Originally Posted by
ChicagoDan
I am now seriously looking, and the only factor I have left to consider is the 70 mile round trip commute from my house is too long. It takes 5 1/2 hours on my commuter bike, averaging 12.5 mph. I have done that commute 5 times this year, but can't commit to that much time on a regular basis.
Most days are a 3 hour round trip bike and train commute with 14 miles on a bike daily.
The cost of my train tickets is $2,200.00 per year, so if I can replace the train part of my commute with an e-bike, I can certainly afford the cost, without even considering getting rid of one of our two cars.
Can I squeeze 70 miles into 3.5 or 4 hours? That's what will decide it for me.
With my set up I could do 70 miles in 4 Hrs if I could charge the battery at work, if not than it would require 2 batteries which has it's own problems... But yes it can be done, maybe even in 3.73 Hrs depending on how good a shape you are in and how much pedaling you want/can do... JMO
EDIT; I think 3 Hrs total would be the max I would consider workable... JMO
EDIT 2: Of course there are E-Bikes out there that can go 40 to 50 MPH and can go 100 to 150 Miles on one charge if you only go 18MPH without pedaling...