The range question always comes up and is hard to answer in just a few words. Best short answer I've come up with is "It varies according to rider, terrain, and electro /mechanical variables."
Bike weight is also a factor. Not everyone has a garage in which to store their bike, or has someone to lift the bike onto a bike rack. Also, I have friends who do bike toting in the USA and Europe. They use folding e-bikes and they have plenty of battery life (bike Friday). Finally. buy a bike from a reputable dealer who carries e-bikes in their shop and knows how to fix them. I recently bought a Specialized Turbo Vado 0.4 SL step through. It weighs 33 lbs. I can take up (3) stairs into my apt. and lift it onto a bike rack. Since the battery’s output is only 250 watts, I bought an auxiliary battery that clips into a bottle case and weighs only 1.5 lbs. I use my bike for errands, as well longer group rides. It’s a real game changer 10:16
The range question always comes up and is hard to answer in just a few words. Best short answer I've come up with is "It varies according to rider, terrain, and electro /mechanical variables."
Absolutely. We had that question posed on the Hood River ride. And, that is pretty much what she was told.
Bike weight is also a factor. Not everyone has a garage in which to store their bike, or has someone to lift the bike onto a bike rack. Also, I have friends who do bike toting in the USA and Europe. They use folding e-bikes and they have plenty of battery life (bike Friday). Finally. buy a bike from a reputable dealer who carries e-bikes in their shop and knows how to fix them. I recently bought a Specialized Turbo Vado 0.4 SL step through. It weighs 33 lbs. I can take up (3) stairs into my apt. and lift it onto a bike rack. Since the battery’s output is only 250 watts, I bought an auxiliary battery that clips into a bottle case and weighs only 1.5 lbs. I use my bike for errands, as well
longer group rides. It’s a real game changer 10:16