The Gazelle Orange Plus Innergy XT comes with a Silver
battery as standard. Now I've looked at the brochure and it says that the Silver battery
will do 130 -170 km in Eco mode dropping to 35-45 km in Boost mode.
Thinking back to my test ride I had lots of hills in
Mooroolbark and switched a bit from Eco to Boost. I had used 1 bar on the
battery by the time I returned, and I cycled about 10 km, so this seems about
right. However the brochure also states that the battery figures do not apply
to the XT models - hmmm!
On to the internet...
OK here is the range table - looks like a slight drop in the
figures for the Gold from the non-XT models in Normal range.
Well onto the internet again...
There is a great forum on Brisbane Cyclist that talks about electric bikes and in particular the Gazelle Innergy XT. I asked the question - Silver or Gold? This was the reply from Shaun Moran on the forum:
"I have the Silver Battery and I live 30 km (by bike) away from the CBD where I work. My ride has a number of hills and I tend to use boost for pretty much all of them and use normal mode the rest of the time.
My battery is fully charged when I leave and when I get to work its usually reading 3 bars left. I charge it up again at work so its full before the ride home (I think the battery will last longer if I don't full flatten it).I did leave the charger home one day and did do the trip there and back on one battery charge - but I used ECO a lot on the way home and it was flashing its last bar of battery by the time I got there.
I kind of wish I got the gold battery to start off with - whilst the Silver gets me to town and back and I can't really do anything once I get to town. Just a little more oomph would have been good."
So Gold seems the way to go.
But wait a minute, if Gold is good, would Platinum be better? More range, and the same weight as the Gold. But why aren't the Platinum specs aren't on the internet? A quick call to the dealer (MySpokes) and I discover that the Platinum battery is not suitable for XT models - I wonder why not? Seems a pity.
Anyway, decision made - Gold it is.
2012-11-08 Update from Leigh at Gazelle Australia "The platinum is not suitable for the XT as it can not be fully discharged and so limits the range."
2012-11-08 Update from Leigh at Gazelle Australia "The platinum is not suitable for the XT as it can not be fully discharged and so limits the range."
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