£1700 all but a pound, that's more than the wisper torque and the juicy roller albeit the two latter are hub drive, can't wait to ride these.
250 watt is it a myth?
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That's not right. Freego have two versions of the same bike. One is a stepthrough. Their listings are a bit confusing. I had to look twice. I know they do one because it's in our local shop.
Edit: It looks like you found it then.
I'm surprised your ride hasn't been reported by the Strava mafia! They are on to me within minutes if I post any electric bike times there - ie significantly faster than my usual attempts!
Although looking again I notice these segments have only been ridden by a couple of people.
Yes it's listed as an E-bike ride, so the segments you see are made by me for e-bike riders.
Listing as a normal ride looks like this
What I don't understand though is what you do when you ride over a segment which is not one of your own? Is there some way of marking a ride so it doesn't show up on all the segments you ride over? I've given up putting GPS records of ebike rides there - I just put the time and distance so its at least included in my annual totals etc.Yes it's listed as an E-bike ride, so the segments you see are made by me for e-bike riders.
Listing as a normal ride looks like this
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When you upload your ride in the drop down activity box choose e-bike ride rather than ride, then it will be correctly listed and won't trigger the normal ride segments
If you look at my Strava you'll see nearly all my cycling is e-bike, and the cycling totals still work.
Excellent, thank you, I haven't seen that option before - maybe its newish. Wish I hadn't deleted those rides now - maybe I still have them on Garmin Connect and can restore them.When you upload your ride in the drop down activity box choose e-bike ride rather than ride, then it will be correctly listed and won't trigger the normal ride segments
If you look at my Strava you'll see nearly all my cycling is e-bike, and the cycling totals still work.
Can you guys tell me how easy it is changing gear and maintaining derailleur gears? Looking at IGH but so restrictive on bike choice, looking to convert to BBS02 or BPM. Is Deore the best? Easiest?
I forget how long the e-bike category has been there now, a year or so? perhaps Phill can remember.
I used to make all my rides private shortly after sharing them. When the e-bike catergory was introduced I asked Strava support to change all my private rides to e-bike and make them public. It's a big improvement for all us e-bikers now.
Right, I have uploaded a ride from Garmin Connect and marked it accordingly now. Thanks again https://www.strava.com/activities/782399220
It's debatable Andy, which model of derailleur is best but I know many bikes, both manually-powered and electric, make do with gearsets from the lower reaches of Shimano's range and present few problems. Frankly, you probably wouldn't gain a great deal by ignoring the budget end in favour of the high-end products but your wallet would be considerably lighter.
As to their efficacy and ease of use, I find them reliable if set up correctly and very simple to use. I like internal hub gears too but it wouldn't concern me whether the best-riding bike on test had one system or the other, especially as most people don't need to use many of the gears on electrically-assisted bikes anyway.
Tom
I would agree with oldtom. The modern derailleurs have a lot going for them. 1They now have click positioning and this is as definite as the hub gears.. each click on the control lever switches one position on the rear cassette, the 1970s types with lever arms were more prone to skipping.
2They have a wider ratio of speeds available than hubs.
3 They are lighter in weight
4 They are more efficient.
5 gear changes when the chain is moving is very useful going up hills
Against
1. Chain must be moving so bad for changing gear if forced to unplanned stop . Hub gears have a distinct advantage here.
2 cleaning .. more exposed cogs more places for muck to hide
3. More prone to damage if bike falls on the RHS.
4 more chain wear the sideways force is greater and causes wear. But chains are cheap
5 more wear on the exposed cogs but replacing cassettes are not expensive either.
6 Hub gears are very reliableand robust but not user fixable
Andy, if you are anything like me, it is likely you will be kicking your clogs before any of these wear are major concerns. See the postings about a persons complaint that they had to stop peddling in order to change gears on a hub gear. After 1 weeks use the operation becomes automatic.
To put these wear problem in context. I still have the same cogs on a 1975 viscount touring bike, used extensively for 4 years and intermittently since, the same hub gear on a Moulton dating from 1966 and have had a derailleur hanger replaced once and the chain replaced once on a small wheeled urban mover electric bike 2007, which was in daily use for 8 years . Cost of replacement in a Halfords was I think 50 Euro
2They have a wider ratio of speeds available than hubs.
3 They are lighter in weight
4 They are more efficient.
5 gear changes when the chain is moving is very useful going up hills
Against
1. Chain must be moving so bad for changing gear if forced to unplanned stop . Hub gears have a distinct advantage here.
2 cleaning .. more exposed cogs more places for muck to hide
3. More prone to damage if bike falls on the RHS.
4 more chain wear the sideways force is greater and causes wear. But chains are cheap
5 more wear on the exposed cogs but replacing cassettes are not expensive either.
6 Hub gears are very reliableand robust but not user fixable
Andy, if you are anything like me, it is likely you will be kicking your clogs before any of these wear are major concerns. See the postings about a persons complaint that they had to stop peddling in order to change gears on a hub gear. After 1 weeks use the operation becomes automatic.
To put these wear problem in context. I still have the same cogs on a 1975 viscount touring bike, used extensively for 4 years and intermittently since, the same hub gear on a Moulton dating from 1966 and have had a derailleur hanger replaced once and the chain replaced once on a small wheeled urban mover electric bike 2007, which was in daily use for 8 years . Cost of replacement in a Halfords was I think 50 Euro
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