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I saw this from an Auckland, New Zealand based eBike store. They're hosting a guy who biked the length of NZ on a Delite as part of the Tour Aotearoa route (Tour Aotearoa: Home) and then came back via the Sounds to Sounds route (Tour Aotearoa: Sound to Sound) Impressive stuff! Looks like it's...

Varia all the way for me - I mount with a cheap bracket off Amazon on my seat. Works perfect. All the reviews of the Varia with camera say it sucks. I don’t have the camera version but I do have a Garmin Dashcam that has the same camera and app software to connect and THAT does suck too. To the...

I get your feeling, and I too always want to make sure what I buy is the latest model so it ages well. That said, I’ve got the SC2 with your motor and my wife has the so called “smart system” on her Multi charger mixte - I don’t see too much on there to rave about to be honest. It still feels...

Christchurch Electric Bicycles

yes, I had to walk up there with my suitcase to our hotel! glad we got the free transport ticket from the hotel so we could ride the MRT up and down the hill to the waterfront each day. Beautiful city.

Thanks @Gaylween - I had an amazing time in Lausanne on my wider trip - there are a few photos here if you're interested (I'm sure you'll recognise a few places): Favourites (adobe.com) 2016 Roadster hey! Positively vintage! I was impressed that Switzerland and Germany had so many bikes...

same for me.

Is there anyway we can check the current battery cycles for our bikes or do we need a diagnostic tool for that too? 600 cycles didn’t seem a heap initially but then I realise if I charge my bike 1/week on average and I’ve had it for 3yrs I’m likely only in the 150-200 charge cycles range

yes, I can keep my cadence higher on my rohloff, but I'm just "spinning" and not going fast at all. Having a higher care, thus more power, I'm dropping cadence but my speed is going to increase (although given it will be much harder to maintain, I likely will burn out quicker!) Couple of pics...

In non-electric bikes, absolutely as most people find it harder to push against the increased resistance, even in lower gears. on my road bike going up Hackthorne Road for example (I know you'll know that @peterh_nz) my cadence will drop to 60-75 depending on how strong I'm feeling however my...

One of the challenges with “average cadence” is how inaccurate it is when riding hilly areas - most people’s cadence drops going up hills (more experienced riders know to try maintain cadence and go to lower gears, but on steepest hills sometimes you’re IN the lowest gear and can’t get your...

Hey brains trust. I’ve an SC2 high speed with Enviolo - Many threads here around how it’s under geared for high speed and cadence too high to maintain 40kph or above. Got me thinking - would it be possible to replace Enviolo with standard Rohloff hub and manual shifter ? I’m not talking about...

I have the basic Intuvia not smart at all, anything smart I’d want I’d get from from my Garmin. My wife’s Kiox 300 on her MC Mixte Smart System I think is worse from a UX - as others have said, the reliance on phone for “smarts” the $hit implementation of motor immobiliser, the clunky way to...

I'd never rely on the Bosch display for this stuff - mapping, health data (heart rate etc) I'd use my Garmin Edge for. The only issue is Bosch won't share Power data to third party apps whcih sucks - my Brose on Specialised eMTB shares all this to my Garmin Fenix. Rather than invent half baked...

I do love the Brose on my eMTB Turbo Levo Comp Alloy - it's a beast of a motor and SO quiet:

thanks mate - I did read that, although I had just woken up when I did. I interpreted it as for those markets that have very strong compliance regulations (like Germany) the motors are hardcoded for max speed, but in other markets it's a firmware setting for HS/non-HS. My parents' aging...

yes, I know of some hardware dongles that do it, but I presume Bosch may have some firmware options as well - it would make sense for them to build their motors all the same and then just limit them via software - Similar to Microsoft Windows. Build one version of the OS and then just turn...

I wasn’t there at the time, but my wife said the LBS offered to delimit her MultiCharger Mixte non-HS once the Bosch warranty expired. This is in NZ

I have a Supercharger 2 HS Vario and my wife has a Multicharger Mixte Vario 'smart' system. My thoughts: If this is a car replacement you should absolutely get the HS - you'll want/need it. BUT - the Vario is undergeared for 45kph - you simply can't maintain a cadence high enough to hit 45kph...

Yes it’s a super interesting place with high geological diversity in a very small place. You might like to check out some of my recent bikepacking adventures then around the north and south islands: https://samuelmcneill.com/adventures/