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    Yako reacted to Chazmo's post in the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40 with Like Like.
    Bwahahaha. Yeah, enroll me too, Yako!
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    Yako replied to the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40.
    I’ll begin combat yoga classes immediately.
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    Yako replied to the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40.
    Thank you. Obviously these were just initial thoughts. Things are very skewed for others looking at my data - despite various ails I’m...
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    Yako reacted to mschwett's post in the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40 with Like Like.
    one very easy way to observe how fairly simple this is is to ride your bike up a known steady grade at fairly low speed with power...
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    Yako replied to the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40.
    Our chat was limited to the HPR40, ‘her baby’, I’m afraid.
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    Yako replied to the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40.
    Wow that is great stuff! I had a long phone call with the ‘40 Product Manager at TQ last week, trying to sort out those crazy claims of...
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    Yako replied to the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40.
    Again, just from press blurb, but TQ claim a system efficiency of 80% on the HPR50, and we know that the ‘40 has a few differences in...
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    Yako replied to the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40.
    Officially it’s 90%. I’m still putting the data together from my rides, but it’s not seeming to be inefficient in terms of average...
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    Yako reacted to mschwett's post in the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40 with Like Like.
    well, not really. we're talking about a specific bike - or at least a specific motor system which in a road bike means 23-30lb. not...
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    Yako reacted to mschwett's post in the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40 with Like Like.
    this is true due to the slow rotational speed of the wheel at those low speeds; the actual 23nm of torque x 45rpm (4mph) gives you only...
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    Yako reacted to Calcoaster's post in the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40 with Like Like.
    IMPORTANT UPDATE - i just received an email from a senior tech at TQ apologizing for the incorrect information being passed by their...
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    Yako reacted to stompandgo's post in the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40 with Like Like.
    I'm glad that sh*& show is over.
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    Yako replied to the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40.
    My own bike has a hub motor, and I love the help it has given me these last years…but I am human and my head is getting turned by these...
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    Yako replied to the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40.
    100% agree. I’ve hung the Canyon in a tree at head height so I record the noise it makes. Not sure you’d hear it at 10ft over the...
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    Yako replied to the thread Another new TQ motor: hpr40.
    I’ve been lucky enough to ride a number of pretty fancy e-bikes, and have been surprised at the difference in speed attainable over the...
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