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Just starting this thread for folks who are into electric bicycles to opinionate or post photos etc etc.
For 25+ years I had more or less given up cycling (mostly mountainbiking) because of bad knees and various other reasons, but had always meant to get back to cycling. However old age and the associated decrepitude didn't help even after getting a new knee. There were too many steep hills where I live and I struggled to get going again. Then around april 2019 a friend stuck an ebike under my nose. It immediately made sense to me. In june 2019 I purchased my first Ebike, a hybrid touring style bike that could do some limited offroad as well as being primarily road oriented. Fitness soon followed and I found myself using less and less battery, and my trips were getting longer. Soon I had added a standard mountain bike and a full on E mountainbike. The standard bike is used for flat runs and short distances up to 20kms. In the intervening period twixt june 2019 and to date I have covered almost 7000kms on bicycles. The Wife got one also, and I attach some photos from recent cycles on greenways in the west of Ireland. The whole Ebike thing has been life changing for us tbh.
Hopefully there are others on here who can share their experiences likewise.
For 25+ years I had more or less given up cycling (mostly mountainbiking) because of bad knees and various other reasons, but had always meant to get back to cycling. However old age and the associated decrepitude didn't help even after getting a new knee. There were too many steep hills where I live and I struggled to get going again. Then around april 2019 a friend stuck an ebike under my nose. It immediately made sense to me. In june 2019 I purchased my first Ebike, a hybrid touring style bike that could do some limited offroad as well as being primarily road oriented. Fitness soon followed and I found myself using less and less battery, and my trips were getting longer. Soon I had added a standard mountain bike and a full on E mountainbike. The standard bike is used for flat runs and short distances up to 20kms. In the intervening period twixt june 2019 and to date I have covered almost 7000kms on bicycles. The Wife got one also, and I attach some photos from recent cycles on greenways in the west of Ireland. The whole Ebike thing has been life changing for us tbh.
Hopefully there are others on here who can share their experiences likewise.