m@Robertson
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Thats fine but don't make the mistake of designing a product with that bias unless you also recognize you are cutting out a significant swath of your potential customer base, and that customer base is not confused about what they want or why. You're the one with the narrower vision. Which again is fine if you are a single rider deciding how you personally feel like riding.... I do have a preference for the simplicity of a throttle. I just see the merits of keeping a bike simple and allowing programmers to decide the assist level based on sensor parameters (torque, speed, cadence, gear, hearth rate, slope, etc.) is at best a guessing game because they do not have a way to know exactly what assist the rider wants continuously. Their egos think they can achieve this but they can't. It's a fools errand but I'm not saying their are not merits to PAS systems (they can achieve more traditional bike-like feeling).
The classic finger-wagging line of "why don't you just buy a motorcycle' is best answered by saying 'show me a motorcycle you can pedal'. Without being able to make that response, you don't have a good answer to the question.
Gearing of the bicycle remains critical. Not for the motor but for the rider. Again... speed is irrelevant. As a rider I'm happiest at around 65 rpm. If I am going on flat ground I want 65 rpm. If go up a gentle incline, I want 65 rpm. If I am going up a steep hill, I want 65 rpm. My speed at these different points is incidental to achieving my preferred cadence. This is not my idea its the common practice, varied by personal preference. The number changes but not the practice of maintaining a set cadence. Give someone gearing they have to ride at 40 rpms if they prefer 70 and that bike is a failure in that circumstance regardless of what the motor thinks.
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I Hate Ebike Torque-Sensing (maybe you should too)
Well, I don’t actually hate it, but it is a technology rooted in cycling’s past, whose existence was created to market a product to legacy riders.
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