I am looking to find a completely Battery powered option. I have a permanent back and nerve injury which prevents me from being able to ride with my wife. I recently heard about these bikes and if they are completely battery powered I might be able to enjoy riding with my wife again. Pedal assisted bikes unfortunately would be of no use to me. My injury would never allow me to pedal a bike.
Answer
There are two ways ebike power is controlled; 'Pedal Assist' which looks at pedal effort for motor assistance, and 'Power on Demand' which is throttle based and waht you want.
Still, almost all ebikes are designed for the motor to assist active pedal use. Without additional leg power, peak battery power becomes significantly higher on hills. The higher power motor and bigger batteries also increase the ebike weight.
However, there are folks that design and make power on demand ebike systems for folks such as yourself.
Be aware, that to make a system that is motor only with no pedal assist for power, is costly and has a shorter range. But it is done.
you would want a Mtn bike for ruggedness, a 500 watt hub motor minimum- full 750 watt proffered, and 1kwh of battery.
You are looking at ABOUT $2500 for top speed of 15 mph and a range of 15 miles.
Join the group below and post your information, see if anyone in your geography is interested.( I am in the Rocky Mtns.)
There are two ways ebike power is controlled; 'Pedal Assist' which looks at pedal effort for motor assistance, and 'Power on Demand' which is throttle based and waht you want.
Still, almost all ebikes are designed for the motor to assist active pedal use. Without additional leg power, peak battery power becomes significantly higher on hills. The higher power motor and bigger batteries also increase the ebike weight.
However, there are folks that design and make power on demand ebike systems for folks such as yourself.
Be aware, that to make a system that is motor only with no pedal assist for power, is costly and has a shorter range. But it is done.
you would want a Mtn bike for ruggedness, a 500 watt hub motor minimum- full 750 watt proffered, and 1kwh of battery.
You are looking at ABOUT $2500 for top speed of 15 mph and a range of 15 miles.
Join the group below and post your information, see if anyone in your geography is interested.( I am in the Rocky Mtns.)
Petrols bicycles vs Electric bicycle?
gaya
I want to buy a new bike as I'm going to travel 80km every weekend and go to college 3km from my home.Moreover time and efficiency is Essential for me
So what would you suggest?
Answer
Most electric bicycles have a range of about 30 km max.
(Of course, you get more if you pedal as well.)
I don't know what the laws are like over there, but here in Texas electric bicycles are basically treated just like bicycles with no special requirements (as long as the motor isn't too big, which they usually aren't.) But bicycles with engines are either treated as mopeds or motorcycles and require a license, tags, insurance, etc. or they're treated as `motor assisted scooters' and don't require these things but do have some pretty serious restrictions put on them such as not being able to ride them on roads where the speed limit exceeds 35 mph (56 kph).
If you're only going 3km to college, why not just ride a standard bicycle? That's a very short ride. As for the 80km, well, you certainly won't be doing that in an electric bicycle without pedaling or recharging, but if you pedal some and can recharge a few times it'll work.
Electric bikes probably do cost a bit more, and the batteries do wear out. But they're quiet, don't stink and won't stink the place up if you bring them inside. Petrol bicycles will presumably go a little faster (maybe, maybe not), have higher range (just fill them up) but you really don't want to bring them inside. They're very noisy. They also pollute a LOT -- they emit more nasty stuff (NO2, etc.) than most cars. But they do get around 200 kpg, so they don't emit much CO, CO2, etc.
If it were me, the tradeoff would be how the local laws treated each. Here in Texas, I'd go for an electric bicycle -- though really, I'm a good enough cyclist that I might just go for a standard road bicycle, depending on how that 80 km/weekend is laid out.
Most electric bicycles have a range of about 30 km max.
(Of course, you get more if you pedal as well.)
I don't know what the laws are like over there, but here in Texas electric bicycles are basically treated just like bicycles with no special requirements (as long as the motor isn't too big, which they usually aren't.) But bicycles with engines are either treated as mopeds or motorcycles and require a license, tags, insurance, etc. or they're treated as `motor assisted scooters' and don't require these things but do have some pretty serious restrictions put on them such as not being able to ride them on roads where the speed limit exceeds 35 mph (56 kph).
If you're only going 3km to college, why not just ride a standard bicycle? That's a very short ride. As for the 80km, well, you certainly won't be doing that in an electric bicycle without pedaling or recharging, but if you pedal some and can recharge a few times it'll work.
Electric bikes probably do cost a bit more, and the batteries do wear out. But they're quiet, don't stink and won't stink the place up if you bring them inside. Petrol bicycles will presumably go a little faster (maybe, maybe not), have higher range (just fill them up) but you really don't want to bring them inside. They're very noisy. They also pollute a LOT -- they emit more nasty stuff (NO2, etc.) than most cars. But they do get around 200 kpg, so they don't emit much CO, CO2, etc.
If it were me, the tradeoff would be how the local laws treated each. Here in Texas, I'd go for an electric bicycle -- though really, I'm a good enough cyclist that I might just go for a standard road bicycle, depending on how that 80 km/weekend is laid out.
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