Originally Posted by
350htrr
Well that's strange... Even if it only gave you 10 ft lbs of torque it would still be 10 ft lbs more than you can produce by yourself, thus should always be easier pedaling for same speed, or faster with same effort, At least that is how it works with my bike. My average speed probably went up 5MPH with the E-Assist bike as compared to without (same bike)...
I figured by adding an electric motor that I was roughly doubling my power while only fractionally increasing my weight. It didn't work out anywhere near to what the numbers imply.