Extender battery’s

[Hobo Mikey]

So you’re looking for a new bike and you want it to be light. Lots on offer advertised as light and with an extender battery you can go further. But if you put the extender battery on are you not back to square one weighing the same as a bike with a bigger battery to start with.

 

[whitymon]

What do you imply really?

If you can ride the bike with a light battery most of the time and take an extender for few day per year then this is still a pretty good deal.

If you buy a bike with the small battery but always use the extender well, you made the wrong choice in the first place.

Have also in mind that for some bile it is possible to use the range extender only without battery, this could be awesome too.

In the end people need to figure out how many watts they need, unfortunately, people think they are going to use eco/trail mode but once they touch the turbo, they starts using it all the time

 

[ckkone]

So you’re looking for a new bike and you want it to be light. Lots on offer advertised as light and with an extender battery you can go further. But if you put the extender battery on are you not back to square one weighing the same as a bike with a bigger battery to start with.

Oh wow, what a revelation! You’ve cracked the code on how weight works. Except… you haven’t.

The whole point of an extender battery is choice. You’re not lugging around extra weight all the time—you can ride light when you don’t need the range and add the extender when you do. Meanwhile, a bike with a permanently bigger battery forces you to haul that extra weight whether you need it or not.

It’s like saying, “Why have a backpack when you can just sew all your stuff into your jacket?” Yeah, genius idea—until you realize flexibility is a thing.

 

[Hobo Mikey]

I knew I should have gone to school

 

[Mikerb]

there is another factor. The combination of a smaller battery and extender can enable the total weight of both to be kept both low and over the BB. That can be far more important in terms of handling than the actual weight of both combined. I currently have a 750 w/h battery and for the type of riding I do only very rarely use more than 50% capacity, so I would be interested in the (relatively) lower capacity battery plus extender option. A good example is the Whyte Lyte EVO.