I’m cycle pilled and fully electric. I’ve got wind in my hair and bugs in my teeth. I’ve got places to be and sweat stains in my pits. I’m moisturized, unbothered, in my (protected!) bike lane, and flourishing. I can’t fully ditch my car yet for intermittent long distance commute reasons, BUT, I think I will be able to when I switch projects next year. Capitalism is a fuck, death to AmeriKKKa, may crude oil go to $1000 a gallon!
I picked up 3 used ebikes in the last 6 months. One cheap hub drive class 3 (28mph with throttle, single speed belt drive) and two Bosch mid drive class 2 (20mph no throttle).
They’re all amazing and totally revived my love of cycling. 20mph is a little too slow and torque sensing mid drive is far superior to cadence sensor rear hub drive
Really? Maybe I’ll want to use the full speed more often then. I used to have a single speed in a very flat city. It was one of the best times in my life as far as fitness goes. I can’t wait to get back out there without fearing the ravages of time so much. I expect to be able to scale with the bike because it is a torque sensor. As I get stronger I can lower the PAS. I live somewhere a little hilly now, and I would really struggle to get back into it. I was the kind of person who needed to ‘fool’ my body into exercise with fun activities. Can’t wait to finally pull off that trick again.
My absolute favorite thing is an ebike’s ability to flatten hills. I hope you put many many miles on it
warning: genuinely bad pun
“Flattened Hill”
I exhaled loudly. Never has 9to5 seen a pun crafted by such masterful wit