This is all good stuff, but with more technology comes even more problems that require troubleshooting – the right blinker never worked, despite unscrewing the Allen bolt on the end of the handlebar and checking the turn-signal harness plug for damage to the pin, which seemed fine.
An additional safety feature, sold separately, is a rearview radar ($100) that can attach to the back of the built-in rack and detect cars in the bike’s blind spot. When a car is approaching within 230 feet of the bike, it sends a sound, light and onscreen alert. There is a place in the app to change the radar sensitivity, but still, the radar does not illuminate every oncoming car, so it is always necessary to ride with full awareness. Segway promises 97 percent accuracy.
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Photograph: Stephanie Pearson
Safety is paramount, but perhaps what makes a bike safer than any gadget is one that is smooth and comfortable to ride. At 72.75 pounds, 85 Nm of maximum torque, and a rear-hub, 500-watt motor, the Myon is not a rocket ship. But it is not a weak thing either. In fact, the bike feels reasonably powered rather than being so powerful that it will take you into the stratosphere, as many ebikes feel powerful enough to do fast.
Another feature that makes the ride smoother is the bike’s torque sensor, which can intuitively sense lean, delivering more power, and a torque-filtering algorithm that matches motor output with cyclist input, eliminating volatile, inconsistent, and sometimes dangerous surges of power when switching gears or starting from a stoplight.
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