Originally Posted by
boomhauer
It still requires the same amount of overall HUMAN energy (watts) no matter how many gears you have! Get it? Bone up on your physics.
I'm totally with BigAura on this one.
Hopefully, e-bike touring weenies will start their own forum. This is insane.
Maybe I'm just a masocist but my strongest memories of touring involve going up 7+mile mountain passes and feeling pretty good about myself. Not sure what you do with a 40 lbs e-bike when the battery dies half way up. I guess the suffering really kicks in.
Yes it does require the same amount of energy... but over a longer amount of time... Thus if you don't have that energy to put out in a short amount of time as when riding a single speed you would need to keep the speed up.. A 27 speed is going to assist you to keep going... There is mechanical assistance and there is motor assistance to allow you to get a job done, different type of assistance, but still assistance non the less... JMO
If you don't agree try it, pick a big long hill and go for it with a single speed, then go for it with a 27 speed, I bet you WILL find a difference in the outcome... Try that for a real physics lesson.
