I rode with two friends yesterday .
I let them try the Kenevo with the power turned off.
End result, they're not so sure about it ...
I let them try the Kenevo with the power turned off.
End result, they're not so sure about it ...
This afternoon, we came across a lone rider in the trail also on his way back to the car park. Age wise he’s ‘not quite senior’ like us. ?I rode with a mate last night, took turns on the Levo. I also set the support to 8% which made it around the same as his normal bike so we both had a blast in turbo mode and rode together for the other bits of the ride.
end result, he is looking to buy an ebike ?
Yes i get cold now on ebike. Fitness way down but im in my winter years so i can accept that.Not generally.
I ride in a fast group. When I first joined them I took the ebike so I could keep up (they would wait, but it nearly killed me). I reduced the assistance over about 3 months, and gradually transitioned to riding my real bike.
Now I'm a lot fitter I get cold if I take the ebike on a regular ride. I know some say that eco just compensates for the weight, but at least on my bike that's nonsense. I can keep up with a quick regular ride and have a heart rate of about 110 over the ride. Great if you're convalescing from Covid tho.
The routine is now that we ride real bikes on Thursdays, and ebikes go separately and go flat out on Tuesdays. Great fun both days, and a completely different style and pace of ride.
Depends on your group and time of year.
It clearly seems to matter to some people due to the prejudices against ebikes that still existing in many biking communities... luckily I have no exposure to that but I was curious enough to ask the question.
Curious how old youare.All the time. Been riding a while with fitter friends. I started months ago in trail, now I dial it back to eco on all but the steepest climbs and turn the assist off on flats. I carry the pack with first aid, tools, extra food, and water. I still cannot keep up on acoustic, but hopefully soon.
With emtb riding friends we generally cruise in trail, cover more ground, but not crazy fast.
With slower friends I leave it off or take acoustic.
I generally don't get my heart rate as high on emtb, as my legs feel it more than lungs (especially on low assist settings) compared to acoustic. But my legs seem to get a better workout, I guess it's the weight.
Early fifties, fairly fit.Curious how old youare.
Early fifties, fairlyIve got lazy since i got Ebike. When ive used accoustic up local hill it was hard work. I couldn't imagine using levo with no assistance. I still use tourer if out with wife and feel that on climbs. About 10 years older than you. Keep it up .Early fifties, fairly fit.
That would be about right some of my regular runs i would be faster on old bike than ebike. A slight downhill slope hit assist max very quick.Yes I ride with non ebike mates all the time have more non ebike than ebike mates , I ride in ECO, on flatter trial’s sometimes harder to keep up when avg speed is way over the assist level
You never notice it on a downhill. As you say on the flat hit it all the time especially if you are on a bit of tarmacThis makes me glad I live where I do. Basically, all the trails and require almost no pedaling, so on trail I am never aware of hitting the limiter. I can imagine if you had really fast and flatter trails it could get quite frustrating.
Indeed, just be thankful it doesnt sound like Jimi Hendrix@2WheelsNot4 My eBike is my acoustic, my "analogue" is silent in comparison
Similar to myselfEarly fifties, fairly fit.
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