so, 1/3 of bat. (used in Eco 70% and 30% turbo )(5km) for a total of 39km ? (44-the 6 in the beginning).
How fast were you able to go in Eco mode on flats ?How did you like the Turbo ? It feels stable at 26-28mph ?
Being that it is early season, there is plenty of room for fitness improvement
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oh and 1 other q- What is your BW ?bodyweight. that can give a better idea of a possible range.
Thank you
I do know that I for all intents and purposes wasn't using the motor for the first 6 km's. I honestly was really questioning myself and almost stopped on the hill to walk. But I thought to myself what kind of rider am I if I can't even get up this hill with the help of the motor. I felt both relieved and stupid when I realized I was riding without motor assistance.
As for the amount of time using turbo mode I'd estimate that to be almost exactly 5 km's as I was riding my regular commute route home so it would have been 11% of the route in turbo mode, Roughly 72% in Eco with a very tiny bit in sport mode and 13% with no motor. Definitely favourable conditions for conserving battery.
I weigh roughly 170 lbs with my winter cycling gear on as it's still pretty cold here. I live in Canada, one of the warmest parts of Canada but it's still pretty cold here just the same.
Today I rode to work and decided to ride Sport the entire way. I had probably 20-25 lbs. of backpack, laptop, clothes and a heavy Kryptonite chain while riding. I used 86 watt hours to travel 18.5 km's so more than twice the battery drain of the previous day. Used just under 4.8 watt hours per km.
Not sure how fast I was going as with all the winter gear on my jacket covers my watch. We weren't going that fast though. Just riding fairly casually and chatting. If I had to guess we were probably cruising at 25 - 30 km/hr.
I don't think I ever hit 28 mph in turbo mode because I wasn't riding that hard and in Canada the limiter hits at 20 mph.
I am discovering the bike and I'm sure the data is going to be all over the map depending on route, who I'm riding with, etc ..... my riding partner yesterday is what I'd consider an intermediate level cyclist. In 2019 he rode 2,000 km's and that was his highest year ever.
The real test and that one that gives me range anxiety is when I go with my racing buddies who like to hammer. I run the risk of getting dropped since these guys will ride local Gran Fondo's at an average of around 40 km/hr. so above my speed limit and I'll have to follow wheels closely or I am going to get dropped fast! Even if I didn't have a speed limiter, I can imagine going that fast is going to drain the battery pretty quick.
Riding to work today with the weight I was carrying I was thinking that geez even with all this weight with the bike in Sport mode I can go pretty fast. I can imagine the Domane +HP would be an absolute rocket, and maybe I should never get that bike to avoid the risk that I crash at really high speed
Update: Rode home today and thought I'd try out the HR mode. Put my HRM on turned it on and set the mode on my phone and off we go, or did we? I can feel that the HRM came a bit loose when I put my jersey on over it, but hey it's still on my arm connected right? I'm not positive but I've got two jerseys and two jackets on. I'm not taking it all off to ensure my HRM is connected properly. I look at my watch and it shows a HR, but is that from the wrist sensor or the strap? I ride home and I'm not going as fast as I would expect. I have over 200 metres of elevation gain and one hill that is the majority of it. I'm thinking geez if I didn't know any better it's easier to ride up this hill on my Cervelo. I'm redlining like crazy and suspect I'm getting little to no assistance from the motor.
I get home and see, yep my HRM was loose and not sending a signal to the Mission Control app, so once again it thought my HR was below the threshold and the motor didn't turn on. I check the app and it says I used a grand total of 1 wh to ride the almost 18 km's home and with about 210 metres of elevation gain. Once again I made the ride and climb harder than if I had just ridden my Cervelo because at least that bike is about 12-14 lbs. lighter!
I'll get the HRM mode right one of these days.
