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I was called thick which earned him second spot in the ignored users list behind smart rider...

I didn't call anybody thick !!!

Sorry,if you or partner were sold a Bosch crank drive bike for hill climbing without a lot of effort then you were badly advised

KudosDave

 

This is not my experience. Riding up the steep hills of Plymouth requires no effort on my part other than turning the pedals in the lowest gear. Sure I might be reduced to 7-9mph but I'm still getting to where I need to go, and overtaking standard bikes.

This is not my experience. Riding up the steep hills of Plymouth requires no effort on my part other than turning the pedals in the lowest gear. Sure I might be reduced to 7-9mph but I'm still getting to where I need to go, and overtaking standard bikes.

 

Yup - what he said!

This is not my experience. Riding up the steep hills of Plymouth requires no effort on my part other than turning the pedals in the lowest gear. Sure I might be reduced to 7-9mph but I'm still getting to where I need to go, and overtaking standard bikes.

I don't want too jump on this but as above if you want the bosch crank drive too work for you then it will make very little effort in the right gear on even the steepest of hills and where I live hills are the majority not minority

All thou I must admit I like the grind and very rarely use turbo on my cx mostly eco or tour

I do appreciate fitness has a lot to do with it as well .

Edited April 22, 20169 yr by paul20v

Anybody had yam and Bosch..tried both, could tell difference( just)..

The Bosch unit on Raleigh Motus ( borrowed) is not as powerful as Bosch on wife's bike...which apart from starting 180(?) degrees later than my yam is very similar.( mine has much lower bottom 3 gears and slightly higher top) Hers has 8 speed hub, which is great to use..

 

Like to compare sduro with xduro ???

 

Adaptability of all cd,s I,ve tried is great..feeling tired, choose a low gear and just take your time...keep pedal pressure low and current is limited too..less current with respect to time...

If you are feeling strong, higher gear, up pedal pressure and current increases..higher current with respect to time but pretty similar current used getting up hill.

Tried 3 ways of getting up a big climb, each method used virtually same current.

Different effort on my part and different times but each climb used 12%..

Edited April 22, 201610 yr by (NoLongerRegistered#15675)

I've ridden both SDuro and XDuro in recent months. There's certainly no noticeable difference in power kicking in, motor comes in as soon as pedals are turned on both systems.

 

I never used the front derailleur on the SDuro, always stuck to the big ring even on 12% climbs so never felt there was much point in a double chain ring on the front. Admittedly I'm pretty bike fit so that helps.

 

As for power and hills etc, both systems have allowed me to ride the same routes with the same ease. I quite like a work out although the big hills always persuaded me to take the car on the really cold days! It's a 24 mile commute after all!

 

I've found myself riding mostly in tour mode on the Bosch whereas I estas upping the mode on the Yamaha most of the time so I guess that may say something.

 

Other than the displays themselves I couldn't really say that one system was better than the other. Certainly the Bosch displays (Intuvia and Nyon) are more robust and better looking than the Yamaha display.

Not followed all this thread because it did go off at a bit of a tangent. All I would say is that is one mean hill to finish a ride on. It makes me sweat going up in the car. Maybe when you've mastered that you can have a go at Rowsley Bar

 

regards gray

Last time I rode up there I don't think the internet existed.

 

I might have to go and pinch Lee's KOM

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