Originally Posted by 350htrr

As I mentioned before In this thread, a modern bike "can" make a "difference" in your average MPH on longer rides... BUT, Having ridden my E-Assist bicycle for the last 6+ years and having experienced a 20MPH average ride for like 60 miles... Putting in every ounce of pedaling effort I could to achieve that... When I turn off the assist the best I can seem to do is what my effort is... something like 13.75 MPH average for the same 60 miles... how sad is that... IN OTHER words, while the bike can help, it is the engine that make things happen, Oh, and my assist cuts out at 20 MPH, so to average 20 MPH takes more effort than the E-Assist type I have, can do, on it's own...