Surely 8 gears is more than enough for a bike with motor assist, especially if you are limited to 15.5 mph.
All the slight gradients where you would need to change gears on a normal bike you can just stay in top gear with the motor assist ?
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All the slight gradients where you would need to change gears on a normal bike you can just stay in top gear with the motor assist ?
The target market is premium mid-drive bikes, including top end MTB. I suspect it will be torque sensor because I think it is trying to compete and beat top end Bosch and Shimano.
If 8 speeds were enough in those markets we would see 8 speed cassette based bikes there already.
My particular gripe in my touring niche would be that easy riding on long days works best over a narrow range of cadence, which is best matched to wind, gradient and tiredness by rather closer ratios.
It seems a bit lazy on a premium product to me: assuming a two stage reduction, 8 speeds is 2 x 4. I'd have wanted to go the extra mile and use 2 x 5 or 3 x 4 for 10 or 12 speeds.
The fundamental flaw with the whole e-assisted bicycle concept.
Yes, 8 gears is enough for the motor to assist, in fact far too many to cover the 5 to 15.5 mph range given the torque and power flexibility of e-drive. Just 3 would be plenty for the motor over that limited speed range.
But 8 is nowhere near enough gears to suit all rider's optimal cadence requirements in all circumstances. After all, we are not limited to 15.5 mph, only the assistance is. Rider variations need to cope with at least 3 to 30 mph at cadences between 40 and 90.
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Nabbed in 60 seconds: Met Police’s new super-fast e-bikes put to the test in war on phone snatchers
Lightweight Sur-ron cycles used in crackdown after 70,137 devices stolen in London last year - one every seven minutes
"Police training on their new high speed e-bikes caught a “phone snatcher” in less than 60 seconds – as he surrenders by raising his hands aloft."
www.standard.co.uk
Lightweight Sur-ron cycles used in crackdown after 70,137 devices stolen in London last year - one every seven minutes
"Police training on their new high speed e-bikes caught a “phone snatcher” in less than 60 seconds – as he surrenders by raising his hands aloft."
Nabbed in 60 seconds: Met Police’s new super-fast e-bikes put to the test
Lightweight Sur-ron cycles used in crackdown after 70,137 devices stolen in London last year - one every seven minutes
www.standard.co.uk
Where are the Met with their superfast "ebikes"?
Judging by the multiple people filming this, it looks like a well known ambush area for this gang!
Or is it thieves stealing from a thief? :-/
Judging by the multiple people filming this, it looks like a well known ambush area for this gang!
Or is it thieves stealing from a thief? :-/
Irish Customs seize 4,000 e-bikes in suspected international smuggling operation worth €4.5 million
Two warehouses were targeted in a joint operation with the European Anti-Fraud Office to crack down on illegal imports of e-bikes and e-scooters
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Two warehouses were targeted in a joint operation with the European Anti-Fraud Office to crack down on illegal imports of e-bikes and e-scooters
Irish Customs seize 4,000 e-bikes in suspected international smuggling operation worth €4.5 million
Two warehouses were targeted in a joint operation with the European Anti-Fraud Office to crack down on illegal imports of e-bikes and e-scooters
Why no pics of the Irish haul?Irish Customs seize 4,000 e-bikes in suspected international smuggling operation worth €4.5 million
Two warehouses were targeted in a joint operation with the European Anti-Fraud Office to crack down on illegal imports of e-bikes and e-scooters
Irish Customs seize 4,000 e-bikes in suspected international smuggling operation worth €4.5 million
Two warehouses were targeted in a joint operation with the European Anti-Fraud Office to crack down on illegal imports of e-bikes and e-scooters
Have these geniuses got no cameras?
Where will they be auctioning off these bikes?
I might put in a bid! Hehe
Electric bike, pedestrian and car collision leaves teen dead and another seriously injured
Police have warned the public about sharing video of the accident online, instead asking that it be passed to officers to help the investigation.
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Police have warned the public about sharing video of the accident online, instead asking that it be passed to officers to help the investigation.
Electric bike, pedestrian and car collision leaves teen dead and another seriously injured
Police have warned the public about sharing video of the accident online, instead asking that it be passed to officers to help the investigation.
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