What's with this big electric assist bike craze. I just saw three people all with em. I then checked the price and decided I would rather have a bike like they used in the Olympics for the same cost!
I like the concept--anything to get cagers to open up their minds, and get out of their cars. The next step would be something that pedal efficiently....
What's with this big electric assist bike craze. I just saw three people all with em. I then checked the price and decided I would rather have a bike like they used in the Olympics for the same cost!
I don't get it either. As "real" bicycles they are absolutely awful to pedal and as "scooters" they are also terrible. For the price you could buy a genuinely nice bicycle or a reliable el-cheapo used gas powered scooter that is street legal.
Several people I know have them and none of them have ever been ridden more than a few hundred miles. They just aren't as fun after a few hundred miles as they seem for the first twenty. Especially when you inevitably hit a hill which the motor can't handle; yet the bicycle weight, gearing, and posture makes pedallng up hills a nightmare.
In cities that have their ideal topography, such as Amsterdam, it's so easy to just pedal at a very leisurely pace (and in fact sort of rude to go fast) that they have no benefits over a real bicycle.
I see people cruise past me on motorbikes when I;m cycling, and I wonder if I'm jealous or not of them, especially when I'm fighting my way up a big hill to get home after leg day at the gym, and then I get home, and lie down, and I just feel amazing. I love that feeling of being exhausted, having accomplished your goal and not wimping out. That's why I love cycling so much, It's a fight of my will and body, and it's one I can focus on and enjoy. having an electric bike or motorbike would ruin the idea of bikes for me at this point in time, I'm seriously disinterested by driving, I do it when needbe, but I cycle whenever possible.
The first time I saw an assist being ridden was this gal going up a hill that I know. She was going like 19 mph up the hill. Needless to say my jaw dropped open.
Yes, I would rather have another scooter or nice bike. I have two 2013 Honda FI Scooters, both are fast as you would ever want a scooter to go! I actually don't want them to build em any more powerful.
Honda 2013 Scoopy PGM-CBS FI 125cc and a Honda 2013 Vario Techno PGM-CBS FI 125cc
Been thinking about a scooter, or maybe a 250 Honda motorcycle or something. In the meantime one of these Salsa's should be delivered sometime tomorrow.
What's with this big electric assist bike craze. I just saw three people all with em. I then checked the price and decided I would rather have a bike like they used in the Olympics for the same cost!
i never knew there were electronic assist bikes. I'm guessing that it amplifies the force put in and has the bike go faster? Or does it make the workload easier?
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