When I pedal around 18-19mph on the flat, I feel like i'm towing a steam train behind me! I'm not that match fit at the moment, though I do feel many of these pedelecs are mostly to be used at the assisted speed limit rather than considering them as something you can ride at 20mph with no assistance easily.
Depends on the bike and the quality of its cycle parts. Unlike the cheaper Chinese ones the Kalkhoff has good parts and will cycle well past the cut out. If you don't have a good 80psi in the tyres, assuming they're rated for that it won't pedal so well. It depends which model you have though. A Tasman with big tyres probably won't.
I've got the Pro Connect Alfine 8G. Always keep the pressure to 80psi with my floor pump. It's probably my leg strength being down but i've been riding around a lot recently and I can feel them getting stronger!
I thought they were much more expensive than that but it's probably because i'm new to the Pedelec world and I just ran out of brain power looking at all the options
Having tried the kalkhof and ktm's cube etc.I thought they were much more expensive than that but it's probably because i'm new to the Pedelec world and I just ran out of brain power looking at all the options
Sorry. This is not my thread so I hope i'm not rattling on here. I've only had mine for approximately six weeks so I kind of feel the pain of the OP as there are many many good and bad options out there.
Do you think the Haibike is more an off road brand albeit perfectly able to work as a tarmac only vehicle? That's the kind of idea I got so I went with the Kalkhoff. I'm more a hybrid man these days. The Haibikes do look cool i'll give them that!
Sorry. I wasn't the OP. I've just been gabbling on in his absence
That seems a very high battery consumption - I don't think you should be exhausting a 612Wh battery in 26 miles. When tried a Kudos Typhoon last year for my 22 mile per leg commute I averaged 19.5 mph and had an indicated half battery power left, and that was with a 375Wh battery in a big heavy hub drive mountain bike. Even if the battery display was well out it obviously used less than 375Wh. I've posted a link to the thread detailing my experiences over 4 journeys earlier in this thread.
I just got back from a 34 mile journey, mostly on a relatively flat cycle path. I think I averaged around 15mph although most of the path I managed around 16-17 if nothing was in my way. I have the Impulse 2.0 on the Kalkhoff with a 17ah battery. I had around a quarter battery left, at best. I did hit a long laborious hill for around 10 mins which I felt really had an effect on the battery level. More than I had expected.
). I have never taken it that low so far.Perhaps I didn't stress that I wasn't making any attempt at preserving the power, I was riding fast uphill using maximum assistance, just experimenting with what the bike could do. I am confident that it will do far more when I need it to and ride more sensibly.
Still.. That feels a little low. I have tended to ride mine in full power mode around Bristol which is very hill challenged. Granted its speed is limited unlike yours. Anything under 45miles at full tilt would have me concerned about the battery condition.
The Panasonic tapered right down before 15 mph so not much assist after that. But the impulse goes on to over 17 mph before it stops so that makes a difference to the average achieved on flattish roads. It accelerates faster from standstill too. If the Panasonic had a smaller back sprocket fitted it would give its power for longer and give a faster journey than the unassisted bike on a flat route I would think. At the expense of hill climbing ability of course.
That is quite interesting. Shame there isn't a website that uses the same technology to make a comparison option for everyone other than the Bosch guys.This is for Bosch motors. It`s really good, it`s within 10% of my riding on my Haibike XDURO Cross Pro
http://www.bosch-ebike.de/en/service/reichweiten_assistent/Reichweiten-Assistent.html
