rideswithmoobs
Guest
- Location
- North West
Mine petrol powered bike won out again over the pedal power today. Give another one ago, you will be sucking rabbits out of hedges before you know it
Holy cow ,Battery-man, are electro-bikes the future...?
- Thread starter Widge
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Mine petrol powered bike won out again over the pedal power today. Give another one ago, you will be sucking rabbits out of hedges before you know it
albion
Guru
If they are discharging at 250 watts, how far will the exactly 1 second worth of battery take us before having to recharge?
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Riding along the Med in 2013, I was surprised how long we took to catch and pass this cyclist ... until I realised he had a little help...
Both, as I said if you need assistance their perfect but it's a form of cheating if your able bodied in my book.
doog
....
- Location
- The beautiful south
In Germany they are all over the place. Although I was touring and heavily laden I was getting passed on numerous occasions by electrical assisted bikes ridden by carefree Germans in their 70's....all full of themselves....at one point I challenged a guy that his wife wasnt electrically assisted as she sailed past me, he denied it totally...but I caught up with her and she was 
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deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
If it's a choice between the car or the ebike then the ebike wins in my world. Never ridden one but I've been surprised how quiet and unobtrusive they can be. Not to say elusive on a long drag uphill.
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
Cheating what? Cheating who?
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Why not just buy a motor bike.
N
No, I live in a bungalow
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Because a motor bike is nothing like an ebike.
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
I'm not sure if you are being obtuse, but this technology means batteries will not wear out.
Over time, all rechargeable batteries gradually lose their ability to hold charge - we've probably all had a 'dead' laptop that will only work on the mains.
Ebike batteries can lose a significant amount of their ability to hold charge after two or more years, that wouldn't happen if this new technology ever comes to market.
Apart from the inconvenience of your ebike not running for as long from each charge as it used to, there's also the replacement cost.
Batteries range from about £250 - £750, the less often you have to pull out that sort of money, the better.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Because the people riding them are also wanting to improve their health.
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Very true.
Perhaps @Lee gg is already a strong cyclist.
If so, an ebike is a waste of time for him/her.
But if your starting point is "I do hardly any regular exercise", an ebike is a viable option to get going.
Lots of other options, taking up a sport, going to the gym, buying a push bike.
But those options don't suit everyone, as the number of bikes abandoned in garages after a few rides demonstrates.
@summerdays has posted elsewhere about a friend thinking of buying an ebike to commute.
Sounds a good plan to me, about an hour's moderate exercise most days doing something - getting to work - you have to do anyway.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
I will update that thread but the short version is that after trying borrowing one for two weeks and then going back to her normal bike and realising how exhausted she was at the end of the week she is going to buy one. It means she will be able to cycle more often than she can currently.
