Originally Posted by
TheChosenOne
I remember a while back people said some electric bikes take a lot of effort to pedal yourself without any help from the battery while other electric bikes are easy to pedal manually. I'd like to know which bikes are easy to pedal without any battery assistance because sometimes I might want to do all the work and sometimes the battery might run out. If it runs out I don't want to use twice as much energy than a regular bike.
I'm doing a lot of research before buying a e-mtb...but have never ridden outside of brief parking lot test rides. Anyway, the internet sites I've seen say the mtb motors for Yamaha, Shimano, and Brose, all pedal pretty easily, while the Bosch CX is a pig when the battery dies. Can't comment on the commuter versions because I'm not researching those.