Hi, I'm new here, but have learnt a lot from the site. Thanks!
Have just managed to fulfil an ambition and buy ebikes for myself and my wife. Hers, new and surprisingly cheap. A Basis Dorchester. Also quite good looking.
Bought this to see how a 250w machine would perform, and was very pleasantly surprised. It is 'electric assisted' with a twist grip throttle, and took me up a short sharp hill very easily.
I then found and bought myself a Kalkhoff Pro Connect on Ebay, encouraged by many positive reviews. It is also 250v ( I think) with an 18ah battery. Taking it for a ride, my wife dissapeared into the distance, and I had to push it up the hills. It just dosnt have the poke I expected.
The battery seems OK, fully charged and reading 29v on a voltmeter. There is an 8 speed hub gearing, works Ok altho a bit gratey in lowest gear.
Am I correct in guessing that my wifes system is more akin to a fully electric machine, and while it requires the cranks to rotate, no particular effort is required, whereas mine is pedelec, and responds pro rata to the pedal power being put in by the rider?
Personally, I used to race on the track as a youth, and had the legs. ('The older I get, the faster I was'). But years behind a desk staring at a screen has atrophied those muscles, to my intense regret. Getting on an ebike seems to me a terrific way of postponing the Zimmer frame and the Stannah stairlift.
It may be that I am so weak in the legs that the system is not getting the signals about the power I am inputting that it needs to push me up the hills? Or something is wrong with the machine.
So, my question is, how can I find out? I'm in Monmouth, just over the border in Wales. Happy to take it to an expert, but also aware that they might be thin on the ground.
Thanks for reading this far, and for any advice you can offer.
Have just managed to fulfil an ambition and buy ebikes for myself and my wife. Hers, new and surprisingly cheap. A Basis Dorchester. Also quite good looking.
Bought this to see how a 250w machine would perform, and was very pleasantly surprised. It is 'electric assisted' with a twist grip throttle, and took me up a short sharp hill very easily.
I then found and bought myself a Kalkhoff Pro Connect on Ebay, encouraged by many positive reviews. It is also 250v ( I think) with an 18ah battery. Taking it for a ride, my wife dissapeared into the distance, and I had to push it up the hills. It just dosnt have the poke I expected.
The battery seems OK, fully charged and reading 29v on a voltmeter. There is an 8 speed hub gearing, works Ok altho a bit gratey in lowest gear.
Am I correct in guessing that my wifes system is more akin to a fully electric machine, and while it requires the cranks to rotate, no particular effort is required, whereas mine is pedelec, and responds pro rata to the pedal power being put in by the rider?
Personally, I used to race on the track as a youth, and had the legs. ('The older I get, the faster I was'). But years behind a desk staring at a screen has atrophied those muscles, to my intense regret. Getting on an ebike seems to me a terrific way of postponing the Zimmer frame and the Stannah stairlift.
It may be that I am so weak in the legs that the system is not getting the signals about the power I am inputting that it needs to push me up the hills? Or something is wrong with the machine.
So, my question is, how can I find out? I'm in Monmouth, just over the border in Wales. Happy to take it to an expert, but also aware that they might be thin on the ground.
Thanks for reading this far, and for any advice you can offer.