Today I tested the Gepida battery and ran it full-boost (10 out of 10 bars on the screen) to and from work. With lights also using the battery I got to work more quickly and with less strain than before. The bike is effortless to pedal on all but the steepest hills. The battery was at 80% remaining after 4.5 miles to work.

But the trip home took more out of the battery due to some stiff Seattle wind and the higher elevation of my house from work. When the battery is down to 30% the computer ratches down the power boost to 40% max to preserve battery life (and to give me more work going up the hills to home, heh). Back home the battery was ready for a recharge. The bike was ready for a cleaning thanks to the 30% chance of rain in the afternoon to mean 100% today.

Normally I will keep the boost off for level ground and downhill and usually boost up to 50%, but today's test was instructive.

Funny story: About halfway home I was stopped at a light (yeah, some of us actually do that...) talking with another bicyclist dressed in riding uniform. He looked around 10 years younger on his very skinny-tired bike that probably weighed half of the Gepida. His legs looked very bicycle strong. I followed him most of the way home until he pulled over going up a hill, looking to rest. I kept riding as he probably wondered why this older guy on a cruiser bike was still in his rear-view mirror! But I got my workout, too.