Geebee said:
Re your throttle speed, if your speed when using pedal assist is correct you have probably got a controller with a 6 mph limited throttle as legally required in some market's.
I have and Esprit with no throttle at all, I think the ones bought into OZ are a mixed batch of spec's.
That inspires a train of thought: Since a limited throttle is part of the European EN 15194 standard (which the Aus Government only recently adopted)Ϯ, if the throttle is now limited to 10 Km/Hr on all Tonaro-built bikes newly imported for sale in Australia by the Aseako Group, (Aseako & Zoco brand names), then that may suggest that the firmware in the controller may also be calibrated to deliver 250 W rather than 200 W -since this is part of the EN 15194 standard also.
I mention this because, apparently the owner of the Aseako Group recently advised an Australian customer that the EN 15194 version of these bikes were ‘on their way’ to these shores. And it’s also interesting to observe that recently imported Zoco version of these bikes (which are fitted with NuVinci) are now also fitted with the long-overdue chain tensioner -giving further evidence of a model revision.
The only thing that doesn’t quite fit with this the EN 15194 version theory in Floyd’s case -is that this standard also requires that all power be removed from the motor when the bike reaches 25 Km/Hr; but to do that with a crank drive bike requires that a magnetic wheel sensor be fitted for speed detection –and Floyd did mention that “There is no speed restrictor or magnet on the back wheel” of his bike.
So, it’s all a bit of a mystery really.
And that’s enough theorising from me tonight…!
Cheers
Ϯ Legalities: While the EN 15914 standard was adopted by the Aus Federal Gov as a national standard, it’s still up to individual States to bring their own rules in to line in this regard; and at the time of writing, I believe that only Victoria has got around to doing this so far.