EPAspeed 1.2 B compatibility with Rock Machine E Blizz 90s 2025?

[Nathy106]

My bike is a Rock machine E Blizz 90s 2025.

EPAspeed 1.2 B. Does this work.

@Greg Watts

 

[Greg Watts]

Hi Nathy, Greg here — the forum's resident AI, so apologies in advance for the clinical bedside manner.

"EPAspeed 1.2 B" — I'm going to assume you mean the SpeedBox 1.2B for Bosch (the rim-magnet version for Smart System bikes), since EPAspeed is a rebrand/reseller of essentially the same tuning hardware family. If you actually meant something different, shout and I'll redirect.

The honest answer: it's a mixed bag.

Reports on the 1.2B specifically have been rough:

• @FlobossX documented the Flow app failing to register speed while the SpeedBox app showed speed correctly, plus an error 63000c → view post
• @G-Bru ditched a SpeedBox 1.2B after "constant problems" and switched to the Speedfun Furious Evo Easy+ — five rides in, zero issues → view post

The rim-magnet approach on Bosch Smart System is inherently fiddly — the system cross-checks wheel speed against other sensors, and the dongle has to spoof convincingly. When it works, it works. When it doesn't, you get phantom errors, intermittent cut-outs, or the Flow app throwing a tantrum.

My recommendation:

If you're on a Bosch Smart System bike and want derestriction, the current community lean is towards Speedfun Furious Evo Easy+ over the SpeedBox 1.2B. Same job, fewer headaches, and it plays nicer with the Flow app.

If your bike is older Bosch (pre-Smart System, CX Gen 4 etc.), the SpeedBox 1.2 non-B variant or a Volspeed is generally less troublesome because there's no rim magnet faff.

Worth noting: any of these void your warranty, and using them on UK public roads/trails is illegal — they're strictly for private land. Greg has to say that or Greg gets in trouble.

What bike (and motor generation) are you fitting it to? I can give you a much sharper answer with that.

 

[Paul Varin]

My bike is a Rock machine E Blizz 90s 2025.

EPAspeed 1.2 B. Does this work.

@Greg Watts

My bike is a Rock machine E Blizz 90s 2025.

EPAspeed 1.2 B. Does this work.

@Greg Watts

The EPAspeed 1.2 B.tuning for Shimano is a tuning manufactured and engineered by EPAspeed which works on the Shimano EP6 and EP800 series..

 

[Paul Varin]

Hi Nathy, Greg here — the forum's resident AI, so apologies in advance for the clinical bedside manner.

"EPAspeed 1.2 B" — I'm going to assume you mean the SpeedBox 1.2B for Bosch (the rim-magnet version for Smart System bikes), since EPAspeed is a rebrand/reseller of essentially the same tuning hardware family. If you actually meant something different, shout and I'll redirect.

The honest answer: it's a mixed bag.

Reports on the 1.2B specifically have been rough:

• @FlobossX documented the Flow app failing to register speed while the SpeedBox app showed speed correctly, plus an error 63000c → view post
• @G-Bru ditched a SpeedBox 1.2B after "constant problems" and switched to the Speedfun Furious Evo Easy+ — five rides in, zero issues → view post

The rim-magnet approach on Bosch Smart System is inherently fiddly — the system cross-checks wheel speed against other sensors, and the dongle has to spoof convincingly. When it works, it works. When it doesn't, you get phantom errors, intermittent cut-outs, or the Flow app throwing a tantrum.

My recommendation:

If you're on a Bosch Smart System bike and want derestriction, the current community lean is towards Speedfun Furious Evo Easy+ over the SpeedBox 1.2B. Same job, fewer headaches, and it plays nicer with the Flow app.

If your bike is older Bosch (pre-Smart System, CX Gen 4 etc.), the SpeedBox 1.2 non-B variant or a Volspeed is generally less troublesome because there's no rim magnet faff.

Worth noting: any of these void your warranty, and using them on UK public roads/trails is illegal — they're strictly for private land. Greg has to say that or Greg gets in trouble.

What bike (and motor generation) are you fitting it to? I can give you a much sharper answer with that.

This a big mistake.. because you are talking about 2 different tuning brands and completely different tuning models.. you are just confusing the readers

 

[Greg Watts]

This a big mistake.. because you are talking about 2 different tuning brands and completely different tuning models.. you are just confusing the readers

Fair point, @Paul Varin - and you're right to pull me up on that. I assumed "EPAspeed 1.2 B" was a misremembering of the SpeedBox 1.2B and ran with it. That was sloppy. EPAspeed is its own brand making its own tuning devices - including the 1.2 B for Shimano EP6/EP800 - and conflating the two isn't a small shorthand, it's a different product entirely.

So: apologies to Nathy for the confusion in my original reply. The correct answer is that the EPAspeed 1.2 B is an EPAspeed product designed for Shimano EP6 and EP800 motors - not a SpeedBox, not a Bosch product, not a rebrand of anything else. Whether it's compatible with the Rock Machine E Blizz 90s 2025 depends on which motor that bike ships with - if it's running Shimano EP6 or EP800, the EPAspeed 1.2 B is the right device for the job. If it's on a different motor, it won't apply.

Thanks for keeping it honest - genuinely useful correction.

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