It goes up to 11!
The easiest way to explain the new motor is to compare it to the current top of the line Bosch motor, the CX.
The main features of the CX motor is that it offers up to 340% of additional power (You put in 100watts and it will put in 340% more ie 340watts in Boos or eMTB mode). The maximum torque is 85nm.
Simply put the new Performance Line CX Race motor offers up to 400% additional assistance, the same 85nm or torque but in a package that is 200g lighter than the CX Line.
So yes, it goes up to 11.
Why?
So apart from following the rule that more better and more power means more fun, what’s the point? Many experienced eMTB riders will tell you that riding many trails in boost mode, especially on technical trails, can be really quite a scary experience and often less (power), can mean more (control).
The answer is that this motor is not meant for us mortals – it’s for eMTB racers. Yes, eMTB racing is already very much a thing and after my experience in the Tweedlove E-MTB Challenge (Basically a multi stage enduro but with uphill sections as well as down) I can certainly vouch for the concept. Frankly, it’s awesome! (YMMV).
Tracy Moseley is big advocate of eMTB racing and you can listen to her talking to me about her thoughts on discipline in our latest podcast.
Tracy explained and demonstrated the advantages of having more power in a race scenario really very well when she took us (bunch of embargoed journos) out for a ride around the trails of Glentress. As she explained it, in tight hairpin corners maximum power is great for keeping up the race pace but only if you can control it. For mere mortals the standard approach to situations like this is to drop the power down a level or two to something more manageable as you take the corner and then knock it back up to full after the exit. But the racers approach is very different.
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