The beginning of this month I passed the one year commuting mark on my bike. I've used it rain or shine,
through sleet, snow and over ice, every work day to cycle 11.5 km to work and 11.5 km back (with 150 height
meters a day). By now I have around 6000 km on it. I can truly say that the bike has been amazing, except for 2 flat
tires I have had no breakdowns, the whole electronic system and motor have performed flawlessly. In the winter
it was even so bad the rear shifter didn't work anymore due to snow and ice having frozen on all the gearwheels
of the rear mech (except for the one I was cycling with), so I had to do the remaining 5km to work on motor
power alone. No problem !
The bike is set up for 1 kW, I use it as an assist so I pedal but (with my torque throttle) ask for motor power
such that it's a nice and easy cycle without sweating (which is especially nice in winter with a thick
coat on, I used to sweat but not with the motor, nice). Typical consumption per day is about 1.8 Ah
from 20s lipo, so about 145Wh for 23 km including 150m of climbing. Speedlimit is set to 26km/h.
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