Another new TQ motor: hpr40

[Rás Cnoic]

Our winds here are ever changing. I can ride out into a headwind and come back in a headwind. Also the other way around, out with a tailwind, etc. Those are the fun days.

Ah that lovely feeling when you've been fighting what you assume is the headwind for hours only to turn around to come home - and face straight into the actual headwind.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Our winds here are ever changing. I can ride out into a headwind and come back in a headwind. Also the other way around, out with a tailwind, etc. Those are the fun days.

Same variability here. In maybe 2,000 mi of coast riding in San Diego County, I can only remember 2-3 steady headwinds stiff enough to wear me down on my SL. All were around big winter storms off the Pacific.

Wind's seldom a factor on inland hill rides here. That includes the northerly and northeasterly Santa Anas we get in fall and winter. By the time they get this far south, the winds aren't bad from an ebike perspective.

Steady headwinds can be very draining and exhilarating at the same time. I'd much rather put 200W of rider power into, say, a steady 5% climb than into the equivalent steady headwind on the flat.

 

[stompandgo]

And I am the exact opposite. Pound it on the flats.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

And I am the exact opposite. Pound it on the flats.

The flats do have their charms— even in fitness riding. Gobbling up the road in front of you with no wind or slope to help or hurt your effort can be very satisfying. Adding motor assist just ups the ground speed, which generally only adds to the fun.

 

[mschwett]

I live at the top of the highest hill in town and coming home I get the wind and the climb at the same time when I am already tired. Big battery suck if I can even keep it climbing...

wind blowing down a hill is just horrible. it’s quite rare here since the hills tend to block the wind, but the occasional hot, dry “diablo” winds which blow out of the cursed Central Valley and set everything on fire make for miserable hill climbing in parts of the Bay Area. I got stuck in it once, probably a steady 20mph headwind that was 10 degrees hotter than the 80 degree day up a 6-10% grade.

the headline would have been something like “local cyclist absolutely relieved to die when e-bike battery combusts in diablo wind “

 

[Asher]

Three more interesting takes on the Canyon Endurace ONFLY and its hpr40 motor. Don't be put off by the click-bait title.

Not clickbait to call road e-bikes pointless, in the UK. When you can do 22+ mph on flats, a heavier costlier ebike that maxes out at 15 mph under assist is of limited appeal.

I just wish the Canyon Endurace Onfly came to the US as a Class 3 ebike. The cheapest Scott Fastlane is still $7k thanks to baubles like carbon wheels and electronic shifting, vs $5.1k for the cheapest Canyon Endurace Onfly (though some of that price difference is due to Canyon's D2C pricing). I'd even take a quality alloy frame (eg a CAAD 14 ) if it came with the TQ HPR40.