Originally Posted by
1979schwinn
My wife has one. It weights 60#. You get a work out when the battery dies. This one has three peddle assist settings. One of the things you have to learn to do is turn the assist OFF when you stop.
If you bring your top peddle down when assist mode is on and you are trying to stop; it will still go and run over you trying to put your foot down. It is fun to ride and gets about 30-40 miles a charge.
I'll take my 80# velomobile with no motor over an e-bike any day. It's slow to get going, and positively crawls uphills, but once I'm on level ground, it builds speed nicely to about 22-25 mph. A very slight downhill 3-mile stretch I ride regularly has me cruising at about 35-38 mph. For comparison, when I'm going the other way, I cruise at 15-17, so it's really slight. Doesn't take much.
