Originally Posted by
chas58
I'm don't know that I have seen anyone use the terms quite the way you do, but the concept is not new.
Well, I have a throttle, and I'm stronger than the motor, so I'm gonna say its assisted. :-)
E-assist is more about the power.
Much Above 250 watts, and the motor will easily out-power you, Pedal or no, its more like a moped. In the 250 watt range, it's more like pedal assist.
Yes I'm sure people can look at it differently. Yes the motor can easily out power me if I set the level high enough, but you can have a 1,000w motor and it can still be said it is assisting you if the PAS is set to 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, of whatever YOU ARE PUTTING INTO PEDALLING EFFORT after that, the motor is doing most of the work, so it's not assisting any more but doing... And what ever amount of pedalling one does is assisting the motor...