Long weekend rookie ebike ride with no spare batteries 
So we ride from Coimbra to Fátima (Carmelitas route) in the first day, and from Fátima to Lisbon in the second day, mainly on the (Tagus route ).
We had no previouse experience in andling with rack gear and long routes and we had to sort out some issues with the gear, neverthelese we had to ride with limitations in the more rugged trails , but we need to pass the rookie test .
We decided not to travel with spare batteries but with 2 chargers available ( 4A and 2A).
Our bikes/setup : Cube 140 625 wh batt Toppeak beamrack (not suit for full susp bike) . My mistake as I didn´t test it before the ride (only done a back yard 10 meters test).
Cube 120 500 wh batt Thulle tour rack (aproved for pourpose).
The optins for the chargers went (almost) ok. In the firs tday we stop to lunch about an our , and we put the batteries on charge. The 4A for the 500Wh and the 2A for the 625wh. We arrived with the 625Wh with 5Km autonomie remainig and for the 500wh empty (the last 4/5Km only muscle power). Fortunly this part was almost flat .
For the second we stop 2 times, lunch time and afternoon and went ok our planing . We ride as much as possible in Eco mode, and in Tour in more ascending parts.
Great ride at the end and very nice landscapes.
So we ride from Coimbra to Fátima (Carmelitas route) in the first day, and from Fátima to Lisbon in the second day, mainly on the (Tagus route ).
We had no previouse experience in andling with rack gear and long routes and we had to sort out some issues with the gear, neverthelese we had to ride with limitations in the more rugged trails , but we need to pass the rookie test .
We decided not to travel with spare batteries but with 2 chargers available ( 4A and 2A).
Our bikes/setup : Cube 140 625 wh batt Toppeak beamrack (not suit for full susp bike) . My mistake as I didn´t test it before the ride (only done a back yard 10 meters test).
Cube 120 500 wh batt Thulle tour rack (aproved for pourpose).
The optins for the chargers went (almost
) ok. In the firs tday we stop to lunch about an our , and we put the batteries on charge. The 4A for the 500Wh and the 2A for the 625wh. We arrived with the 625Wh with 5Km autonomie remainig and for the 500wh empty (the last 4/5Km only muscle power). Fortunly this part was almost flat .For the second we stop 2 times, lunch time and afternoon and went ok our planing . We ride as much as possible in Eco mode, and in Tour in more ascending parts.
Great ride at the end and very nice landscapes.
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