casainho said:
Tomorrow I will go to mountains with girlfriend and I just flashed ....
My feedback for walk assist, when using on mountains:
1. Ebikes has the disadvantage that are heavier than regular bikes and when pushing them by hand on step hills, it is a BIG disadvantage!!
Walk assist mode reduces that disadvantage because the ebike pushes itself. PLUS, on this mode the ebike push the rider and here is an advantage over regular ebikes because for instance, on mountains, the rider can go very tired to walk and the ebike helps pushing him.
2. The walk assist speed of 6km/h is about law and law does not represent the needs for users on mountains, or users that walk slow because of special needs like kids, older people, etc.
3. On mountains, for instance, users need different speeds at different moments: different speeds because they are tired and can´t walk faster; because they are at a very step hill and should go slow because of safety; because they are going on rear of other rider walking slow, etc. Ideally the speed is changed in a very quick way, maybe like we change assist level.
4. Walk assist speeds need to be very slow, like 2.5km/h. I saw my girlfriend going very slow on walk assist mode at 2.5km/h and being happy with that because it was slow.
I wish we can implement a good walk assist mode and not just the regular 6km/h...
Feedback for EndlessCadence: On my trip of yesterday with my girlfriend on a very step hills, I fount that current implementation: 1. is very slow to start the ebike wheel; 2. very low power of something like 50W or less.
Because of 2., the speed was VERY slow like 2.5km/h but that ended to working well for my girlfriend that was very tired and did prefer to walk at low speed on that very step hills... walk assist was very important for us, thanks!!
jbalat said:
Enjoy !!!
So jealous I would love to do some bike packing one day, maybe I can join you guys in Portugal ???
I just started this year when I got TSDZ2 and with our firmware running. Before I was using an hub motor and so I never did mountains.
Here are some links with sites that includes information for BTT tracks on our montains:
Aldeias Históricas
http://www.aldeiashistoricasdeportugal.com/percursos/grande-rota/
Aldeias do Xisto
https://aldeiasdoxisto.pt
Manteigas (Serra da Estrela)
BTT: http://centrodebtt.cm-manteigas.pt
Pedestre: http://manteigastrilhosverdes.com