850Km, Tour with an E-Assist, & suported...
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850Km, Tour with an E-Assist, & suported...
I feel that I just NEED to post my tour with an E-Assist bicycle & supported, with my wife driving the truck with the camper and boat... Why...??? You may ask.? because it was FUN. and... I decided that E-Touring on a bicycle IS touring with a bicycle, and others may do the same and post their experience here in the bicycling touring forum. Also so that others doing this type of touring ( E-bike) can get info on what works and what doesn't if others want to chip in with their tours with E-Bikes. Here is my set up...
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Looking back over my tours, a little bit of assist on some climbs wouldn't have hurt. Looks like fun. I doubt could talk my wife into driving sag for me, though.
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EDIT; Oh, and I did actually ride/pedal, my E-Bike 70Kms out of every 100Kms, as the battery can only do about 30Kms per charge...
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How much load you have on your bike effects the range of your battery. Carbon is lighter and more environmentally responsible. I wonder if you had a carbon e-bike with regenerative braking, a dynamo hub, and deployed solar panels, how far you could go?
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OK, Well now, I am 100% sure I would go farther with a carbon bike, I do have re-gen, and a dynamo hub is included with my BionX set up... It's the $$$ per Kms that end up mattering, thus the carbon bike is a no go... IMO.