Speed limit on high end e-bikes

[oded]

After test driving the KTM erace p 29, I decided not to buy it. Bike itself are great, but for me, the speed limit is a real pitfall.

These ( and many other higher end brands like Haibike, LePierre) are excellent, fast rolling, and equipped with high end componemts. However, limiting them to 25kmh, and than leaving you pedal with all that weight and drag is really limiting their potential.
It's like buying a sports car limited to 100kmh…

Don't get me wrong, it's not the manufacturer's fault, but the end consumer is paying a lot for a limited experience.
Perhaps it is wiser buying cheaper bikes, not meant for high speeds, and not emptying your pocket?

 

[EddiePJ]

I guess that it larger depends upon what you want from a bike.

From my point of view, I think the opposite and by spending more, I'm gaining, rather than loosing.

To my mind, buying a cheap low end spec bike, would more than likely limit my riding experience, and potentially leave me stranded somewhere, with a broken and overly heavy bike to push home.

 

[falmouthtony]

I guess that it larger depends upon what you want from a bike.

From my point of view, I think the opposite and by spending more, I'm gaining, rather than loosing.

To my mind, buying a cheap low end spec bike, would more than likely limit my riding experience, and potentially leave me stranded somewhere, with a broken and overly heavy bike to push home.

Agree totally. Surely the main reason for most folk getting a pedelec is to make those hills a lot easier. With my well balanced Cube Reaction Hybrid Race 29 CD I can travel as fast as I need to without any assistance - often well in excess of 25kmh downhill and on the level if conditions are right.

If I get really speed hungry on private land I suppose could always pop the dongle on

 

[RobF]

After test driving the KTM erace p 29, I decided not to buy it.

KTMs are particularly well suited to the tuning dongle.

The importer is very much in their favour, and as from April 1 next year will be shipping a free dongle with every bicycle.

 

[EddiePJ]

Rob, you would have to be a very clever person to fit a tuning dongle to an e race P.

 

[JohnCade]

After test driving the KTM erace p 29, I decided not to buy it. Bike itself are great, but for me, the speed limit is a real pitfall.

These ( and many other higher end brands like Haibike, LePierre) are excellent, fast rolling, and equipped with high end componemts. However, limiting them to 25kmh, and than leaving you pedal with all that weight and drag is really limiting their potential.
It's like buying a sports car limited to 100kmh…

Don't get me wrong, it's not the manufacturer's fault, but the end consumer is paying a lot for a limited experience.
Perhaps it is wiser buying cheaper bikes, not meant for high speeds, and not emptying your pocket?

Have you been following the legal e bike threads? There's one running right now.

Personally I don't find it hard to pedal my Agattu well past the cut off on the flat. Once it's up and rolling it keeps going and then when the road rises the speed comes off quickly until just below 17 mph when the motor kicks in again.

 

[oded]

I ended up converting a full suspension mtb to a geared rear hub motor with a LCD unit that let you program the desired cutoff speed.

From my experience, increasing the limit from 25 to 35kmh made a huge difference.
29er mtb's riders will especially notice and appreciate the difference.

Riding these bikes with assist up to 25kmh is still a lot of fun, as you all wrote. But you purchased high quality bikes, shame not to fulfil its potential.

Thanks for mentioning the dongle, but if i understand correctly, it's for the bosch systems only, and causes problems with the LCD display parameters.