Anyone have an E bike?
Discussion
272BHP said:
I think they make a lot of sense for commuting to work.
Never understood the cycling to work on a bike thing if you work in an office, seems such an inordinate faff all round. Certainly so if it is greater than 10mile or has lots of hills. These things make it a viable option for many people.
My commute is 10.5 miles. Not really a faff tbh. Takes about the same time as in the car but means I get to ride rather than being sat in a car. Never understood the cycling to work on a bike thing if you work in an office, seems such an inordinate faff all round. Certainly so if it is greater than 10mile or has lots of hills. These things make it a viable option for many people.
ofcorsa said:
S10GTA said:
My commute is 10.5 miles. Not really a faff tbh. Takes about the same time as in the car but means I get to ride rather than being sat in a car.
The faff is changing clothes, getting showered. Carrying stuff, Car is much more convenient. Not for me , but good for older generation or those who need assistance
Seen people near me commute on E bikes, guess they don't/cant afford to drive so the bike is just simple transport, rather than an enjoyable form of transport
Over a took a guy coasting up a steep hill near me on one, me fully lycra'd on my best bike, gave him a cheery "morning", he ignored me, buried his hand down on the throttle and it just made lots of noise and whiring and not much power, couldn't even pull the skin of a rice pudding mate!
Seen people near me commute on E bikes, guess they don't/cant afford to drive so the bike is just simple transport, rather than an enjoyable form of transport
Over a took a guy coasting up a steep hill near me on one, me fully lycra'd on my best bike, gave him a cheery "morning", he ignored me, buried his hand down on the throttle and it just made lots of noise and whiring and not much power, couldn't even pull the skin of a rice pudding mate!
Amateurish said:
I was similarly sceptical about ebikes until I tried one last month. It was this beauty:
I was using it to tackle some trails in the French Alps. Seriously, it's fantastic. I was getting up trails which would have been impossible for me otherwise. It opens up whole areas of the mountains where mountains bikers can't normally get to. And I was totally knackered by the end.
That looks awesome - means you can ride the sort of trails that on a motorbike are illegal/you get shouted at on.I was using it to tackle some trails in the French Alps. Seriously, it's fantastic. I was getting up trails which would have been impossible for me otherwise. It opens up whole areas of the mountains where mountains bikers can't normally get to. And I was totally knackered by the end.
God knows what they cost. - ETA - about 4 grand. Not mental, I suppose.
Bought one of these last month, it's great for bombing up and down the prom at Blackpool at 35mph with hardly any effort.....
Elderly neighbour bought it brand new for £1000 eighteen months ago, kept it indoors and did 9 (nine) miles on it, absolutely like new.
Paid £350 for it...well chuffed.
Quality (Welding etc) is absolutely first class.
Elderly neighbour bought it brand new for £1000 eighteen months ago, kept it indoors and did 9 (nine) miles on it, absolutely like new.
Paid £350 for it...well chuffed.
Quality (Welding etc) is absolutely first class.
I'm 45. I started riding bikes for the first time since I was a kid about 10 years ago. Gradually, I started to get fitter. Hills which I couldn't get more than a third of the way up when I started, I was able to get all the way up, and think nothing of going up them again after enjoying a bit of singletrack on the way down.
Unfortunately, the original plan of cycling to lose the weight I'd put on since giving up smoking didn't really work out, as I just over-compensated for the calories burnt, and despite getting fitter under the fat, my weight gradually drifted up until it hit 20 stone earlier this year.
Then I saw someone on an E-bike on my commute.
It was an epiphany!!!!
If I carry on the way I am, I thought, I'm going to end up on one of those f
king things, deluding myself that somehow I'm not going gentle into Dylan Thomas' good night because I'm still pedalling!
Six months later, I've dropped 2.5 stone, I'm faster than I've ever been, fitter than I've ever been, and thinner than I've been in ten years. Thanks to that E-bike, I'm going to rage against the dying of the light (and yes, I love that poem!), I'm going to be fitter at 50 than I was at 30 - no real challenge, to be honest! - and fitter at 60 than I am now....
Of course, I know I'm not immortal. At some point, hopefully not until I'm knocking on the door of my seventies, I'm going to have to accept that for everything there is a season, a time for every matter, and maybe, for me, that time will have been and gone.....
And that's when I'm going to buy an E-bike, 'cause there will be more raging to do, but I'm not about to accelerate the dying of the light by jumping on one before I have to!
E-bikes... Bring 'em on for the old, the infirm and everyone else who wants a reminder of the fact that when they're old or infirm themselves, they'll be able to extend their passion for a good few years to come.... But not just yet a while, eh?
Unfortunately, the original plan of cycling to lose the weight I'd put on since giving up smoking didn't really work out, as I just over-compensated for the calories burnt, and despite getting fitter under the fat, my weight gradually drifted up until it hit 20 stone earlier this year.
Then I saw someone on an E-bike on my commute.
It was an epiphany!!!!
If I carry on the way I am, I thought, I'm going to end up on one of those f
king things, deluding myself that somehow I'm not going gentle into Dylan Thomas' good night because I'm still pedalling!Six months later, I've dropped 2.5 stone, I'm faster than I've ever been, fitter than I've ever been, and thinner than I've been in ten years. Thanks to that E-bike, I'm going to rage against the dying of the light (and yes, I love that poem!), I'm going to be fitter at 50 than I was at 30 - no real challenge, to be honest! - and fitter at 60 than I am now....
Of course, I know I'm not immortal. At some point, hopefully not until I'm knocking on the door of my seventies, I'm going to have to accept that for everything there is a season, a time for every matter, and maybe, for me, that time will have been and gone.....
And that's when I'm going to buy an E-bike, 'cause there will be more raging to do, but I'm not about to accelerate the dying of the light by jumping on one before I have to!
E-bikes... Bring 'em on for the old, the infirm and everyone else who wants a reminder of the fact that when they're old or infirm themselves, they'll be able to extend their passion for a good few years to come.... But not just yet a while, eh?
Cycle scheme opens in a few weeks, this is on the list :-
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...
Old @50+ but not infirm as did full marathon under 3hr10 the other week & 5ks in under 20 mins every week.
But only cycle to shops, not to sweat!
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...
Old @50+ but not infirm as did full marathon under 3hr10 the other week & 5ks in under 20 mins every week.
But only cycle to shops, not to sweat!
Jimboka said:
Cycle scheme opens in a few weeks, this is on the list :-
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...
Old @50+ but not infirm as did full marathon under 3hr10 the other week & 5ks in under 20 mins every week.
But only cycle to shops, not to sweat!
So can these things be 'chipped' so they can break this 15 mph limit.?http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...
Old @50+ but not infirm as did full marathon under 3hr10 the other week & 5ks in under 20 mins every week.
But only cycle to shops, not to sweat!
272BHP said:
I think they make a lot of sense for commuting to work.
Never understood the cycling to work on a bike thing if you work in an office, seems such an inordinate faff all round. Certainly so if it is greater than 10mile or has lots of hills. These things make it a viable option for many people.
How is it a faff? Wake up and get going. I shower in work and have clothes there that I drop off on a Sunday / take with me.Never understood the cycling to work on a bike thing if you work in an office, seems such an inordinate faff all round. Certainly so if it is greater than 10mile or has lots of hills. These things make it a viable option for many people.
johnwilliams77 said:
272BHP said:
I think they make a lot of sense for commuting to work.
Never understood the cycling to work on a bike thing if you work in an office, seems such an inordinate faff all round. Certainly so if it is greater than 10mile or has lots of hills. These things make it a viable option for many people.
How is it a faff? Wake up and get going. I shower in work and have clothes there that I drop off on a Sunday / take with me.Never understood the cycling to work on a bike thing if you work in an office, seems such an inordinate faff all round. Certainly so if it is greater than 10mile or has lots of hills. These things make it a viable option for many people.
Kermit power said:
I'm 45. I started riding bikes for the first time since I was a kid about 10 years ago. Gradually, I started to get fitter. Hills which I couldn't get more than a third of the way up when I started, I was able to get all the way up, and think nothing of going up them again after enjoying a bit of singletrack on the way down.
Unfortunately, the original plan of cycling to lose the weight I'd put on since giving up smoking didn't really work out, as I just over-compensated for the calories burnt, and despite getting fitter under the fat, my weight gradually drifted up until it hit 20 stone earlier this year.
Then I saw someone on an E-bike on my commute.
It was an epiphany!!!!
If I carry on the way I am, I thought, I'm going to end up on one of those fking things, deluding myself that somehow I'm not going gentle into Dylan Thomas' good night because I'm still pedalling!
Six months later, I've dropped 2.5 stone, I'm faster than I've ever been, fitter than I've ever been, and thinner than I've been in ten years. Thanks to that E-bike, I'm going to rage against the dying of the light (and yes, I love that poem!), I'm going to be fitter at 50 than I was at 30 - no real challenge, to be honest! - and fitter at 60 than I am now....
Of course, I know I'm not immortal. At some point, hopefully not until I'm knocking on the door of my seventies, I'm going to have to accept that for everything there is a season, a time for every matter, and maybe, for me, that time will have been and gone.....
And that's when I'm going to buy an E-bike, 'cause there will be more raging to do, but I'm not about to accelerate the dying of the light by jumping on one before I have to!
E-bikes... Bring 'em on for the old, the infirm and everyone else who wants a reminder of the fact that when they're old or infirm themselves, they'll be able to extend their passion for a good few years to come.... But not just yet a while, eh?
Good post. For what it's worth, my day used to race in his younger days but gave up riding in his 30s. He started riding again a few years back and now at just past 70, he knocks out a few 30-40 mile rides each week. Just hope I'm doing the same thing when I'm older!Unfortunately, the original plan of cycling to lose the weight I'd put on since giving up smoking didn't really work out, as I just over-compensated for the calories burnt, and despite getting fitter under the fat, my weight gradually drifted up until it hit 20 stone earlier this year.
Then I saw someone on an E-bike on my commute.
It was an epiphany!!!!
If I carry on the way I am, I thought, I'm going to end up on one of those f
king things, deluding myself that somehow I'm not going gentle into Dylan Thomas' good night because I'm still pedalling!Six months later, I've dropped 2.5 stone, I'm faster than I've ever been, fitter than I've ever been, and thinner than I've been in ten years. Thanks to that E-bike, I'm going to rage against the dying of the light (and yes, I love that poem!), I'm going to be fitter at 50 than I was at 30 - no real challenge, to be honest! - and fitter at 60 than I am now....
Of course, I know I'm not immortal. At some point, hopefully not until I'm knocking on the door of my seventies, I'm going to have to accept that for everything there is a season, a time for every matter, and maybe, for me, that time will have been and gone.....
And that's when I'm going to buy an E-bike, 'cause there will be more raging to do, but I'm not about to accelerate the dying of the light by jumping on one before I have to!
E-bikes... Bring 'em on for the old, the infirm and everyone else who wants a reminder of the fact that when they're old or infirm themselves, they'll be able to extend their passion for a good few years to come.... But not just yet a while, eh?
S10GTA said:
For those who have zero planning skills and are lazy. I take a bag with clothes in a couple of times a week and leave them at work. Its not tricky. Only need to shower at the height of summer.
I am glad I don't sit near you stinky. So in winter you shower at home then cycle 10miles to work and go straight to your desk?Gassing Station | Pedal Powered | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff