Alaska to Panama on an EVELO Atlas

[EVELO]

Earlier this week (July 4) Robert Fletcher set out on his eBike Odyssey - riding from Alaska to Panama on an EVELO Atlas!
Robert will be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest eBike ride: 8,300 miles. Along the way, Robert will be celebrating his 80th birthday!

Robert began his ride just south of the Arctic Circle in Fairbanks, Alaska, and will be traveling through the Yukon and British Columbia down the Pacific Coast Highway through Washington, Oregon, and California before heading on to Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, finally arriving in his destination of Panama City, Panama.

If you're interested in learning more, check out Robert's website: http://ebikeodyssey.com

If you're along the route, say hi to Robert as he rides past!

Join us as we cheer on Robert as he completes his journey.

 

[Rexlion]

I took a look at the Atlas. Nice. A 600W, 120nm mid drive running a belt to an Enviolo Trekking CVT.

What I don't understand is, (unless I'm looking at the wrong product page?) Enviolo's specs say the max power and torque for that unit is 250W and 85nm continuous (90nm peak) torque. What am I missing?

 

[Deleted member 18083]

What am I missing?

The country telephone code given on the linked web page is 31, the Netherlands. EU specs?

 

[EVELO]

I took a look at the Atlas. Nice. A 600W, 120nm mid drive running a belt to an Enviolo Trekking CVT.

What I don't understand is, (unless I'm looking at the wrong product page?) Enviolo's specs say the max power and torque for that unit is 250W and 85nm continuous (90nm peak) torque. What am I missing?

Greetings,
John from EVELO here and I wanted to respond to the above question, as it does come up occasionally. The quick answer to this question is that our own internal testing over the last 8-10 years has shown that all of the current Enviolo hubs (and most of the past NuVinci hubs) have been rated very conservatively. I want to emphasize that this refers only to the currently available hubs, as there may be some new offerings from them in the future to which these comments do not apply. We have thoroughly tested the hubs with motors tuned in excess of what we actually sell, and what we've found is that the hubs are able to withstand the extra power.

That said, the power profile of the motor is a factor here as well. It's the shock loads to the hub that are really the most impactful to the hub internals, not the continuous power. As such, the power profile on the M600 has been tuned to ease these loads at a start. The reality is that our older BBS02-equipped bikes put more stress on the hub--and even those bikes had exceptional reliability with the gear system. We have pushed the Enviolo hubs over their pushlised specs for a while, and our failure rate has been exceedingly low; partly due to the convervating rating of their capabilities, and partly because of our proprietary programming.

It's important to note that we warranty the hub for a 4 year period, and we handle all warranty issues ourselve. We can do this because the failure rate is so low. If you are purchasing an Enviolo hub and installing it on your own bike however, I'd recommend sticking with the factory recommendation to retain the factory warranty.

Ultimately, the proof will be in Robert's ride, and we'll document how the hub performs under those conditions!

If you have any additional questions, you can always contact us at [email protected].

J

 

[Prairie Dog]

'I did it for the beer!'

A belated congrats to Bob Fletcher (Adventure Cyclist) on his amazing accomplishment as he crossed the finish line on Dec 9. I just watched a feature about him on GlobalTV and didn’t realize that he was from Edmonton, AB. I should have read his webpage which also mentions this. My planned trip next June to Vancouver Island will be nothing compared to someone who has cycled around the world and logged thousands of km as he has all at the young age of 80.

Edmonton octogenarian sets a world record riding from Alaska to Panama

Bob Fletcher says he did it "for the beer," and to show himself and others that you're never too old for an adventure

edmontonjournal.com