I've had my 2019 Domane+ for a year and a half now. Really loving it. About 2,500 miles on it this year. Swapped the Purion for Nyon (MY21). LBS did a great job getting it installed as that requires the motor to be dropped for the change. Learning more and more as I use it. Resolving to tinker with the assist levels in 2022. Plan to drop Sport down to current Tour level, Tour down to current Eco level and Eco down to 1/2 of current assist. Will tweak from there.
On group rides, I found zero assist is easier to manage pace lines on flat roads. Assist sort of makes the bike "lurch" and makes it harder to keep steady distance from back wheel of rider in front of you. Been pretty well received by the groups I ride with. A few digs here and there about towing people up hills. I usually counter with having them lift the bike when we're at a rest stop for a bit of context.
Agree that the gearing is not optimized for bombing downhill on slight inclines. Steep grades are fine b/c of weight of me + bike, but slight inclines exceed 28 mph pretty quickly so assist cuts out and then even in smallest rear cog and pedaling full out it can be hard to keep up with some other acoustic bikes. No big worries as I always catch up on the uphills. I did take my old Conduit+ on a group ride and that was a real eye opener. Assist cutting out at 18 mph and gearing made it real hard to keep up. My avg HR for those rides is usually between 140-145 and I think I was over 150 on the Conduit+. Just had to hang on to visual contact on descents + flats and make up time on the climbs.
Looking for fun rides in 2022.
On group rides, I found zero assist is easier to manage pace lines on flat roads. Assist sort of makes the bike "lurch" and makes it harder to keep steady distance from back wheel of rider in front of you. Been pretty well received by the groups I ride with. A few digs here and there about towing people up hills. I usually counter with having them lift the bike when we're at a rest stop for a bit of context.
Agree that the gearing is not optimized for bombing downhill on slight inclines. Steep grades are fine b/c of weight of me + bike, but slight inclines exceed 28 mph pretty quickly so assist cuts out and then even in smallest rear cog and pedaling full out it can be hard to keep up with some other acoustic bikes. No big worries as I always catch up on the uphills. I did take my old Conduit+ on a group ride and that was a real eye opener. Assist cutting out at 18 mph and gearing made it real hard to keep up. My avg HR for those rides is usually between 140-145 and I think I was over 150 on the Conduit+. Just had to hang on to visual contact on descents + flats and make up time on the climbs.
Looking for fun rides in 2022.