Alan72

The Giant gives full power to about 16mph then tapers, so you get a very small assist above the limit but will cut out at 16.5mph.

I tried a Cannondale Synapse Neo that has the active line motor and felt the same treacle affect. Also power shut off at limit rather than tapering. Some call it the anchor effect. I have now bought a Giant road E+ with the Yamaha motor this has no drag form the motor once the limit has been reached and also tapers the power off .

This is a thread that I'm very interested in. I have a 60 mile commute round trip with about 2000 feet of climbing, as you can imagine I can only do this once or twice a week with my regular road bike. I would be interested in a road E-bike with mid-drive motor and this Cannondale seems to fit the bill. The bike will also have to be able to take mudguards and pannier for touring. My local LBS has these for hire so I took it to the Ayrshire alps for the day. The route was 60 miles with 3,843 feet of climbing: Strava link My thoughts of the bike were great on the hills you couldn't help but have a smile on your face at the power. Hills that were normally a drag was effortless, got back with 20% battery remaining and I had it on the highest setting, very impressed. My main concern was once the bike got over the 15.6 mph cut off then I felt there was a drag from the motor. This according to Bosch should not be the case maybe it was a fault with the hire bike. I know the bike is a lot heaver than what I'm used to but on the flat I felt as if at least 30 watts were being used to turn the motor alone. I would normally be going at about 20 mph but had to work at maintaining 18 mph. I would be interested on anyone's thoughts on this. Did I have a faulty motor or is this a normal feel on these bikes. Alan.