Even the 250 watt ones will spin. If I can occasionally spin on a climb at roughly under 150 watt human power, imagine how easy it would be with double that and more on a pedalic. They can also spike up to 500 watts, so in fact you may be dropping something like 750 watts in one hit to the back wheel. :mmph:
Your underestimating your power, and overstating pedalec bike outputs.
If this community is going to have a discussion about eBikes, it needs to be with accurate numbers.
The average cyclist can put out around 200w for 15 to 20 minutes. An athlete can do 400w to 500w over that same period.
The average cyclist can have an instantaneous peak power (like when you strain to get over that large root on a steep climb) of around 800w, whilst an athlete can be well over 1000watts.
In that context, in situations when you may spin the wheel on a difficult steep climb (peak power) your really only supplementing your power by 25%, which may bring the average rider close to the output of an athlete. And over a long climb, your output would also be supplemented to be roughly equivalent to an athlete.
It would allow flow-rider to ride as far or as fast as a Julien Absalon. Or alternatively, you can run wider tyres for extra grip, and not notice the extra drag.
I don't see these bikes that supplement power up to 250w, and only up to 30kmh having a noticeable impact on the trails.
On the 500w output, I only remember reading about one bike that does that and that's the Specialized Levo. And they are a bit weird when mention that 500w is available sometimes as torque. No idea what they mean by that but it sounds a lot like marketing speil
All I've said above is only relevant for bikes without a throttle (pedalec). Bikes with a throttle are likely to cause damage to trails.
