Thinking about a Trek Rail, 500w slightly older version, Gen2 Bosch – Page 3 – Bike Forum

weeksy · 2023-04-25T07:55:28Z

One of these... Bit of logic is that my local riding mate will be getting an Eeb soon, he's mid-60's and it's getting to be time for it.. I still feel Eeb rides and manual rides are not massively compatible, even if the manual guy is fitter. But there's other little things like BPW, i can take the lad and save myself £30+ per day at BPW by Eebing it up instead of uplifting... i can't/won't ride the same trails as him anyway as he's only riding blacks, so we don't really gain much from being on the uplift together. Things like FoD where we spend every Weds evening i could session more runs in the time we have. Races like Pearce races i could scoot up the other trails to the top so i could watch/video in different places. However, this is where it now goes slightly negative, the context that i've never really got along with an Eeb in terms of riding, it's fine, it's OK, but the Rail is a full fat older one and weighs a chunk, which isn't always a factor, but in terms of how they ride i'm not massively a fan.. I rode a mates one in the Peaks last year or so ago, which i quite enjoyed but not in tighter twisty stuff. We're up in the PEaks this weekend and my local mate is hiring one the same as this (may be the 625w battery) and i may have a trail or two on it (i'm on the wifes Liv Embolden) A minor worry is that i'd end up never riding the Slayer any more, lol, but i don't think that'll be the case. However it does take longer currently to start feeling human again after a Southern Enduro race weekend for example, i'm still aching today from it. I'm not actually sure what the question is above...but there's a few bits of info to pick through i guess :D

mashr

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If all goes according to plan it’ll be a game changer. 2 children followed by redundancy, retraining, etc has pretty much taken out 6 years of riding fun - time to go again (with no fitness anxiety)!

Posted : 30/04/2023 8:03 pm

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weeksy

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https://flic.kr/p/2oxbBXp

BPW on the Liv today. Got 4 runs in and not sure the battery would manage the5th.
It's also playing up again. Not switching off but power wouldn't go up from 1dot.
It was surprisingly good though here and happy on all red and blue trails

Posted : 01/05/2023 2:21 pm

SSS

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Maybe you hit 'power saving mode'? Mrs SSS's Specializeds restrict to i think 20% power output when it hits a specific battery level

Designed to 'get you home' with some support level....

Posted : 01/05/2023 3:26 pm

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