I got some issues with my X35 ebikemotion, first it worked well but later it beahve very poorly. From what i read my first idea was the engine was reacting to my own power by using sensors (ie measuring my effort) but I may have been misslead since i read more recently that the engine power was adaptative to the pedaling frequency, that may explain why it behave poorly because I m used to prefer strong gear (which i know is bad but it has been always my way of doing). Also my vibe had to return at orbea workshop due to an error (the controler flashed purple and the phone app gave me an error code) and from what i heard they updated the firmware, so may be it will be much better and I will try to use higher pedaling frequencies.
Anyway, i started to look for alternative and the recent Fazua seems to have a much higher max torque and come with an application to microtune the engine behavior. It is used on some Canyon commuter bikes. But the controler is horrilbe on the lower end model, just a button on lower frame, and so it is not really usable -- on top you have to remvoe the battery to switch the bike one -- More expensive models do have a remote (like on the Orbea Vibe and indeed it is quite similar to the vibe one, indeed a bit better since the battery level is displayed with several leds). But the version you need is over 3500 euros.
Specialized also propose a bike their own engine (they have a light version with 50nm max torque and a regular version), but to get the high torque one you again need over 4000 euros.
So overall Orbea + X35 seem very competitive pricewise, and i hope that once I get it back it will work as well as during the first month i had it.
In any case if you have experience either with the Fazua (after firmware update to black pepper) or with the turbo vado 4.0 and can compare with the X35 + it would be interesting.
Anyway, i started to look for alternative and the recent Fazua seems to have a much higher max torque and come with an application to microtune the engine behavior. It is used on some Canyon commuter bikes. But the controler is horrilbe on the lower end model, just a button on lower frame, and so it is not really usable -- on top you have to remvoe the battery to switch the bike one -- More expensive models do have a remote (like on the Orbea Vibe and indeed it is quite similar to the vibe one, indeed a bit better since the battery level is displayed with several leds). But the version you need is over 3500 euros.
Specialized also propose a bike their own engine (they have a light version with 50nm max torque and a regular version), but to get the high torque one you again need over 4000 euros.
So overall Orbea + X35 seem very competitive pricewise, and i hope that once I get it back it will work as well as during the first month i had it.
In any case if you have experience either with the Fazua (after firmware update to black pepper) or with the turbo vado 4.0 and can compare with the X35 + it would be interesting.
