Specialised Como 5

[Stefan Mikes]

Some customers are best sent to your competitors
I wonder whether Ade's R&M is a Smart System e-bike yet.

 

[mfgrep]

Some customers are best sent to your competitors
I wonder whether Ade's R&M is a Smart System e-bike yet.

All this talk about bicycles and problems..... I think I'll go for a ride now.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

All this talk about bicycles and problems..... I think I'll go for a ride now.

There is one of national holidays of Poland today. Too hot to ride! Perhaps some short ride in the evening...

(I wonder what kind of trousers has one to wear to have them entangled inside the chainguard? Oh, wait. I can remember one of VanMoof promotional vids)

 

[Chuck_M]

There also is the MicroTune feature for the new Specialized Turbo e-bikes. Learn how to adjust the assistance in micro steps. Observe the Range and Range Trend on the display as you ride. That will help you a lot.

Summary: the current 710 Wh Como 5.0 battery is really huge, and it will provide a big range provided the rider is ready to put some effort in the pedalling, and understands how the assistance works.

The micro-steps is very useful. That's how I discovered the IGH absorbs almost 20% of the battery.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

The micro-steps is very useful. That's how I discovered the IGH absorbs almost 20% of the battery.

An interesting observation! Would the IGH be so inefficient?
@Sefutau2020: That might explain your ordeal with the Vado IGH. You had a stronger motor on the IGH that on your chain Vado but...

 

[Chuck_M]

An interesting observation! Would the IGH be so inefficient?
@Sefutau2020: That might explain your ordeal with the Vado IGH. You had a stronger motor on the IGH that on your chain Vado but...

Yes, this manufacture of IGH has a documented drain on power. If you turn off the assist, you are lucky to move the bike. At a high cadence setting I couldn't move faster than walking.

 

[Chuck_M]

Specialised Ebike[AH1]

COMO 5​

Having bought a Specialised Como 5 Ebike from Ark Cycles, Brimscombe, Stroud, Gloucestershire, at a cost of £4500, in Feb 2023. It is proving, due to its very expensive batteries very limited endurance, proving to be a major disappointment.

[AH1]O 5

The riding modes can be adjusted to reduce power drain.
You can have, for example, 20% of the power from the motor and also reduce the motor output (amp) to 20%. On the como with will give you a "normal" feeling bike effort.
But if the (amps) are set at 100%, this will have the motor pushing 20% of the power, but amps at 100% of that usage.
So if you drop the settings to 20/20 or 50/50 you'll get more miles per charge. That's what the microtune settings are 10/10, 20/20 and so on.
I think my ECO mode is 20/40 which means I do 80% of the work, and the motor contributes 40% of its full power providing 20% of the load.