>>1513366My standard of decent is it'll handle light commuting on decently maintained roads. It's basically a $300 bike with $900 of battery, motor, and accessories with a markup.
But yeah the bikes are steel and heavy to begin with, fat bike, and then they throw 20lbs of motor and battery on it.
But it's the cheapest turn-key solution that isn't entirely proprietary.
>but can you also pedal too?Rad stuff has a cadence sensor like my ebike. Torque is superior.
Cadence says
>oi are they pedalin>well they made a revolution lets give them a pre-determined amount of juice based on assist levelSo it'll completely ignore how HARD you are pedaling. So when the motor outspins the wheels faster than you can, you're effectively useless. This happens much faster on a hub motor.
Since I'm able to use my gears on my bike, I can shift to a gear that motor doesn't out-pedal. At full-throttle, I need to be in my two highest gears before I can contribute to the pedaling.
I work at a nursing home doing maintenance so the old people nap during the day. I don't travel long enough distances to get to speed in a vehicle to where the oil's burning, but also too long a ditsance where I work up more of a sweat than I'd like between buildings. Electric power needs no oil so it's great for that and then it makes no noise to wake up the oldies.
