Rode almost 23 miles of stephens today. Rigid ebike, everything took a beating. You'll go faster than normal so full suspension needed. Rigids and hardtails will get old fast. 750W is plenty of power. 500w is a good output going full tilt in low range would be effortless but not let you yearning for more. My knee has been hurting from road efforts but still rode for 3 hours just fine. Probably never pushed above 400w any time myself felt like i averaged 100w (probably less) for the whole ride. Think i used about 600-700W/H from my battery. So all told 1000watts for the ride, 333w average watts between rider and motor for the 3 hour ride. Grabbed so much rear brake they glazed over. You will be grabbing them a lot more. Give it another year, you will see ebikes at your park every time you go.
Ebikes let you have fun in the woods without gassing yourself from other structured workouts you have going on. I turned into a roadie over the years because i valued the training over the fun, but now i can do both.
Ebikes let you have fun in the woods without gassing yourself from other structured workouts you have going on. I turned into a roadie over the years because i valued the training over the fun, but now i can do both.
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