First wet morning for a while on the maiden trip to work: so just as well I'd stuck mudguards on the beast (ordered a selection of stainless bolts so I can get the rack on later in the week to save me from carrying a backpack )
It was bloody comfy and is quite mucky at the moment, so I'll need to check what is the best way of cleaning it.
According to the app for the bike I've used 23% of the battery on the way in and knocked about 10 minutes off the trip - it measured 17.5km today
I had it on full auto just to get a feel for what it does when I change the gears; I don't want this to be a scooter, I still need to get some exercise to make up for the rest of the harm I do to myself when not riding
Checking the records for my fitness tracker I was almost sleeping
Here's the last trip on the
Old Bike (speed in kph on top blue graph)
and on the
New Armchair today
I'll leave it in auto for the way home and probably try manually changing the assist levels on the next ride
I've realised it needs new pedals - the platform things it came with just aren't grippy at all and can't take toe clips; they'd be really good for nipping to the shops in bare feet but not so much a commute that is a mix of gravel and bumpy bike path
Anyways I'm going to call that a win - a simple-ish e-bike is a really fun way to get about.
I think it needs the gears given how I was changing them for the climbs (it's about 120m down 80m up in this direction) so I 'm happy I didn't go for one of the single speed thingys
I now just need to find the level of assist and way to ride it where it doesn't feel like cheating - the lower gears with the auto on make it feel like a Monkey Magic cloud when it takes off
-sd
EDIT: images didn't work in a table