Sure, if you have already got a current ebike powered by the highest Shimano EP801 motor, now you can get the most recent Race Mode tune over-the-air by merely updating your firmware of their E-Tube app. Sooner ramp as much as the max 400% help. Customizable help cutoff really feel on the max velocity. And most significantly, prolonged overrun for Uninterrupted Energy Supply as you momentarily cease pedaling via the roughest terrain.
High-quality-tuned on the professional e-enduro circuit, now the Shimano eMTB Race Mode improve is as simple as connecting your smartphone to your ebike…
Shimano EP801 ebike Race Mode over-the-air improve
The Race Mode firmware tune isn’t fully new. We already knew about it this previous summer time. It promised “thrilling new options and extra customization choices that can assist you increase your race speeds and preserve the momentum rolling longer via techy terrain“.
And in the event you already had an EP801-equipped ebike on the finish of June, you could possibly have taken it into your native bikeshop to have them replace the firmware. However let’s be trustworthy, what number of of you truly did that? How many individuals take their already practical bikes into the store for service in the midst of the driving season, even when there was a promise of some incremental efficiency enchancment?
Yeah, that’s what I assumed.
However now you may improve your individual ebike from the consolation of your individual dwelling. I simply up to date the E-Tube Venture Bike owner app on my telephone (only for clarification, it’s merely referred to as E-Tube on my iPhone) and up to date my very own firmware in about quarter-hour. It most likely took longer as a result of I had a horrible WiFi sign in my storage.
However that’s it. Straightforward peasy, lemon squeezy.
Can I simply say that one among my favourite issues about electronics (once they work like I would like) is free over-the-air updates that give me new or improved performance!
What’s truly new?
Larger Increase Mode help stage.
Peak energy continues to be 600W, max torque continues to be 85Nm, and max help continues to be 400%. However the race mode tune means a steeper curve to get to these peak ranges, so that you get the utmost energy out of the motor a lot sooner within the tuned Increase mode.
Adjustable max velocity cutoff development.
Usually, Shimano easily transitions their motor’s pedal help energy off because it approaches its max velocity restrict (25km/h for my ebikes in Europe). However which means you sacrifice a little bit energy on the finish to achieve a pure and cozy really feel. However now, if you need, you may set the motor to go full gasoline to the restrict to eke out additional seconds of max energy, and take care of an abrupt drop in energy as you hit the velocity limiter. Your selection – Pure, Center, or Aggressive in every help mode. I would favor pure, however many will like the center mode, too.
Prolonged pedal-assist carry-over or overrun.
This one is the largest deal. Identical to Bosch’s CX Race motor has prolonged overrun, now Shimano EP801 riders get some additional customizable energy after they cease pedaling for a second. Choose from 3 ranges Quick (the identical as earlier than), Center & Lengthy utilized to all help modes. Lengthy appears to be almost akin to the Bosch model, giving a couple of second of prolonged help energy.
Curiously, backpedaling on the Shimano motor cancels its ‘carry-over’ or overrun, which had existed to a minor diploma in Increase mode already since EP801’s debut. However whereas that initially saved you from having the ability to ratchet the pedals via actually tough sections, now these longer overruns are usually not so simply canceled by backpedaling, giving it way more usability, and making it a greater head-to-head competitor with Bosch CX Race.
There’s additionally the identical AutoShift updates that we previewed again in the summertime, once more developed with Yeti-Shimano EP Racing’s Mick Hannah to provide the most recent EP801 eMTBs extra of a race-tuned really feel.
Shimano EP801 Race tune availability
“The brand new firmware is accessible to all EP801 bike house owners and is now free to use utilizing Shimano’s E-TUBE Venture Bike owner smartphone app (Model 5.3.2).” The over-the-air replace is accessible via the E-Tube app on both iOS or Android, giving ebike riders extra management over their eMTB and extra of a racing really feel to their ebike driving.
