Has anyone achieved the claimed 35km/19mi range on a Bamboo GT?

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Thanks Jer, I couldn’t have written it any better.
I was working on a response but English not being my mother tongue I was struggling to find the right words.
And why is Bukshakalakamutha from Mosman (NSW) hiding his profile?

 

Finally managed to do my first "real" range test after owning the board for 4months.

Board: Bamboo GT, 97mm wheels, fully charged(charger led green)
Weather: Sunny, +20c, little wind(rode equally tailwind and headwind)
Rider weight: 100Kg(gear incl.)
Speed and mode: 20km/h, 100% ECO
Stops: 1, for 5 minutes
Battery after ride: Battery dead warning/ 4% /33.677v(had to push home)
Legs and feet: Dead

Have to say I am dissapointed. Saw some guys doing 35km and stilll having juice left. +20Kg really cuts out 13km+ from my range? Could something be wrong with my board.

 

I did 29,6km in one charge. But I was riding on smaller hills and sometimes I went into Fast and GT mood.. I was mostly in ECO

 

Some of my cells are bad I think, Evolve is probably sending me new battery and I will replace it myself and ship the old one back, hope it helps. Did 2nd test today and got 22.6km and rode on ECO again only and speed 20-21km/h, no stops.

 

Colder temps, wind, rougher terrains, excessive weight, up hill gradients, and carving all cause battery sag. Next time try this..set your remote to "GT mode" and ride at your normal speeds of around 16mph barely pulling the trigger vs riding in eco with the trigger nearly completely pulled all the way down and see dont your mileage increase significantly

 

I only measured it once and got very close to the stated range, but I don't remember the exact numbers. I think I used 80 percent of the battery for close to that of the distance. But I use these batteries for ecigs and the batteries in that use decline in capacity fairly rapidly. I'd say almost 1 percent per charge ... not sure if ecigs drain the capacity faster than eskates or not. My Bamboo One died when I it sat for a few months and then the ecs stopped sending a continuous go signal for some reason. It was connected as the brake worked. When I applied power it just clicked the motor a few mms. I tried fixing it per the video on vimeo from Evolve and blew the ecs somehow.

 

2 Year follow up post..
Battery still holding strong although I have not gone on a 20 mile "street wheel" trip again.. Once I put the 7" wheels I have never put the street wheels back on.. It is nice not having to worry about hitting a rock.. Love going from pavement to dirt, gravel or grass.. Have used my board primarily for filming with follow me mode on DJI 4 Have got incredible tour footage of parks boardwalks.. (check out "Temblor" Youtube channel. (Although my videos have some of me riding the Evolve board.. they are more focused on the Ariel "tour" aspect..
although in the "Greenlake" video there is a moment at 10:00 mark, of some sport riding down a hill before "the Trees" song transition.



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I also use board to shuttle between my boat & vehicle at boat launches..
I was kind of harsh on Evolve for the delayed response at times on remote.. how it can shift to reverse if you press button 2 or 3 times during a delay.. honestly I have not had any spills since that one spill.. and it was early in learning curve, I still have the original remote have not upgraded to the new version with trigger guard, but I have NOT had any accidental reverse shifts, nor many delays on the remote. and I have more confidence in board, primarily because I learned the lesson not to repeatedly press the button to shift between eco or GT mode.. basically I just leave it in GT mode. I would still like to be able to manually disable reverse though.. because I just have never needed it. I have not stayed up on info since this post.. have not done any updates in 2 years.. did Evolve address any issues with the dis-liked "auto shift" down to eco? or reverse? maybe on the newer remote? Which I am still considering to purchase.
So after 2 years I have been VERY satisfied with battery life, especially since I am 6'5" 245lbs.. It is a great board. I use mine primarily in the summer months.

 

Running my board 29 miles per night home from work 5 days a week.

I'm an RC aircraft and vehicle nut, so I spend a lot of time maintaing my batteries as I understand lipos very well.

I usually have about 10% left on my board when returning home. My A/T's got me a 18.6 once (but I have only used them 3 times in 2 years, so that's mute ..

This is my best run so far (last week). 46 miles on ECO, no more than 30% throttle, 15 MPH (sidewalk speed limit), coasting when possible using a pulse phase method, no to minimal breaking unless on long downhill stretches as to not loose speed for the uphill in the others but to help with regenerative braking), I'd like to say flat ground but this is Colorado (what goes up must come down) 97 mm abec 11 flywheels 74a. It's all about throttle control and battery health my friend!