Ravi Kempaiah
Well-Known Member
- Region
- Canada
- City
- Halifax
This video has been floating around the internet for couple of weeks and I have really begun the appreciate the e-assistance more after watching this.
Here, a World champion sprinter is made to power a bread toaster via a stationary bike. Normal bread toasters work at ~700W and an elite athlete like Robert can only keep up that wattage for a few minutes. It is far easier to sustain 350W for prolonged periods. from the video, it takes 21Whr to toast a bread slice. A normal battery pack on an ebike carries ~400 Whr (so, 1/20'th )
Putting that into context, 350W motor (nominal) can help you with additional 350W (yeah, that is 1/2 Robert)!! Even though an Easy Motion motor is rated at 350W, it won't put out 350W always (e.g: in ECO mode) But in higher assist levels or full throttle, you're getting more / close to the peak output value.
So riding such a bike = having half Robert on your side
Really enjoyed watching this video and it's an excellent demonstration of how much assist we are getting.
Here, a World champion sprinter is made to power a bread toaster via a stationary bike. Normal bread toasters work at ~700W and an elite athlete like Robert can only keep up that wattage for a few minutes. It is far easier to sustain 350W for prolonged periods. from the video, it takes 21Whr to toast a bread slice. A normal battery pack on an ebike carries ~400 Whr (so, 1/20'th )
Putting that into context, 350W motor (nominal) can help you with additional 350W (yeah, that is 1/2 Robert)!! Even though an Easy Motion motor is rated at 350W, it won't put out 350W always (e.g: in ECO mode) But in higher assist levels or full throttle, you're getting more / close to the peak output value.
So riding such a bike = having half Robert on your side
Really enjoyed watching this video and it's an excellent demonstration of how much assist we are getting.
