Just want to say I have found this forum invaluable in researching pedelecs etc.
I'm one of those 'casual' uncommitted cyclists who has recently ditched his car due to telecommuting and the fact the better half has a toyota lucida.
Really interested in using a pedelec/ebike as the first phase of my transition of mindset to throttle controlled EV (ie, two or four wheeled EV capable of motorway speeds). But that's in my future. I guess what I'm saying is that I want to get used to plugging in my transport in overnight
Although I telecommute, I do want the freedom a runabout can give me. Rather than a car, I figured I'd get an electric cycle and avoid all the admin and expensive maintenance that a 'proper' road vehicle brings. I live very close to the countryside in a somewhat suburban village called Denmead, about ten miles from Portsmouth.
Things are quite hilly around here (close to the South Downs) and although I am reasonably fit and go around on a trusty tourer, I do believe I would go out more often and further afield with a little battery power to back me up on particularly steep inclines.
I am seriously contemplating the gocycle despite the lack of enthusiasm for it here! There I said it.
And if you think I am a design loving, Apple toting, lazy fool - well, you'd be half right
I'm one of those 'casual' uncommitted cyclists who has recently ditched his car due to telecommuting and the fact the better half has a toyota lucida.
Really interested in using a pedelec/ebike as the first phase of my transition of mindset to throttle controlled EV (ie, two or four wheeled EV capable of motorway speeds). But that's in my future. I guess what I'm saying is that I want to get used to plugging in my transport in overnight
Although I telecommute, I do want the freedom a runabout can give me. Rather than a car, I figured I'd get an electric cycle and avoid all the admin and expensive maintenance that a 'proper' road vehicle brings. I live very close to the countryside in a somewhat suburban village called Denmead, about ten miles from Portsmouth.
Things are quite hilly around here (close to the South Downs) and although I am reasonably fit and go around on a trusty tourer, I do believe I would go out more often and further afield with a little battery power to back me up on particularly steep inclines.
I am seriously contemplating the gocycle despite the lack of enthusiasm for it here! There I said it.
And if you think I am a design loving, Apple toting, lazy fool - well, you'd be half right