What happens if you run a 27.5" speed calibration on 29er wheels

2WheelsNot4

E*POWAH Master
Oct 17, 2021
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Scotland
As in you calibrate it for 27.5" wheels, but instead of fitting 27.5" wheels, you keep the 29ers on it.

Do you go faster ?
I would think the sensor setting would measure the 29er or 27.5er as diameter, revolutions etc to calculate the speed. X number of times the magnet passes the sensor type of thing, as not all are linked into the phone/bluetooth GPS. So it has to measure its speed somehow.
 

Brent8275

Member
May 28, 2021
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Auckland
You'll go faster, however the speedo will be incorrect (shimano has a correction factor you can apply to the display to adjust this however)

I suspect that mine is calibrated for 29 but I only have a 27. 5 so my max assistance true GPS speed is just over 28km/hr.
 

urastus

⚡The Whippet⚡
May 4, 2020
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Tasmania
Assistance will stop sooner. You will
shimano has a correction factor you can apply to the display to adjust this however
+ or - 5%. Note; it only changes the displayed speed by -5 or +5%. If you choose -5% assistance will stop at 23.75km/h (if limited to 25km/h). This change won't be reflected in the logged speeds and distances etc.

Also the odometer will be out of whack with the 29" wheels - it will record less km than those travelled. Only an issue if you use the odo for service intervals (as I do). An equation could be easily figured out to find what the real distance travelled is, although my bike is not correct anyway - it records faster than I'm actually going and therefore also records more kms travelled.
 

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