@Stefan Mikes Thanks for the video link and the explanation. Makes it much clearer how the various modes work.
I recently purchased a Trek bike with a Bosch CX Active motor and have been playing around with the various modes available in the app. Is it just me or are the Dynamic/Adaptive modes (Auto, Tour+, etc ) which claim to vary the assist based on your effort, incline and headwinds/etc really inconsistent, laggy and a bit rubbish?
I find it makes the bike feel really unpredictable as I'm never sure how much boost/assist the motor is going to provide in any given situation? Sometimes it surges forward with seemingly no reason whilst in other situations it fails to provide enought power to maintain my speed even on slight inclines nevermind hills
I've tried some of the fixed assist modes (Eco, Tour, Sport) and they feel much nicer. Seems like picking the mode yourself and increasing/decreasing it as required is a far superior option. Manually selecting Eco for downhill/flats, tour for slight inclines and sport for steeper hills seems to work far better than auto or tour+ from my experience so far. Doing it manually also means you can pre-emptively change power modes up/down as you arrive at hills or descents rather than waiting for motor to realise it’s in the wrong mode and adjust after the event.
This is my first ebike so I guess it might just be that I'm not familar with the automatic modes and perhaps maybe just need time to adjust?
Does anyone else prefer changing modes themselves to having the motor dynamically/automatically adjust modes?