Joe, I'm 100% in the same camp. A few months ago I was religiously opposed to the idea of e-bikes. (a) I didn't like the way any of them looked (b) Less workout (c) more complicate, more things to maintain/worry about (d) many of them felt like flaky prototypes still
After I changed my job and the commute got significantly longer, I do realize the value of some peddle assist. E-bike will probably save 15 minutes each way for me. I think my bike commute would involve some 30 or so stops. A good chunk of my commute time goes into accelerating from stop to 12mph. This is where peddle assist could make a huge difference. It will improve my cruising speed too. With a kid at home and a busy work/life, lot of times it becomes a choice between some exercise and no exercise (not just with biking). If the battery can help me reach home before my son goes to bed, I will happily accept reduced peddling every time! There's a good chance that my Joe will feature Bimoz (or something similarly simple) one day. Cheers, -Ash On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ash: That's a neat lower-power mid-drive system, which is really the way > to go for cyclists who still want to pedal like a cyclist. I'm quickly > learning on my new mid-drive Haibike that you still get a good workout with > these, it just goes by faster. I have a torque sensing system (I won't bore > RBW with how all this works, I'll let y'all search the terms) that produces > kind of a "matching" amount of power based on how hard you pedal. I just > came back from a fast, cold ride, and I'm sweating! > > The great undersold aspect of ebikes is the time factor: I love to ride, > but my time is very limited; this "faster pedaling" technology lets me get > more miles and sights in, in a short-ish time window. There's a lot of > riders out there with job and family responsibilities who would appreciate > this benefit. But that's only if it's your thing. For the rest..boo hiss! > ;-) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- www.freerice.com play and feed a hungry person -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
