I knew i had misled you. Being a derailleur changes any other of your instructions?: cadence for minimum effort, max speed assisted for each gear, ratio of assisteance, gear for max speed with minimum effort on hills....?Ah ha! You have misled me, it's a derailleur gear on the BH, unusual with a Panasonic unit.
You must not change gear at a standstill with that type, but must maintain pedalling when changing gear on the road. In other words, change gear exactly as you did on the clone bike.
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