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The three speed switch has nothing to do with speeds; it's only being used to switch from one throttle to the other. With the switch to the right,the normal throttle is working normally. With it to the left it uses the throttle with no spring in it, so you can put it in any position and leave it there,
As an example, you put the cruise throttle on it's half-way position, which equates to 12mph. You have the switch to the right, so you can use the normal throttle. At any time you can switch to the cruise throttle, whereupon your bike will try to maintain 12mph. If you pedal over 12mph, all the effort comes from you. If the bike slows down below 12mph, the controller will feed in more power in an attempt to get the speed back to 12mph. The further your speed is below 12mph. the more power the controller gives. This effect takes away any hill-climbing effort from you because it has enough power to take you up without pedalling, so you select say 6th gear and pedal along at a comfortable cadence of about 55 to 60 putting in whatever effort you want. You can pedal hard or soft, but your speed will be more or less the same, and if you want a rest, the motor will take over. It sounds a bit strange, but what it means is that you determine the speed and effort that you want to pedal with, and the cruise control decides the speed that the bike will go regardless of your efforts.
When you want to slow down, you apply the brakes and all power is cut, As soon as you let go the brake, the controller applies power to get you back up to cruise speed, so it's like an automatic throttle.
The only problem is when you stop with the brakes and forget to switch off the cruise at the end of your journey because when you let go the brakes, the bike starts to accelerate away again.
I don't use a normal throttle on my folder. I just have the cruise with an on off switch. I normally leave it on 12mph. As soon as I'm ready to go, I switch on the cruise and start pedalling and just use the brakes for going slower. Once you've tried it, you won't want anything else
As an example, you put the cruise throttle on it's half-way position, which equates to 12mph. You have the switch to the right, so you can use the normal throttle. At any time you can switch to the cruise throttle, whereupon your bike will try to maintain 12mph. If you pedal over 12mph, all the effort comes from you. If the bike slows down below 12mph, the controller will feed in more power in an attempt to get the speed back to 12mph. The further your speed is below 12mph. the more power the controller gives. This effect takes away any hill-climbing effort from you because it has enough power to take you up without pedalling, so you select say 6th gear and pedal along at a comfortable cadence of about 55 to 60 putting in whatever effort you want. You can pedal hard or soft, but your speed will be more or less the same, and if you want a rest, the motor will take over. It sounds a bit strange, but what it means is that you determine the speed and effort that you want to pedal with, and the cruise control decides the speed that the bike will go regardless of your efforts.
When you want to slow down, you apply the brakes and all power is cut, As soon as you let go the brake, the controller applies power to get you back up to cruise speed, so it's like an automatic throttle.
The only problem is when you stop with the brakes and forget to switch off the cruise at the end of your journey because when you let go the brakes, the bike starts to accelerate away again.
I don't use a normal throttle on my folder. I just have the cruise with an on off switch. I normally leave it on 12mph. As soon as I'm ready to go, I switch on the cruise and start pedalling and just use the brakes for going slower. Once you've tried it, you won't want anything else
