@Brandane that looks good. I was checking out Merida e-bikes the other day.
How do you feel about the Mahle battery and motor? Iirc, Mahle supplies battery equient to the motor industry so my guess is they are good but I have not heard about them in the bike industry.
I like the idea of a lighter e-bike like your Merida. Is it alright on the hills?
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@mustang1 .... as you will appreciate, I have only had the bike 3 days, and so far done about 75 miles on it, so really just getting acquainted with the bike.
First impressions are really good. It has 3 levels of assistance, and using the Mahle app you can personalise the percentage of assistance each level gives you. I currently have mine set at 40, 60, and 80%. I have covered a variety of terrain, including some hills. To compare to my normal road bike (another Merida, carbon framed Ride 4000 model), my route to work over a long and steep climb takes about 1 hour 40 mins... on the ebike in Saturday, into a strong easterly wind, it took me 1 hour 25 mins...
As I said, it's early days, but so far no complaints. After the 52 mile, 726 metres of climbing yesterday, the app was telling me I still had 54% of the battery charge remaining. Admittedly, I was keeping assist level as low as I was comfortable with, to preserve battery, as I had no real idea what the range was going to be.
The operation of the motor really surprised me. It is pretty much silent in operation, and you are not aware of when it kicks in or cuts out at the 15 mph assist limit. Very smooth and unobtrusive.
Even the weight of the bike, officially 14 kg I think, is hardly noticeable. Lifting it, it feels no more heavy than my alloy framed MTB.. so if the battery WAS to run out of charge, it's not going to be a huge problem to ride home.
Safe to say that so far, I am very happy with the bike
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