Hybrid bikes boast technology BH Emotion
If usual when talking about electric bikes is to look to Japan, specifically to the Sanyo Eneloop, Spain also have good developments in the field of hybrid bikes.
The BH Emotion is a reference and boast technology to make the engine help us on the pedal and not only to push. What they call pedal assistance. Panasonic puts technology.
Emotion BH, hybrid bikes pedaling to help us
The idea that many consumers have of electric bikes is that they take you from one place to another. But the ideal is that such support is present even when pedaling to help us and lead us not only from one side to another.
The system of the latest bikes BH, called E-Motion, goes even further. His pedal assistance system allows the user to experience an immediate boost in each pedal stroke. To achieve this with Panasonic technology.
The basis of the performance of these bikes BH E-Motion are:
* IBS (Integrated Bottom Bracket System) that optimizes the balance of the additional weight of the electrical components by integrating the engine control unit and the torque sensor (the one who reads the force exerted on the pedal by the user) a compact unit next to the pedals. In this configuration the engine exerts force directly on the chain to simulate a constant pedaling, while the battery is hidden from view in the rear wheel, helping to place the center of gravity in a central position and low.
* FDS System (Front Drive System) that incorporates the engine in the front wheel axle and the torque sensor in the area of the pedal to motor traction is exerted directly on the front wheel. This system is precisely what allows the regeneration during braking, using the momentum to recharge the battery.
We can tell you how much we want to help the engine
Something we like a lot of these models is the amount of BH modes of assistance available. In total there are six selectable modes of assistance progressive individual with an increase of 30% attendance. If we wish, we can choose to completely override the engine and then the BH E-Motion classic function as a bicycle, without resistance from the electrical part. Yes, the extra weight of about 6 kilograms no one takes us.
The control center of the technology included in these bikes we have in BH on a screen where you see the speed, time, distance, battery, lights, and of course the control of the six modes of assistance.
These bikes allow us to activate the pedal assistance once under way, although we do ourselves and is a time when we have to look at the screen. It would be nice that such assistance could be automated somehow. For the curious, when we stop at a traffic light for example, there is no danger that the bike forward as the engine comes into play only when pedaling.
With regard to autonomy, lithium ion batteries and Panasonic puts in Eco-mode, ie, with minimal assistance from the engine reaches a remarkable 105 km, which are reduced to the Normal mode On 65-80 km the battery, is 80% complete in 1.5 hours.
Something that we really like BH’s proposal is the design of bicycles, which were it not for the engine, we would realize that they are hybrids. There are also series for the city, mountain and road, but I fear that keep them competitive. Another year without being able to go to the Tour de France.
