“Do your rides not last as long as they used to? Are your riding partners disappointed in your decreased endurance? Perhaps you are experiencing something called Premature Electro-depletion. Our councilors here in the Range Anxiety Forum can help with a wide range of practical advice, biased opinions, cheerful empathy, and mild mockery. We can help talk you down from your precipice of inadequacy, and point out the fun you will have in your thrilling (albeit brief) riding activities. We can also offer sound advice on good techniques to lengthen your stay in the saddle by practicing good self control and achieving zen-like oneness with you and your equipment, not focusing on the final climactic destination but just enjoying the pleasant ride. We can also offer suggestions on equipment and other battery-powered devices to help enhance the enjoyment for both you and your riding partners in the event of premature depletion. Everyone can still have fun (at least in the short term!) It’s not the length of the ride, it’s the charge you get while getting there. We’re here to help.”
A safe space, member-only, where nobody would critique your bike for its... shortcomings. Then, in that sub-forum, we could also share what the best antidepressant drugs are that help to cope with this type of anxiety.
BWAAAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!!! that's hilarious dude, well written!
what kind of generator are you using?
A preditor 8750
It is very dependent on what you are riding on. I would guess we are a similar riders. I can get about 24 miles at race pace in map 1. So left in map one exclusively and riding it like a 125. This is up here in wny though. If I ride in any other map it drastically reduces that estimate. For example past weekend I did 12 miles and had about 25% charge left, average speed was 19 mph or so. It was a little muddy and I was using all maps. Rewind to July and I was competing in the 24hr race and was able to get close to 24 miles in map 1 at race pace in extremely wet conditions. Interestingly it wasn't very loamy for that race though so traction was actually not terrible. I have fully depleted my battery in 16 miles before doing race pace in loamy dirt. I imagine sand is similar in repsects to sucking the battery down. I find the Alta is the best for Moto. It handles really well doing Enduro stuff but it just doesn't last super long unless you leave it in map one and don't go balls to the wall. If I am riding with a group and we aren't going super fast I can get 30ish miles out of it here in wny.
I've gone on trail rides with groups for hours no problem (different maps & elevation). I've done an hour long woods race in map 2 with slick conditions & had 30% left. 30min JDay at Southwick all map 2 in woods & map 4 on moto track & had 50% left no problem. Not everyone is goosing it and wasting battery through the woods & as long as you're mindful of it, it's great. Yeah sand will drag it down and waste more, but a lot of us don't really have to deal with that
Yeah you pretty much described me, ha ha. I also wonder though about the battery status itself. The guy I bought it from left it sitting for like 2 years on 100% charge and I'm sure that wasn't great for it...
From my research the irreversible calendar/storage loss isn't that much, maybe 2 %/year. SOC storage voltage doesn't change things much, however, it's much more dangerous from a safety standpoint at higher voltages should some cell decide to short. Storage temperature does make a difference and can potentially double the loss over time. Now you could be talking a 10% loss over two years. I have spare packs that have been sitting for about the same period and haven't noticed any significant capacity loss. However, I monitor them and look for P groups that show atypical voltages relative to the others. If your pack had any cells that self discharged and subsequently stored for weeks at low voltage they could have been damaged. I would expect to see the bike throw one or two codes if this were the case, however. Your display and/or SOC algorithms might be corrupted as well giving you false information. Multitool can help troubleshoot your pack if you feel there's an issue.
