Bosch is upgrading: The Performance Line CX e-bike motor from Bosch has received a notable torque upgrade from 60 to 75 Newton metres for 2016. The high torque of the new Bosch motor is available at almost any speed, enabling powerful acceleration from low speeds and when starting off on hills. In addition, the Bosch drive delivers its maximum torque up to a pedalling frequency of 80 pedal revolutions per minute. The drive is therefore specially tailored to the requirements of e-mountainbikes. Direct response behaviour and maximum support of 300 percent (Performance Line: 275 percent, Active Line: 225 percent) round off the new Performance CX drive.
More reach for 2016
E-mountainbikes should have as much range as possible. Bosch has therefore presented a large 500 Wh battery for the 2016 model year. Newly developed cells with a higher energy density make it possible to accommodate 25 per cent more capacity than the 400 Wh battery in the same housing. In addition, the 500 Wh battery is only slightly heavier than its little brother, the 400 watt-hour model. The range should increase noticeably with the upgrade. For e-MTBs, only the frame version of the new energy source makes sense.
eShift: electronic gear shifting
Electric shifting has been possible with Bosch drives in conjunction with Nuvinci and SRAM hub gears and the Shimano Di2 versions of the Alfine and Nexus since 2015.
The integration of the Shimano Di2 Alfine and Nexus hubs into the Bosch system has been expanded to include an "Auto Downshift" function: When the rider comes to a standstill at traffic lights, the system automatically shifts to a predefined starting gear. The rider can set this desired gear themselves or have it preset by a specialist dealer.
Bosch Nyon: Computer upgrade
The high-end Nyon computer from Bosch will not only be available for Performance Line drives in 2016, but also for Active Line motors. The Nyon computer will also be available as a retrofit kit from autumn 2015. A new feature is the topographical range calculation. It takes into account terrain parameters such as inclines or declines when calculating the remaining range for a programmed tour. Individual riding behaviour and the nature of the route are also taken into account. Multi-point navigation and the transfer of GPS data in GPX format to the device are now also possible. And to ensure that the Nyon's memory is not immediately full with larger map material, the device memory has been expanded to eight gigabytes.
