No, I'm not a dealer... and yes that's what I've been getting so far -- though it may be because the bike and batteries are new (I've only had the bike a little over a couple of months).

Last week I had to do a lot of running around into town most of the day. Was dark when I left in the morning, so I was running the headlights. After about 55km, I was still running almost 75% charge left. Granted, when I came to climbing the steep hills that charge would drop way down, but as soon as the steepness eased, it went pretty much to where it had left off.

I understand (and agree) with your skepticism -- I was as surprised. I always ride with my running lights on, so I was expecting being able to only go shorter distances. Like I said, I figure it's only been because the bike is still pretty new, and I imagine the batteries, power, and stuff will show signs of wearing down sooner or later.

As the battery charge got lower, they bike didn't take off quite as fast, but it did seem to carry me pretty much at the same speeds it normally does.

If there was flatter terrain here, I would probably see how far it actually would go -- but way too many rolling hills and climbs here. I'd be a bit nervous that it might run out of juice completely on my way back.

Oh yeah -- like I said, the bike showed almost 75% charge, but when I've done longer runs, I do notice it seems to start depleting faster once I drop below 50% left.


As for peddling -- I never said I did peddle. I have a bum knee from an old injury, and I already learned from my regular bike (which I can't ride anymore because of the knee problem) that it's too painful to stand, even after a short ride. Hence, I got the power on demand version.