Either your tyres add a few mph to the speed of your bike or you're better at egg beater leg action than me, 26 mph is really some achievement on the flat for a similarly geared Twist.
I don't understand, isn't that what the eco or power off settings are for? ie if you want more exercise, you simply reduce or turn off altogether the level of motor assistance. The only reason why the motor power goes away as you pedal faster is because the top speed under power in top gear has to be under 15 mph and also because the motor works most efficiently when in its RPM power band. If you're someone who likes to keep up a high cadence for excercise you can still do so, it seems a clever choice to me that in these circumstances the motors not going to help out fully because it can tell you're wanting to put in effort. I see it as a system thats designed to put in the most power when it's really needed.
Also unlike with motorbikes where you have indicator lights, most e-bikes rely on hand signals for turns and I can see problems with that as well as coordinating twist shift gear changers, I can envisage RSI setting in from the excessive wrist twisting
Those circumstances don't apply. For example, tackling a steep hill I might want to have power assist and want to pedal efficiently. That's impossible on that Panasonic unit, I've either got to do almost all the work, or use a very inefficient slow and medically dangerous cadence. By that I'm referring to all the wrecked knees that cyclists get from poor pedalling habits. Higher cadences reduce the pressure applied on the knee joint for a given power and slow cadence climbs shouldn't be done for your body's sake. Unless you want to join the legions who have to have replacement knee joints in later life.
As for "egg whisk", the optimum 90 cadence on a twist/SRAM P5 gives 23.8 mph in top gear, and my limit of 26 mph is a cadence of 98, not very special for a younger rider, though good for my age. At 15 mph the twist P5 cadence is 56, very slow.
As I replied to John, e-bikes normally use left hand twistgrips. For most the history of motor cycles, they haven't had indicators, they are a very recent addition, and signals prior to that were done by hand, as we used to in cars as well of course.
That's the trouble with you youngsters
, you can't multi task in the way that we had to. I used to ride motor cycles that had a hand gearchange lever on the side of the petrol tank, an ignition advance/retard lever on the handlebars that had to be continuously adjusted, a mixture control that also had to be continuously adjusted, and a hand adjusted drip oil feed for the engine low down on the side of the crankcase which had to increased or decreased according to speed intentions. And yes, we had to give hand signals as well, and I passed my motor cycle test in a very busy town centre on one of those at the age of 16. Car steering wheels also had those manual engine controls, often on the steering wheel spokes.
The thought that you guys feel you can't cope with one little control I find mind boggling!
Twistgrips have many advantages. A few minutes ago I came back from shopping with a very heavy load. There's a very steep bank to where I walk the bike for unloading, and that's a pig with the twist when I have to heave it up there. With the Q bike/Torq/Quando, I just walk alongside with the bike driving itself and the load, dead easy. In a congested traffic situation at an almost standstill uphill, the throttle can look after the motion control in a way that pedelec can't. On the very steepest hills that can't be ridden, twistgrip control means the bike can power it's own weight up there as you stroll alongside.
Pedelec just doesn't compare in any of those circumstances, it's just too restricted to the one function, lacking adaptability. Remember, I rode pedelec for four years, but now I'm relieved to have throttle control and wouldn't go back under any circumstances.
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