bars mileage and the third bar half of that and so on. The last bar is good for about a mile and a half on the lowest speed settings. In other words the first bar is roughly equal to the sum of the other four bars.
So, if I haven’t got to where I intended to go on the first bar and proceed further then I am not going to get back via the same route without flattening the battery first. This is handy to know as though I don’t mind riding the bike powerless, I have the gears to do this, I prefer to do so when fresh and not when fatigued at the end of a journey.
Don’t know about other make of bikes but it works out alright for me.
Yours sincerely
Linfitter.
