jaizon
Active Member
So I ride my e-trike every day. I live in a moderately area so many ups and downs on my circuit. I have noticed a couple of things and need some advice about how to fix/correct them.
1) when I'm going downhill I very quickly outrun the gearing, even at the highest level, i.e., I can't peddle fast enough to maintain any tension at all on the pedals. Yes, I can coast, but that defeats the idea of me wanting to get beneficial exercise on these parts of the ride. Short of changing the gearing (chainring?) I'm suspecting that with this trike, I am stuck regarding this issue.
2) I have spent the last 6 weeks trying to figure out how I like to ride this trike. There are a couple of hills where I do struggle if I miss the timing on the correct shift, even with PAS. My fault and I'm working on getting better. Mostly I have ridden in PAS 2, which requires more shifting from me (both to PAS 3 and gearing), but lately I have been riding mostly in PAS 3 which seems to require less shifting and keeps me at higher speeds, but often run into the "I've run out of gears" problem. I would like to be able to ride not so much with a constant cadence, but with a more constant resistance in the pedals. I this just a learning curve for me or is there some way of achieving that other than my just learning the bike and sensing when and which way I need shift to maintain that resistance.
I hope that was clear enough for those of you out there to offer a response. Thanks.
1) when I'm going downhill I very quickly outrun the gearing, even at the highest level, i.e., I can't peddle fast enough to maintain any tension at all on the pedals. Yes, I can coast, but that defeats the idea of me wanting to get beneficial exercise on these parts of the ride. Short of changing the gearing (chainring?) I'm suspecting that with this trike, I am stuck regarding this issue.
2) I have spent the last 6 weeks trying to figure out how I like to ride this trike. There are a couple of hills where I do struggle if I miss the timing on the correct shift, even with PAS. My fault and I'm working on getting better. Mostly I have ridden in PAS 2, which requires more shifting from me (both to PAS 3 and gearing), but lately I have been riding mostly in PAS 3 which seems to require less shifting and keeps me at higher speeds, but often run into the "I've run out of gears" problem. I would like to be able to ride not so much with a constant cadence, but with a more constant resistance in the pedals. I this just a learning curve for me or is there some way of achieving that other than my just learning the bike and sensing when and which way I need shift to maintain that resistance.
I hope that was clear enough for those of you out there to offer a response. Thanks.
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