Douglas Wever
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Today we took two 2016 Ridge Riders (picture 1) on an identical 24.2 mile loop. One Ridge Rider had the standard 11.6 ah battery, while the second had a 14 ah battery that had a very limited production run as a 17 ah option is coming later this year (that's the rumor anyway as I understand it).
Both riders weighed approximately the same weight, and the terrain was all road with moderate hills, the temperature was in the high seventies and humid. The 11.6 ah is out of a Pedego store's rental fleet and practically brand new while the 14 ah is brand new (and mine
).
The big difference was the 14 ah Ridge Rider was ridden in assist levels 3, primarily 4, and once in a while 5, while the 11.6 Ridge Rider was ridden in assist 1 for 12 miles and 2 for twelve miles, and level 3 briefly on a couple of hills. The results are striking.
The 14 ah bike has 52% of it's batter left (picture 2) good for roughly 50 miles total, very respectable at the higher assist levels; while the 11.6 ah battery (picture 3) had a whopping 66% percent left meaning it would've been good at these lower assist levels for approximately 75 miles. I would love to know what percentage the 14 amp battery would have left using levels 1 and 2, likely somewhere in the seventy percentile and ninetyish miles of range, but the rising temperatures here in Nashville (Franklin) have trumped my curiosity.
As an aside, I am installing a rack, a Blinder rear strobe light rack mounted, small handlebar bag (pictured), bottle carrier, 4" handle bar riser as I am 6'1", and BodyFloat.
Both riders weighed approximately the same weight, and the terrain was all road with moderate hills, the temperature was in the high seventies and humid. The 11.6 ah is out of a Pedego store's rental fleet and practically brand new while the 14 ah is brand new (and mine
).The big difference was the 14 ah Ridge Rider was ridden in assist levels 3, primarily 4, and once in a while 5, while the 11.6 Ridge Rider was ridden in assist 1 for 12 miles and 2 for twelve miles, and level 3 briefly on a couple of hills. The results are striking.
The 14 ah bike has 52% of it's batter left (picture 2) good for roughly 50 miles total, very respectable at the higher assist levels; while the 11.6 ah battery (picture 3) had a whopping 66% percent left meaning it would've been good at these lower assist levels for approximately 75 miles. I would love to know what percentage the 14 amp battery would have left using levels 1 and 2, likely somewhere in the seventy percentile and ninetyish miles of range, but the rising temperatures here in Nashville (Franklin) have trumped my curiosity.
As an aside, I am installing a rack, a Blinder rear strobe light rack mounted, small handlebar bag (pictured), bottle carrier, 4" handle bar riser as I am 6'1", and BodyFloat.
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