Noticed your average cadence is 48rpm. Soecialized has said that for their motors to operate efficiently its best to have a cadence of 75 rpm or more. Giant has not said anything that I have seen, but most likely the concept applies at least to some degree. Hope that helps out and congrats on...
My heart monitor shows I ride in the same heart rate zones. The e-bike is easier on the legs, so to give my legs the normal workout I go farther and push harder. My upper body now gets more tired due to the additional weight of the e-bike. Looks to me I have put on noticeably more upper body...
I am thinking of buying a 2022 Levo Comp Carbon. It is specified with a "Custom Rx Trail Tuned Motor" which is different from most other models. Is there really a difference? Below is a chart I made with specifications taken from the U.S. website.
I was curious how the battery charged over time so for a 625 Wh battery and a 800 Wh battery I took charge readings every 20 min. Both batteries were reading just above 10% before I started to charge.
From the readings it looks like the charge rate gradually decreases with time until its just...
A video by Vorsprung Suspension on shock durabililty might help explain what is happening.
Seems that trunion mounts (like used on the Reign) have almost no play and hence can have trouble accounting for frame misalignment. So with a trunnion mount any frame misalingment would be more...
Earlier in this thread I posted a photo showing the crack in my frame. Giant has since replaced the frame and I like the color better. The bike shop said they were told by Giant the replacement frame will not crack and if it does crack I will post here. The bike is running fantastic !
The 2023 Trance X and Trance X Advanced are now on the US website.
For each bike they show an availability which is Feb for the 2023 Trance X and Jan for the 2023 Trance X Advanced.
Prices look to have gone up $100-$200 but they have bigger batteries as noted earlier in this thread.
2023...
The 625Wh on my Reign limits me on about 1/2 my rides, and this is the one thing I would really like to fix. So when I saw the 800Wh on Giant Canada's site I put an order in and should get it in a few days.
The weight of the 625Wh is listed as 8.4lbs and the 800Wh is 9.7 lbs, so on a bike...
I can understand why your frustrated with the warranty process as I was as well, however it does not sound like your Reign is working normally. My Reign E+1 rattled until I tightened the lower shock bolt up so you could check that. It loosened a second time so I used a stronger Loctite and its...
Its a filler and paint issue which they are solving by going to a different welding process. Giant told me in writing it's a problem only with the filler and the bike is safe to ride until the replacement frame comes.
Its been about six weeks since I contacted my bike shop and five weeks since I posted a photo of my frame crack in this thread.
Today the bike shop responded in writing as follows. "Giant will replace your frame but say that it’s the paste that they put over the welds that cracked. It will...
Giant is still selling Reign E+ today. They should post a note on the website. "The frames on some Giant Reigns E+ are cracking. We don't know why or how to fix it. We could replace your current frame with another defective one, but they are out of stock. Our current strategy is to ignore...