.....just a year ago.
I ordered my Wisper 905SE from Electric Bikes Direct on 1st January 2009 (£1200 delivered) having never ridden an e-bike and so I was, in a sense, buying 'a pig in a poke'. However, I'd done my homework and although I've seen other bikes from different manufacturers which also appealed to me during the past year, I think I made the right choice - for me, anyway.
After a year of ownership and close to three thousand miles of entirely leisure use I've had no reason to regret it. I wouldn't have ridden any sort of standard bike for a tenth of that mileage which was the main point of doing it. Also, as a result of getting somewhat fitter, the old standard mountain bike has had a few outings too.
No regrets therefore - as a long-time motorbike rider, I didn't think it was possible to have so much fun at (usually) less than 30 mph!
Also, if like some cyclists alledge, it's 'cheating' to have a motor and battery, I'm quite happy to do that to experience the exhilaration of tearing down a hill without worrying about pedalling back up it later on....
Rog.
I ordered my Wisper 905SE from Electric Bikes Direct on 1st January 2009 (£1200 delivered) having never ridden an e-bike and so I was, in a sense, buying 'a pig in a poke'. However, I'd done my homework and although I've seen other bikes from different manufacturers which also appealed to me during the past year, I think I made the right choice - for me, anyway.
After a year of ownership and close to three thousand miles of entirely leisure use I've had no reason to regret it. I wouldn't have ridden any sort of standard bike for a tenth of that mileage which was the main point of doing it. Also, as a result of getting somewhat fitter, the old standard mountain bike has had a few outings too.
No regrets therefore - as a long-time motorbike rider, I didn't think it was possible to have so much fun at (usually) less than 30 mph!
Also, if like some cyclists alledge, it's 'cheating' to have a motor and battery, I'm quite happy to do that to experience the exhilaration of tearing down a hill without worrying about pedalling back up it later on....
Rog.