Poor gear ratio
I just bought a new e-bike with a Shimano steps E8000 engine. I know the motor cuts out at 25km/h, but it feels like I don't have the necessary gears to push the bike much past 32km/h using muscle power. When I approach that speed on a flat surface it feels like my cadence is just too high and it becomes really difficult to go faster. Like my legs are just spinning with little resistance. The front chainring is a 38T and the cassette is a 11-36 (9-speed). This is really disappointing. Have anyone else experienced something like this? Is there something I can do or try? I've noticed that Bosch generally have really small front chainrings. Is it even possible to use brute force to push those bikes much past their engine cut-off speed?