Good morning everyone,
I'm riding a pre-used Trek X600+ ebike, and I have noticed that the motor is lately giving me a lot less power than it used to.
I can tell on the ride+ display that the bar measuring the A (ampere?) isn't getting nearly as high as it used to. It only really goes up noticably when I am going up hill and am trying my best. When I drive to the office in the highest support setting, I only lose 1 bar from the battery gauge instead of 3 or 4 like I used to. So the engine is definately using less power than it used to.
What can be the problem? Bike does have one loose spoke in the rear wheel, where the engine is located.
At first, it seems to me like the motor doesn't seem to get the signal anymore that I am pedaling pretty hard and need some support. When I am going full out it does seem to help me out, since I can still go around 35km/h to even max of 40km/h if I really try (it has the original German software, I was told) and the wind is in the right direction...I don't think I could without assistance. So it seems like the support is there, but only if I use a lot more energy than I used to.
What throws me off is that when I used to have the bike in the highest support setting, and took off from a stop light, I would really feel a kick from the get go, even without pedaling very hard it would give me a massive boost. That's not the case anymore at the moment, as I can barely feel that I am being helped when I start riding.
Does anyone have an idea what it could be? The only thing the manual says is I should look into the fastening of the real axle nuts, which should be at 40 Nm. Could it be something with the chain, or the gears, or one of the sensors? Any help or advice is more than welcome!
I'm riding a pre-used Trek X600+ ebike, and I have noticed that the motor is lately giving me a lot less power than it used to.
I can tell on the ride+ display that the bar measuring the A (ampere?) isn't getting nearly as high as it used to. It only really goes up noticably when I am going up hill and am trying my best. When I drive to the office in the highest support setting, I only lose 1 bar from the battery gauge instead of 3 or 4 like I used to. So the engine is definately using less power than it used to.
What can be the problem? Bike does have one loose spoke in the rear wheel, where the engine is located.
At first, it seems to me like the motor doesn't seem to get the signal anymore that I am pedaling pretty hard and need some support. When I am going full out it does seem to help me out, since I can still go around 35km/h to even max of 40km/h if I really try (it has the original German software, I was told) and the wind is in the right direction...I don't think I could without assistance. So it seems like the support is there, but only if I use a lot more energy than I used to.
What throws me off is that when I used to have the bike in the highest support setting, and took off from a stop light, I would really feel a kick from the get go, even without pedaling very hard it would give me a massive boost. That's not the case anymore at the moment, as I can barely feel that I am being helped when I start riding.
Does anyone have an idea what it could be? The only thing the manual says is I should look into the fastening of the real axle nuts, which should be at 40 Nm. Could it be something with the chain, or the gears, or one of the sensors? Any help or advice is more than welcome!