Which drive systems allow you to 'feather in' the throttle up to 20 mph?

[DashRiprock]

I'm starting this thread because I in all honesty missed this information myself when attempting to educate myself with the two TranzX systems that we purchased on our IZIP Peak and Dash. What I thankfully found out later is that one can use the throttle on both drives to boost your pedal assist up to 20 mph...anytime.

I may be one of the few who value this feature as much as I do the initial throttle available to simply get you moving (limited to 6 mph)...yet I'm wondering if any future considerations will be limited in this respect due to this desire (actually addiction) for these two features.

I seem to remember a German guy on some ebike video (with Court?) bragging about how at least 'they' believe that throttle and pedal assist should be separate and certainly never combined.

 

[Chris Nolte]

The video you were speaking of was with Grace at Interbike.

Most Currie bikes including the Zuma, Metro and eFlow have this feature. The new Pedego Interceptor II's have this feature, I'm not sure about the rest of the line, it's a running update and I imagine it will carry over to the City Commuter, but I'll ask at Don later this week at Eurobike.

Easy Motion does not, I believe the largest volume of EM bikes are sold in Europe without the throttle. The early versions had no throttle too, we had them when we started with them several years ago. They had the Cross, the Xtreme and the City.

I'll have to check the A2B Alva+, but I think it has this ability.

Let me know if you want me to check any specific bikes at either of the two shows, Eurobike or Interbike. I think it is a cool feature, maybe I can add it to the specification list for the bikes on my site.

 

[DashRiprock]

Thanks for sharing and offering to check any specific bikes at the shows. Maybe it would be easier for me to simply track the manufacturer(s) of these type drives over time who obviously value this feature as a significant selling point (perhaps TranzX dominates this segment; I have no idea).
When I (finally) discovered that our Peak mountain bike had that extra power on tap (continuously) in tandem with the mid-drive (increased) torque...it changed my view drastically of what an ebike (of any type) with this setup can accomplish; especially with a novice at the controls. I'm going to be surprised if few other manufacturers or retailers offer it here in the states.

 

[Bike_On]

The video you were speaking of was with Grace at Interbike.

Most Currie bikes including the Zuma, Metro and eFlow have this feature. The new Pedego Interceptor II's have this feature, I'm not sure about the rest of the line, it's a running update and I imagine it will carry over to the City Commuter, but I'll ask at Don later this week at Eurobike.

Easy Motion does not, I believe the largest volume of EM bikes are sold in Europe without the throttle. The early versions had no throttle too, we had them when we started with them several years ago. They had the Cross, the Xtreme and the City.

I'll have to check the A2B Alva+, but I think it has this ability.

Let me know if you want me to check any specific bikes at either of the two shows, Eurobike or Interbike. I think it is a cool feature, maybe I can add it to the specification list for the bikes on my site.

I think the Optibike Pioneer and City have both full throttle and PAS options. Falco syatem have both, if requested.

 

[DashRiprock]

Thanks...it'll be a lot easier (thanks to the two of you) to link this post and give folks a range of models to choose from should they decide that this feature is important to them.