Hi to all, wish you a happy new year!!! This is my first post.
I recently ordered an electric bike, specifically the cube nature hybrid one 500 allroad. The thing is that currently in Greece, where I live, there is a shortage of bikes because of the goverment giving 40% of the price back i.e. almost everyone wants to buy an electric bike. That means you can't go and choose whatever you like. Also, where I live, which is a quite remote area, there are a few electric bikes to test drive, more on that later. Also due to the coronavirus I can not travel to other areas for tests.
It seems this cube bike was the only available bike, and it will be delivered in a period of 2 to 3 months. I have no problem with that, also, the bike is what I was looking for, I like everything about it.
Now, at the specifications it says it has the bosch active line (ALP) plus with 50Nm of torque. However at the 360 degrees it seems it has the Performance line (PL), which I think has 65Nm of torque. I already email the company for clarification. For the time being I don't know which powerunit the bike comes with. The 2020 model came with ALP and this can be seen from photos, I hope it is a copy-paste mistake at the specifications and the 2021 bike comes with the PL!!!
The place I live is very flat with few slopes, I am 42 relatively healthy but not very fit, 1.71m in height, 73 kgs, with a tear at my right meniscus. I want to use the bike to strengthen leg muscles and work with my fitness.
So, as you understand, I came to the point wondering if the ALP is enough for me, let alone dangerous for my knee (pedaling at the gym at the bikes where the pedals are in front of me, and not like a bike, works just fine for me with no issues at all at approximately 40-50 watts input power).
I have tried 2 electric bikes:
1. An electric lombardo valderice with a motor hub of 30Nm and
2. A cube acid with midgear motor with 65Nm.
To be honest I was satisfied by both, in terms of boost, of course there was a noticeable difference with the cube.
Questions: Is there so much difference between these 2 motors (ALP and PL)? I can not understand why the difference in torque isn't analogous to the % assistance.
For example at turbo mode, the ALP gives 270% assistance, wheres the PL gives 300%. The difference is 10%, whereas the torque difference is 23%. How noticeable the difference would be? 10% or 25%? Is the difference of the torque apparent after 105rpm cadence?
Should I wait for my order happily or should I try to change it with a bike with a different motor (if I find one...)?
Thank you
I recently ordered an electric bike, specifically the cube nature hybrid one 500 allroad. The thing is that currently in Greece, where I live, there is a shortage of bikes because of the goverment giving 40% of the price back i.e. almost everyone wants to buy an electric bike. That means you can't go and choose whatever you like. Also, where I live, which is a quite remote area, there are a few electric bikes to test drive, more on that later. Also due to the coronavirus I can not travel to other areas for tests.
It seems this cube bike was the only available bike, and it will be delivered in a period of 2 to 3 months. I have no problem with that, also, the bike is what I was looking for, I like everything about it.
Now, at the specifications it says it has the bosch active line (ALP) plus with 50Nm of torque. However at the 360 degrees it seems it has the Performance line (PL), which I think has 65Nm of torque. I already email the company for clarification. For the time being I don't know which powerunit the bike comes with. The 2020 model came with ALP and this can be seen from photos, I hope it is a copy-paste mistake at the specifications and the 2021 bike comes with the PL!!!
The place I live is very flat with few slopes, I am 42 relatively healthy but not very fit, 1.71m in height, 73 kgs, with a tear at my right meniscus. I want to use the bike to strengthen leg muscles and work with my fitness.
So, as you understand, I came to the point wondering if the ALP is enough for me, let alone dangerous for my knee (pedaling at the gym at the bikes where the pedals are in front of me, and not like a bike, works just fine for me with no issues at all at approximately 40-50 watts input power).
I have tried 2 electric bikes:
1. An electric lombardo valderice with a motor hub of 30Nm and
2. A cube acid with midgear motor with 65Nm.
To be honest I was satisfied by both, in terms of boost, of course there was a noticeable difference with the cube.
Questions: Is there so much difference between these 2 motors (ALP and PL)? I can not understand why the difference in torque isn't analogous to the % assistance.
For example at turbo mode, the ALP gives 270% assistance, wheres the PL gives 300%. The difference is 10%, whereas the torque difference is 23%. How noticeable the difference would be? 10% or 25%? Is the difference of the torque apparent after 105rpm cadence?
Should I wait for my order happily or should I try to change it with a bike with a different motor (if I find one...)?
Thank you
