Originally Posted by
Dunbar
What I meant was that the 500-550W of the Bosch Systems is not enough power to cruise at 28mph most of the time. If you have a tailwind or slight decline it’s possible to hit 28mph (the bike will allow it) but basic physics tells you it’s not enough power to cruise at 28mph in typical conditions. Also, as battery voltage drops, so does the output of the motor. So if you start out at 500-550W you end up with 100-150W less power as the battery depletes.
And yet my first hand experience riding many s-ped Bosch bikes contradicts this. So bringing up the old "basic physics" is all well and good, but if that doesn't reflect real world use, then clearly it's not really that basic, with many other factors at play.