Originally Posted by
AlmostTrick
I'm late to the thread but would like to thank you Kicks for posting this. I have zero experience with e-bikes but everything you posted makes perfect sense to me. I'm glad it's working out well for you and hope others are encouraged to consider an e-assist bike to replace some car trips.
It appears some posts may have been deleted?
I've been thinking about how to quantify the difference between regular, and e-bike commuting, and I came up with this.
On my trekking bike its 1.5 miles of busting a** in an all out effort up hill, 1.5 miles of letting gravity do the work down hill, and 5 miles of taking it easy on rolling terrain.
On my e-bike its 1.5 miles of letting gravity do the work down hill, and 6.5 miles of spinning briskly on the hills and rolling terrain.
I was questioning how much longer I could continue bike commuting. Now I'm confident I can continue to bike commute as long as I'm working, and I will be improving my physical condition rather than aggravating the issues I have.