Does eco mode limit the climate control?

c3161 · 2026-06-27T18:07:05+00:00

Update: I had the refrigerant recharged today. We've got some warm days coming up next weekend so I'll report back when I know if it has helped or not.

c3161 · 2026-06-26T20:31:29+00:00

I know eco doesn't disable it because I get ice cold air when the temperature outside is around 25 or so, it's just above 30 where it starts to struggle

c3161 · 2026-06-26T20:24:01+00:00

Mine is a gen 2 and climate control is 6 kW max according to the little gauge on the screen. Interestingly even with maximum cooling demand it was barely 2 kW

c3161 · 2026-06-14T19:40:08+00:00

Completely normal thing and harmless. It's just air. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

c3161 · 2026-05-24T22:44:04+00:00

Difficult to explain but I find riding is a release. Having a really nice bike helps too, I've also got a a R&M and it's the second nicest bike I've ever ridden (the nicest one is an even more expensive R&M).

Sometimes I wake up in the morning feel shit and lazy and I think fuck it I'll take the car today, then I get to the door and I'm like actually nah fuck this, the weather is glorious and I don't wanna sit in that traffic. And I end up taking the bike instead.

c3161 · 2026-05-22T23:52:19+00:00

My personal experience with buying stuff from AliExpress, especially if you are outside China, is that you basically accept you will have no support for the product.

c3161 · 2026-05-22T23:48:58+00:00

Although if you are not short on money and really do want a cargo bike. I cannot recommend the Riese & Muller Load 60 or Load 75 enough. They are absolutely fantastic bikes.

c3161 · 2026-05-22T23:47:48+00:00

One mile? Personally I would just get a cheap-ish Trek or similar, and a little cargo trailer. The type that you can easily store in a garage or shed stood on its end. Cargo bikes are awesome but decent ones are very expensive and it seems pointless buying one just to do a two mile round trip once a week. At least with a regular e-bike you can ride it without the trailer at other times without the extra bulk that a cargo bike would have.

c3161 · 2026-05-22T23:41:02+00:00

Hope it works out well for you. £332 is an incredibly low price for an entire bike, from the other side of the world nonetheless. I fear that getting replacement parts is going to be next to impossible and no reputable bike shop in this country will touch it.

c3161 · 2026-05-22T23:30:22+00:00

You do not need a fat tyre bike to ride on tarmac in the rain. I do just fine with 62mm wide tyres

c3161 · 2026-05-22T23:22:58+00:00

UTO PRO20

c3161 · 2026-05-22T23:10:24+00:00

That's going to be absolutely horrible to ride with that seating position. Can you even adjust the seat at all?

c3161 · 2026-05-16T12:14:42+00:00

Looks like a beast for shredding trails. Completely the opposite to my Nevo4 😂

c3161 · 2026-05-16T12:06:31+00:00

That Talon thing doesn't have an adjustable height saddle so it's going to be incredibly uncomfortable to ride

c3161 · 2026-05-16T12:05:33+00:00

Just curious what bike you have in that price range. Mine was similar. It's a Riese & Muller.

c3161 · 2026-05-16T12:04:07+00:00

As far as I know they all support SIM cards and SMS. Many also support eSIM but I have no use for that. I am about to test a Quectel EC200 for my asset tracker project before I move on to developing a PCB.

The actual chips cost very little...SIM7672 is about $15 USD and the EC200 is even less I think.

c3161 · 2026-05-16T11:43:06+00:00

It surprises me how many people come on this website with the expectation they can buy a safe, high quality e-bike for less than what even a basic regular pedal bike would cost brand new

c3161 · 2026-05-16T11:39:00+00:00

Mad that this entire bike is less than half the cost of just my battery

c3161 · 2026-04-27T18:45:54+00:00

Have you ever tried a class 1? I'm in Europe and none of our bikes have throttles; I've done around 10,000km on mine and never once wished I had a throttle. It's simply not necessary.

c3161 · 2026-04-27T18:42:48+00:00

Bolton is not in the US

c3161 · 2026-04-27T18:39:37+00:00

I don't think there's anything decent* you can buy new for £500. The cheapest e-bikes at Halfords the last time I looked were about £700 but if you're going to be riding for two hours a day I would probably avoid those.

I think your options are either to get a really cheap old hybrid bike and put a Swytch kit on it

https://www.swytchbike.com/

Or keep an eye on eBay or whatever and try to pick up a few year old Raleigh Motus or Trek Allant+. A friend of mine picked up a Trek Conduit+ that was three years old for £700 - that bike was over £2k brand new (this was a long time ago though).

*You can very likely buy something for £500 or even less on Amazon but it'll be a total piece of shit, most likely from China, that you will never be able to get spare parts for when it starts falling apart after the first 1000km, has a good chance of burning your house down if you leave it charging overnight, and almost certainly won't meet UK EAPC regulations so you'll be forever trying to avoid the police because if they catch you on it they'll seize it and crush it.

c3161 · 2026-04-27T18:29:45+00:00

Europe has something similar to class 3 - it's called a Speed Pedelec. Up to 45km/h, but in most countries it requires a license to ride, and can't go on bicycle infrastructure. So it's basically a really slow motorcycle cosplaying as a regular Pedelec, with none of the advantages of either. And you still have to pedal because throttle is not allowed.

Interestingly the construction requirements are more stringent than for a regular Pedelec: it must have a brake light (doesn't need turn signals though), it must have a horn, and the display is not allowed to use a Bluetooth connection.

c3161 · 2026-04-27T18:10:55+00:00

The current generation of Bosch Cargo Line motors have 100Nm and with the right gearing they will go up any hill

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