TomD
Well-Known Member
Not on a mid-drive! Chain breaks you are dead in the water throttle or no throttle.
Hence the need for a 70 pound bike with a rear hub and powerful battery.
Not on a mid-drive! Chain breaks you are dead in the water throttle or no throttle.
If it's throttle only, then that's a moped.My first ebike was a throttle only front wheel 1hp rated (1.2Kw actual) hub motor. It would spIn gravel off both the front and rear tires when I stood on the cranks and maxed the throttle. Fun, but the throlle got old. Our new PAS bikes, with 250W rated mid-drive motors, pull us up the same hills, without the sore thumbs. More fun![]()
@indianajo please be reasonable.The whole of European Union didn't defeat the USSR.
I take the photos with my advanced camera in the full Manual mode (ME, MF). Why? Because you can do photography better when you understand what you're doing.I remember when the cameras started coming with more and more auto settings and features on them, some old diehards didn't want or like it.
I take the photos with my advanced camera in the full Manual mode (ME, MF). Why? Because you can do photography better when you understand what you're doing.
Bosch, Brose, Yamaha, Shimano allow no throttle. I might ask why. Perhaps they understand the meaning of "cycling"?
The stretch began at the moment Indianajo started talking about the U.S. defeating the USSRComparing auto and manual settings on a camera to throttle and no throttle on an ebike is a real stretch.
You don't think ebikes should have throttles....don't buy one, and don't try and tell us that buying an ebike with a throttle means we don't know the meaning of cycling.
I don't understand why this throttle - no throttle topic is such a hot button issue.
If you don't want a throttle, buy a bike without one. If the bike you really like has a throttle, buy it and take the throttle off or simply don't use it.
A throttle is a tool. Either use it or don't. There is no reason to berate someone for his point of view.
I suspect it may be due more to government regulations than anything else.The stretch began at the moment Indianajo started talking about the U.S. defeating the USSR
Deacon, why the four largest mid-drive motors makers don't allow the throttle (but the Walk function exists)?
Who knows... Could be the same reason why some bikes don't engage PAS until after 1 or 2 pedal revolutions, to protect the motor. Or they don't have a throttle because of European regulations.Bosch, Brose, Yamaha, Shimano allow no throttle. I might ask why.