Yesterday my wife and went for a ride on our pro-connects, about 30 mile round trip, mostly flat, 7-8mph head wind on the way out and tail wind on the way back.
As an experiment I tried using the low power mode for about 80% of the ride, while my wife used mostly high and some medium. However, my battery ran down at about the same rate as hers!
The only difference (other than me being 10kg heaving), was that I had the panniers on my bike. They probably weighed about 10kg, and were quite bulky as there were some clothes in there.
So, what I'm interested to know is whether anyone else has done a comparison like this. Does the extra weight of the panniers (Plus my extra weight too) and the extra drag (if they're stuffed full and therefore sticking out to the side a lot) make a noticeable difference to power consumption?
Or could riding style differences, such as choice of gear, make a big difference, remembering that we were both going about the same speed.
I might do some experiments, and check there's no slightly rubbing brakes (there was certainly no obvious friction).
Cheers, Mike
As an experiment I tried using the low power mode for about 80% of the ride, while my wife used mostly high and some medium. However, my battery ran down at about the same rate as hers!
The only difference (other than me being 10kg heaving), was that I had the panniers on my bike. They probably weighed about 10kg, and were quite bulky as there were some clothes in there.
So, what I'm interested to know is whether anyone else has done a comparison like this. Does the extra weight of the panniers (Plus my extra weight too) and the extra drag (if they're stuffed full and therefore sticking out to the side a lot) make a noticeable difference to power consumption?
Or could riding style differences, such as choice of gear, make a big difference, remembering that we were both going about the same speed.
I might do some experiments, and check there's no slightly rubbing brakes (there was certainly no obvious friction).
Cheers, Mike
