Explorer-1
Have bike, will travel
- Region
- USA
- City
- Boston North Shore
I've not been here much since I didn't buy any new bikes during the main COVID period. Just been working on my own. I've had some great trips, but less this year as I've had to dedicate time to other things. Both my bikes need new brake pads, and the RCS mileage reset again at 2500km. So sounds like a hard bug in some of the displays, as it's happened twice to me know at the same distance. I have a new display, but been too lazy to put it on, maybe this is a controller issue I don't know, I never asked Juiced, but others have had it. So after 5000km I've needed, tires, tubes, and brakes. Nothing else so far for maintenance. My display had fungus since day 1, but I've been living with it. I have the display already. I washed some better mud protection for the rear, but I also purchased the new full fender, just never got to attaching it.
I'm surprised no one is talking about the G2 batteries here. The most exciting thing happening at Juiced almost (I would not mind an updated RCS though). I preordered in February to save a few dollars and I just received it yesterday. Others that ordered after me got it sooner, so not sure how they scheduled the orders for shipment. I only tested that it was compatible with my older RCS, and that was confirmed, but needs more of a push to seat in.
The new button being completely electronic push button bothers me, I was hope for a real OFF switch that takes out the BMS and everything leaving only inherent parasitic drain. They claim the drain is quite low though, but these things you have to measure if you want the truth in most cases; spec-sheets often lie.
The biggest issue people will talk about is how the new button is in accessible when the battery is installed on the bike. I'm not sure if the security aspects of this design outweigh the inconvenience. It's certainly going to get some people's blood pressure up. For my riding it probably won't be an issue if the drain is low, but it is actually less secure if it is not actually turned off for stops. So... some huge trade-offs on this design.
The new Handle on the battery and hidden air-tag tray are top 5 design features. Love those, and they are really clever considering the battery is backward compatible.
Now the best part; THE PRICE ! They are not cheap with the 19.2Ah being retail $799 + Shipping + taxes or basically almost $900 to your door, but.... compared to the older design this is a $500 saving. Not a bargain, but a huge improvement to previous and new Juiced e-Bike customers. I really have to thank Juiced for introducing the G2 series and making them backward compatible. This means I don't have to erase them off my list I hope, and now might consider a Juiced upgrade at some point before I get my dream bike as parts, technology, and vendor issues stabilize. I'm scared to look at what cells they are using, but I'll see in the real world how a new 19.2Ah G2 battery performs compared to my original one. Now I have a lot of electron juice for both my bikes.
Anyone else have any comments or experience on the new G2 batteries?
I'm surprised no one is talking about the G2 batteries here. The most exciting thing happening at Juiced almost (I would not mind an updated RCS though). I preordered in February to save a few dollars and I just received it yesterday. Others that ordered after me got it sooner, so not sure how they scheduled the orders for shipment. I only tested that it was compatible with my older RCS, and that was confirmed, but needs more of a push to seat in.
The new button being completely electronic push button bothers me, I was hope for a real OFF switch that takes out the BMS and everything leaving only inherent parasitic drain. They claim the drain is quite low though, but these things you have to measure if you want the truth in most cases; spec-sheets often lie.
The biggest issue people will talk about is how the new button is in accessible when the battery is installed on the bike. I'm not sure if the security aspects of this design outweigh the inconvenience. It's certainly going to get some people's blood pressure up. For my riding it probably won't be an issue if the drain is low, but it is actually less secure if it is not actually turned off for stops. So... some huge trade-offs on this design.
The new Handle on the battery and hidden air-tag tray are top 5 design features. Love those, and they are really clever considering the battery is backward compatible.
Now the best part; THE PRICE ! They are not cheap with the 19.2Ah being retail $799 + Shipping + taxes or basically almost $900 to your door, but.... compared to the older design this is a $500 saving. Not a bargain, but a huge improvement to previous and new Juiced e-Bike customers. I really have to thank Juiced for introducing the G2 series and making them backward compatible. This means I don't have to erase them off my list I hope, and now might consider a Juiced upgrade at some point before I get my dream bike as parts, technology, and vendor issues stabilize. I'm scared to look at what cells they are using, but I'll see in the real world how a new 19.2Ah G2 battery performs compared to my original one. Now I have a lot of electron juice for both my bikes.
Anyone else have any comments or experience on the new G2 batteries?
