Right, I've had the bike a few weeks and done a few very pleasant rides. I absolutely love it (Wisper 905 Classic, pedelec with throttle, hub motor) and wish I had got one years ago. But one thing is puzzling me, and I'm hoping some wise soul will be able to explain.
The bike has five power levels on the handlebar control (OK, six including 'none'). I'm trying to use as little power as possible, both to eke out the battery and to get some exercise. I thought at the beginning that the different power levels would provide a lower or higher level of assistance up to the maximum speed, but now I think that is wrong. If I set off on setting 2, for example, the bike helps me quite vigorously up to about 8 mph and then seems to stop assisting. If I put the power setting up to 4, it helps me up to about 10 mph and then stops. 5 gets me to 12 mph and 6 all the way to 15 mph. But the level of assistance seems to be the same (i.e. quite a lot) at all settings, it just cuts out at a lower speed. If I am riding up a decent hill on setting 3, for example, I have to let the speed drop right down until the assistance cuts in. I think I expected it to assist more at whatever speed I choose to ride at, just more or less assistance depending on the setting.
I hope I have explained that OK. It's not a problem: I love the bike and can't wait to get some time off work to ride it again. But if I understood more about how the assistance levels work, I'm sure I would be able to get more out of it.
The bike has five power levels on the handlebar control (OK, six including 'none'). I'm trying to use as little power as possible, both to eke out the battery and to get some exercise. I thought at the beginning that the different power levels would provide a lower or higher level of assistance up to the maximum speed, but now I think that is wrong. If I set off on setting 2, for example, the bike helps me quite vigorously up to about 8 mph and then seems to stop assisting. If I put the power setting up to 4, it helps me up to about 10 mph and then stops. 5 gets me to 12 mph and 6 all the way to 15 mph. But the level of assistance seems to be the same (i.e. quite a lot) at all settings, it just cuts out at a lower speed. If I am riding up a decent hill on setting 3, for example, I have to let the speed drop right down until the assistance cuts in. I think I expected it to assist more at whatever speed I choose to ride at, just more or less assistance depending on the setting.
I hope I have explained that OK. It's not a problem: I love the bike and can't wait to get some time off work to ride it again. But if I understood more about how the assistance levels work, I'm sure I would be able to get more out of it.