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A lot of this mechanical DYI stuff is like rocket science for me, mainly because I know just enough about mechanics to be dangerous! Guitars and baseball I can hang tough! IMHO, just having more gears (speeds) would be the fix to this cadence ghost pedaling issue! Obviously there is a reason...

My throttle on both bikes top out at 20mph. When I’m on a store run on two fairly busy streets at 30mph and 35mph. The 30mph street has no bike path and the 35mph street DOES have a bike path and is a much longer stretch! I like to use PAS 3 and gear 7 at 22.3mph on each road.

That may be the key, winds! Hills are no issue but wind is here. Because there are no hills there is no benefit of PAS 4 and 5, however I can ride against ANY wind strength with PAS 2 or 3 and cut right through it!😉 I can still ride in PAS 3 gear 7 and maintain a 22.3mph.

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I have 2 cadence bikes. The 26” Denago I use to make store trips. It’s hard to use PAS 4 and 5 because of ghost (no resistance) pedaling. I’m wondering if torque would be better in that scenario? I’m ‘assuming’ with torque, I can put it in gear 7, PAS 5, and still get pedal resistance and...

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That’s what it’s all about, having the setup you are content with. In all honesty, the ghost pedaling is trivial. The ONLY time going above PAS 3 is on my store trips. Even WITH PAS 3 and gear 7, I still get 22.3mph and that’s fast enough, for me!😉

I only average about 20 miles a week! I ride M-F, a 5 mile 20 minute route typically for cardio being 70. Even my trips to the store are about the same distance. So, for me, that would be overkill . . . for ME, mind you!😉

You know, you make a point that is very intriguing. Down here in SW FL there are no hills but wind. Both my bikes cut right through the wind, HOWEVER, when I’m on a trip to the store if I go above PAS 3, I ghost pedal, pointlessly. The local BS told me the PAS 4 and 5 speeds were typically...

ava1ar, opinions and preferences are like elbows, everyone has at least one. Like I said, my preference/opinion is, even if money were no object, I’d never spend 5 figures on an E-bike. As far as vehicles, I would probably get a vehicle in the top trim but not for 6 figures. My Denago City 1...

I belong to another thread and someone posted a concern with a flaw on a new e-bike they purchased. The bike cost the purchaser $10,000.00!!! I know everyone’s budget is different but even if I were in a position where money was no object, I don’t see myself spending anywhere CLOSE to 5...

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I think I’ll try riding a commuter at the local bike store and see if that eliminates the ghost pedaling? Opinion on Shimano (City 1) vs Microsoft (Commuter 1)?

I found out that the Denago Commuter has the same chainring but uses Microsoft as opposed to Shimano, and has 8 gears! Maybe I need a commuter to eliminate ghost pedaling?🤔

I was just curious if anyone knows if the chainrings are larger on the ‘Commuter’ models that may prevent ghost pedaling? I have a Denago City 1 and can’t use PAS 4 and 5 because of Ghost pedaling! I was curious if maybe their commuter bike might be configured differently?

Let me preface this by saying that, in order to reach as many as possible, I am posting this in a few forums! I know I’m not the only one here in several forums and, without failure, when I do post a question in several forums there’s always some yahoo complaining about it. So, in advance, get...

The review I watched on YouTube indicated so with the stop pedaling auto shift. There may be more to it than that. You know more about these bikes than I do. I have no interest in it already having the XP3.

Has anyone purchased the new Lectric One? It looks similar to the XP3, but with many different features. It has a belt drive opposed to a chain! It has a gear box in the pedal area which can be configured to ‘automatic’! When you stop pedaling it changes gears according to your speed and...

That ‘DEPENDS’ on your perspective! 🤣

We normally only get those kind of winds via thunderstorms and/or tropical storms which I wouldn’t be out there then any way!