Very nice bike Sky. Sounds like a fun project too. While most electric bikes are not as much fun to ride as a Riv, some peddle assist does have real use. If I ever end up having a 10-15 miles commute, I'd definitely consider converting my Susie to electric. I love the simplicity of a normal bike. I also love biking 10-15 miles with pure muscle power. In reality, I'd probably end up driving more often than not, due to time constraints, needing to shower when I get to work etc. An e-bike solves those problems. When there are dozen of traffic lights/stop signs along the way, any quicker acceleration after every stop quickly adds up and shortens the commute time considerably. If used wisely, peddle-assist makes the ride safer too. I would not be lazy to slow down in iffy conditions (such as a car looking to enter the road, stop signs), because there's not much effort to regain the speed!
Enjoy your e-Sam! On Wednesday, 30 September 2020 at 12:19:43 UTC-7 Sky Coulter wrote: > I recently bought an ebike that was listed on my local craigslist. I have > been on the fence about ebikes for a while worrying that by riding one I > would lose some of the fitness benefits of commuting under my own power. > And, if I'm honest, a lingering feeling that riding an ebike is a form of > 'cheating'. What got me off the fence was a sam hillborne in my size with a > bionx kit. I figured I could buy it and if I didn't like it, I could > separate the rivendell form the ebike parts and not lose too much money on > the experiment. > > In truth it's been a revelation. I still get a pretty solid workout on > the way into work - my heart rate is within 10 beats of what it is when I > ride my atlantis. But now, when I have a rough day or a day that goes too > long (which seems to be happening w quite a bit of regularity lately) I > have the peace of mind of knowing that I can just increase the assistance > level on the bike and take it easy. > > In fact, I'm such a convert that I've ordered a Riese and Muller load 60 > for my wife to take our youngest to preschool and run errands. I'm coming > to think that ebikes and cargo ebikes in particular make a great deal of > sense as alternative transportation devices. > > Anyway, here is a picture of my electric sam from the ride in this > morning. At first I had planned on swapping out the moustache bars but now > I find myself kind of liking them and of having three bikes setup w three > different handlebars (atlantis=drops, sam+moustache, > clementine=choco-moose). > > Sky in new west > > > > > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0d989360-0cbb-47d0-93df-f4016adfd409n%40googlegroups.com.
