Hi All, first time poster here, new 9.8XT owner.
Did my first two rides over the weekend, both around 32km's no issues, bike felt good. Only noises from the motor being a healthy barely audible whine / whirring while pedalling silently uphill and a slight "lugging" sound when you get your gearing horribly wrong and ask too much at low cadence. Totally normal, cars motorbikes and other ebikes do the same.
However this morning I hopped on for a quick ride, set off from the house, turned the assist to Eco and while pedalling down the road at a normal relaxed cadence (85ish) and speed (20+km/h) the assist starts to feel inconsistent as if its cutting out and coming back on. After the cut and power comes back on there was also a strange low growling noise like reported in the "TQ HPR50 Grinding Thread"
Tested in Trail mode and no different. I did wash the bike on Sunday, but upright and only with extremely low tap water pressure and bucket and brush, checked battery to motor connector to be safe and there is no issue with water ingress there.
Anyone else had these symptoms? Read a lot about the noises and software upgrades, but can't find info on the support inconsistency.
Thanks