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Old 04-10-07, 03:39 PM
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Zeuser
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East Hill: I'll weigh it when I get home. I estimate under 20 lbs. I think it's 9lbs for the motor and 8lbs for the battery. The rest is just the normal bike weight. The Bionx is one of the lightest useable systems I know of. Sure there are lighter, just not as useable.

Andrew: Yes! If you press the "-G" button and go to G4 (maximum regenerate) it'll stop the bike pretty fast. But the Bionx system comes with a magnetic brake switch (I'll take a pic of that and post it) so that just when you want to slow down you press the rear brake lever just a bit to engage the regen before the brake pad starts to rub.

But you have to start braking from further away since it doesn't convert the kenetic energy fast enough compared to using the real brakes.

But if you start eBraking early you can pull it down to a full stop on a flat surface. eBraking seems to be a lower level regen than G4. Probably G2. I'll have to run tests to find out exactly which regen mode the eBrake is using.
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