[e-MTB] CYC Motor PHOTON: First Ride Impression

This is my first ride impression of CYC Motor's mid drive comversion kit Photon with the Japan legal firmware.
This video is not meant to be any comprehensive and/or technical review of Photon, but a rather casual and personal impression of the kit. SImply put, Photon is really great to ride.
「日本語の字幕を見る方法」
字幕データをアップロードしましたので、字幕をオンにし、設定にて字幕→自動翻訳で日本語を選択していただければ日本語の字幕でご覧になれます。自動機械翻訳なので、所々誤訳がありますが、概ね意味は分かると思います。
尚、PHOTON購入については日本代理店さんにお問い合わせ下さい：
www.oldschoolmtb.jp

[@mickp10]

Thanks for sharing your riding experience with the CYC Photon. Looks like motor temps not an issue for trail riding.

[@MindDesignFactory]

Used only as pedal assist, the temperatures of both motor and controller seem to be ok. But here in the southern part of Japan the air temperature exceeds 35°C in high summer. So I am a bit worried about how the summer heat here will affect the temperatures of the motor and the battery. The motor should work within its thermal safety margin, but its lifetime might be adversely affected. Well, we will see. Let me know how your first Photon ride turns out! Have a nice weekend!

[@NaClSandwich]

Ive got about 600 Km of use on my photon and the pedal assist really is incredible. If you are not using the throttle and are using an appropriate gear the motor wont overheat even in unrestricted mode.

[@MindDesignFactory]

Hi, this is something that I wanted to find out. I feel relieved to know that Photon won't easily be overheated. Thank you for your real-life feedback 😉

[@NaClSandwich]

@@MindDesignFactory I think its going to be very difficult to make it overheat unless you use throttle only.

[@MindDesignFactory]

Ok, good to know that. Thanks again!

[@NaClSandwich]

@@MindDesignFactory no worries! Your video was really cool - my bike is a hard tail so its not as versatile as your build

[@MindDesignFactory]

😊👍

[@dude770725]

Thanks for that great video of showing what the photon is capable of in normal dedicated use, not just full throttle on 1200W going up 5 km uphill and complaining that it's getting hot. I think for what you using it, it's exactly made for. Which environment temperatures were at the time you recorded that video?

[@MindDesignFactory]

The temperature was about 20°C. I am aware that there are complaints about the high motor temperature of Photon during full-throttle rides. But it is mostly in Canada and USA, right? Used as a legal EAPC in Japan, UK or EU, Photon works only as pedal assist and it is unlikely that it runs at full power for an extended period of time, I think. Thanks for watching!

[@andrzejlisiecki3947]

Hello, what is the minimum support power that can be set at the first level of support in street mode. Will it be about 50 watts?

[@MindDesignFactory]

On Ride Control app, in my region, you can set the assist power of each levels, Low, Middle and High, between 0 to 1200W in increments of 50W. So the minimum power value you can set is practically 50W, and, in strict meaning, 0W.😅