Marty Backe Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, novazeus said: @Marty Backe which model is yours. i like the big screen. See here I bought this one, but Amazon isn't selling it anymore: http://a.co/29z6h3V But this one should also work fine: http://a.co/hAqSB15 They all function the same, the styling is just different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Jason McNeil Posted September 19, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) There's some good progress to report on the 14S issues: Firmware: v1.05 addresses the 20kph reduction at only 60v. Initial feedback is positive, I need to test the voltage difference on the 14D & 14S. The 14S ought to reduce 30kph operation at 55v vs. 58v on the 14D. Padding: this was not just an aesthetic, or shaving off a couple cm at the width problem, but the 2" high protrusion on the upper surface made the Wheel extremely uncomfortable, with all the pressure applied at a narrow band to the shin. The new pads are completely flush, these will also reduce the Wheel's width from 20cm to 18cm. Edited September 19, 2017 by Jason McNeil 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marty Backe Posted September 19, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2017 I just returned from a test run using the new 1.05 firmware. It's a home run All the way down to ~50% the max speed was ~18 - 19mph. I quit my run (time constraints) with the battery at ~28% under load, and I was able to maintain ~17mph. I'm very happy with that. It's soooo nice not to be limited to 12mph on a wheel like this. So I was able to enjoy a 3 hour ride at pretty much any speed I wanted (for a 14 inch wheel) with no incessant beeping or tilt-back. I had a blast of a ride. This is the wheel I was originally hoping for when I bought it from @Jason McNeil The 14S is as close to a 10-out-of-10 wheel that I can imagine. Big thumbs up 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US69 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 @Marty Backe Very happy for you :-) Would have been a joke if that didn't change!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddylaz Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 18 hours ago, Marty Backe said: I just returned from a test run using the new 1.05 firmware. It's a home run All the way down to ~50% the max speed was ~18 - 19mph. I quit my run (time constraints) with the battery at ~28% under load, and I was able to maintain ~17mph. I'm very happy with that. It's soooo nice not to be limited to 12mph on a wheel like this. So I was able to enjoy a 3 hour ride at pretty much any speed I wanted (for a 14 inch wheel) with no incessant beeping or tilt-back. I had a blast of a ride. This is the wheel I was originally hoping for when I bought it from @Jason McNeil The 14S is as close to a 10-out-of-10 wheel that I can imagine. Big thumbs up How heavy is it Marty? Looks like my next wheel ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US69 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 18 hours ago, Marty Backe said: I just returned from a test run using the new 1.05 firmware. It's a home run All the way down to ~50% the max speed was ~18 - 19mph. I quit my run (time constraints) with the battery at ~28% under load, and I was able to maintain ~17mph. I'm very happy with that. It's soooo nice not to be limited to 12mph on a wheel like this. So I was able to enjoy a 3 hour ride at pretty much any speed I wanted (for a 14 inch wheel) with no incessant beeping or tilt-back. I had a blast of a ride. This is the wheel I was originally hoping for when I bought it from @Jason McNeil The 14S is as close to a 10-out-of-10 wheel that I can imagine. Big thumbs up Perhaps on one of your next wheel meetings you can compare it side by side to your old KS14c.... I am a bit "wondering" that you didn't wrote something about one of the most improvements and difference the "S" series -in my view- has over the older wheels: The rockhard pedal Setting over all Speed....or did just i recognize/feel like that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Paddylaz said: How heavy is it Marty? Looks like my next wheel ? I don't know the weight. Check the EWheels site - I think the weights are listed there. I highly recommend this wheel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, KingSong69 said: Perhaps on one of your next wheel meetings you can compare it side by side to your old KS14c.... I am a bit "wondering" that you didn't wrote something about one of the most improvements and difference the "S" series -in my view- has over the older wheels: The rockhard pedal Setting over all Speed....or did just i recognize/feel like that? My KS14C memory is still strong, so I don't think I need to have one side-by-side with the 'S' to compare them. I'll be posting an actual review later, so I didn't cover all of my thoughts here. I did write some additional observations in this post: The two softer pedal settings are much harder than they were in the KS14C. If that's what you are referring to. BTW, last night I rode the battery down to 1%. Impressive - the speed throttling is less than the 14C. At 20% I could ride at 24km/h, at 10% max speed was ~19km/h, and at 1% I could ride at ~15km/h. Edited September 20, 2017 by Marty Backe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US69 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Marty Backe said: rode the battery down to 1%. Impressive - the speed throttling is less than the 14C. At 20% I could ride at 24km/h, at 10% max speed was ~19km/h, and at 1% I could ride at ~15km/h. Nice! Thats the way how the wheel should work!! And btw: on the 16 and 18s there are also no problems, and the (little bit of)speed reducement makes totally sense...i really dont know why they messed up so much whith the 14d/s till 1.05.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 6 minutes ago, KingSong69 said: Nice! Thats the way how the wheel should work!! And btw: on the 16 and 18s there are also no problems, and the (little bit of)speed reducement makes totally sense...i really dont know why they messed up so much whith the 14d/s till 1.05.... You can be sure that I'm not going to load any new firmware in my 14S. Even if they come out with 1.09, I'm not going to risk having them screw up my wheel 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volker Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 This I found at Kingsong Europe... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason McNeil Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) Uploaded the new KS Beta App here. It's a big 44MB file (why does it need to be so large?). From a usability standard, not sure it's an improvement over the previous release, it's very similar to the Inmotion App, same basic layout. They've done the whole social network integration thing, with pictures being uploaded & pulled from some of the World's slowest Internet links in the PRC. If you have a 14D/14S that needs the firmware update, then it will certainly come in handy. http://images.ewheels.com/KS_APP_v5.apk Warning: there's a shutdown button from the main screen. For what possible situation this would be useful, I can't say, but if the Wheel is stationary & with a load (e.g. you're standing on it), the machine will shutoff from under you. With the limited time I've spent with it, there's a quite a few bugs & is prone to crashing. Use at your own risk.... Edited September 21, 2017 by Jason McNeil 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US69 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 12 minutes ago, Jason McNeil said: Warning: there's a shutdown button from the main screen. For what possible scenario this would be useful, I can't say, but if the Wheel is stationary & with a load (e.g. you're standing on it), the machine will shutoff from under you. With the limited time I've spent with it, there's a quite a few bugs & is prone to crashing. Use at your own risk.... Like the power button button on the wheel does not Power OFF the wheel while driving....the shutdown will also not work while wheel is moving. But you are right..it's a useless function....Can only imagine it to be useful if you want to Keep on playing Music, and only wanting to power off the wheel?! No clue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Onymous Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 2 hours ago, KingSong69 said: But you are right..it's a useless function....Can only imagine it to be useful if you want to Keep on playing Music, and only wanting to power off the wheel?! No clue Yeah, the Inmotions have that button and it seems useless, since Inmotion has no speakers, and it shuts off automatically when it goes beyond a certain angle and when going down on its side. You cant turn the machine on with it since you have to turn on the EUC before you can connect the app. The social media parts of the app are okay, but really just for beginners to get some interest and see a bunch of other riders of their machines. I only used it to set the pedal lean, change the light patters, and "turn forward correction" which I think corrects the wobbles it can get. Also has some contact information for support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Haha, typical China. They copied the app, including the questionable/bad/nonsense features. If you asked them why the functionality exists, they probably wouldn't know what to say (No offense to Chinese readers/members here, but... there's a common pattern) @Jason McNeil Does the new app work without an internet connection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 1 hour ago, meepmeepmayer said: Haha, typical China. They copied the app, including the questionable/bad/nonsense features. If you asked them why the functionality exists, they probably wouldn't know what to say (No offense to Chinese readers/members here, but... there's a common pattern) @Jason McNeil Does the new app work without an internet connection? The features that control and monitor the wheel work without an Internet connection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Cool. Wouldn't want a situation like with the new GW 2.0 app. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w80wl Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 On 9/19/2017 at 11:19 AM, Marty Backe said: I just returned from a test run using the new 1.05 firmware. It's a home run All the way down to ~50% the max speed was ~18 - 19mph. I quit my run (time constraints) with the battery at ~28% under load, and I was able to maintain ~17mph. I'm very happy with that. It's soooo nice not to be limited to 12mph on a wheel like this. So I was able to enjoy a 3 hour ride at pretty much any speed I wanted (for a 14 inch wheel) with no incessant beeping or tilt-back. I had a blast of a ride. This is the wheel I was originally hoping for when I bought it from @Jason McNeil The 14S is as close to a 10-out-of-10 wheel that I can imagine. Big thumbs up Does Gotway MCM5 has Speed reduction (once battery under 50%)? If it does so, at what percent is tolerance. I have an iPS i5 that has speed reduction once under battery 50%. It's a joyful ride until battery under 50%, which works fine for me being a student, but not long rides to university. The 38ibs weight is tolerable in circumstains Thank you Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 1 hour ago, w80wl said: Does Gotway MCM5 has Speed reduction (once battery under 50%)? If it does so, at what percent is tolerance. I have an iPS i5 that has speed reduction once under battery 50%. It's a joyful ride until battery under 50%, which works fine for me being a student, but not long rides to university. The 38ibs weight is tolerable in circumstains Thank you Marty I believe I answered your same question in the MCM5 thread, a couple of hours ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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