There is some illustration of my earlier point here. The Bosch Gen 4 CX can actually push out 600 watts at 70 rpm - which is several times the power that one might expect an ordinary rider to be able to generate - but the motor is rated at 250 watts. Smoke, mirrors and marketing …deliquium wrote: ↑29 Mar 2024, 4:04pmBonefishblues wrote: ↑29 Mar 2024, 3:50pm 23 pages and some hundreds of posts later is the answer yes? Asking for a cyclist
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Recently I added a 250w German 'panzer like' Cube Reaction Pro bike with a Bosch Gen 4 CX 85Nm motor and a 625W battery to the Deliquium stable. It's scarily powerful, in fact I've dialled down the power available. It will get me up the Llanberis Pass without a bead of perspiration being created.
So to my mind YES, 250w is plenty for steep hills.
My other e-bike has a 50Nm Fazua motor - and that too help me climb the Welsh hills, but requires somewhat more effort on my part - but still makes it easy
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