In Advanced Settings. In the main menu about 2/3 of the way down. It certainly does as advertsied. As soon as you put a little pressure on the pedals it spins the chainring enough to engage the rear then stops. Took all of the deadband out of my sidekick.
My e13 makes occasional clunk/engagement sounds. So turn this pre engagement feature on or off?
Yep. First adopters perform the r&d whether they like it or not.
The feature will engage the paw-pusher just like you would if you were pedaling. So a clunk would remain either way.
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it's not in the app on your phone, it's on the bike screen itself, in advanced settings
I don’t like this setting at all. I was riding a trail I’m not that familiar with that had a few small smaller drops (3 or 4 foot drops) so I was hitting them at a slower speed so I can see some of the landing before committing.it's not in the app on your phone, it's on the bike screen itself, in advanced settings
This bike has pedal kickback. When the rear wheel compresses, the pedals rotate say 15 degrees backwards however I like my feet leveled which engages the motor in this setting. Not fun having the motor kick in and propelling you forward during a drop. Mabe I need to try this again to confirm again. It could also be one of the sensitivity settings
You caught me mid edit... sounds like could be too fast pedal engagement? Or it's doing what it's supposed to and engaging the hub faster but like I pointed out a little inconsistently. I'll give it a closer look today myself and confirm what I'm thinking.
Dumonde Tech Pro helped quiet down the Sidekick engagement for me, but it's still there. The one advantage of the ochain is a very soft elastomer engagement but I'm sold on any kickback device, even with the clunk.
Based on the speed pre-engagement rotates the chainring I think your pedal stroke can outpace it and cancel out its effects. I'm going to pay closer attention to it today. Otherwise it's a very smart feature, might need refinement but that's why it's a test feature.
The dip in power is most noticeable based on the amount of torque being applied, it doesn't seem to matter what assists mode you're in.
Since your damage is more caused from debris being flung at it, I wonder if you could coat your new replacement bash guard with something like PlastiDip? To give the exterior a more rubbery surface for debris to bounce off. The obvious downside to this is a rubbery surface would get hung up when it made contact with an item that won’t move like a big rock or tree crossing…..which is what I encounter a lot.
Aluminum is no good for me. It would gouge into the jagged lava rock that I encountered constantly and get hung up. But for most people encountering smoother rocks, and down trees it would work well.The bash guard material couldn't be worse for the application. Seems like an easy fix, just mold it out of another material.
On my YT Decoy I ran one of these, probably the best way for the most protection.
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Those are small things overall. I tested it with a different (newer) motor and it’s a fair bit quieter than the last. The DJI has some big advantages over the rest of the market.
Truely. These are nothing burger problems if anything at all. They're starting to get out way off base factually. Gotta love the internets.
Dammit... now my Spectre will suck.
Don’t worry, mine too.
