Toronto has ploughed the roads down to bare ashphalt, so I've resumed my normal e-biking routine.

There is one route that I go almost every other day. That is to travel from Yonge and Welsley to the Dufferin Mall. This is about 4 km each way for an 8 km round trip. My "official" reason is to go grocery shopping at the Wal-Mart there, but the real reason is that it is a great trip along Hoskin Avenue and Harbord Street. I figure that I'm maybe saving a little bit of money buying groceries there, but probably not all that much.

While we are on the subject of costs, has anyone done any calculations about operating costs for an e-bike? The cost of electricity is insignificant, about 12 cents per charge, but a $300 battery being good for 400 charges gives a battery cost of 75 cents per charge. Throw in maintenance costs and we are probably looking at about a dollar per charge, or 5 cents per km. Comments, anyone?