ewganhoff

A Continental Double Fighter 2.0 has been a great replacement for the Rapid Rob 2.25 on the rear of my Cube Acid Hybrid. Obviously it works great on the street, but I've been surprised how well it does off road in all but wet, muddy ascents. I guess I may have lost a fraction of my assisted speed due to the smaller circumference but that may be negated by slightly higher pressure. They are cheap too.

Thanks for the clarification. What do you think about the other info I found about not leaving the battery at 100% for too long?

I saw the results of an experiment where they tested the 80% rule, and it literally doubled the charge cycles they got from 800 for 100% every time to 1600 for 80 percent. As I understand it, it is best to charge fully every now and then to let the BMS balance the cells etc, but it's better for the battery not to be charged to 100% most of the time, and you definitely don't want to leave it at 100 for any length of time.

The "full discharge" thing is simply not applicable to current battery tech so you can disregard that out of date info. Everyone seems to know that it is bad to leave the battery fully discharged for any length of time, but what many don't seem to realise is that you don't want to leave it fully charged for long either as this will reduce the life of the battery. If I'm charging and I know I'm going out soon don't mind charging to 100%, but if I don't know when I'll get out next, I charge to 80%ish then top it up fully in the hours before the ride. I also work away for weeks at a time and if I know I won't be using the battery for 3+ days I make sure the the battery is around 60% as 40-60% is recommended for long term storage. 60% allows for the battery to stay within that range as it naturally discharges a small amount even without being used. Also don't charge a cold battery, give it time to get closer to room temp after a cold ride.