Patent ID: 9663187
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B62K,B62M,G01D

Claim:
1. A bicycle control apparatus comprising: a controller configured to control an output of an assist motor in response to a manual drive force, the controller being configured to selectively set a first control state and a second control state, in which output states of the assist motor with respect to the manual drive force are different from each other, and the controller being configured to control the output of the assist motor so that a response speed of the assist motor with respect to changes in the manual drive force in the first control state will be faster than the response speed of the assist motor with respect to changes in the manual drive force in the second control state, upon determining at least one of a crank of a bicycle being rotated from a stopped state and a rotational speed of the crank being less than or equal to a prescribed first speed, the response speed being the time needed for the output of the assist motor to reach a base running assist force.