Well I took my Taniwha out for a serious play pretty much for the first time since I went electric on a Canondale Moterra 1 almost 2 years ago so here are my findings
1: surprisingly it was a whole lot more fun than I thought it would be
2: my fitness and leg strength was fine. In fact my Garmin heart data was pretty much on a par with what I would expect to see from an e ride of same duration of aprox 2hrs 45
3: I had been tossing up whether to over capitalize my current ebike with such goodies as a new 38 fork and fancy coil shock or hang out for a new bike should anything decent find its way to NZ and this ride has made up my mind. Yes over capitalize haha. Reason?
4: gearbox is so far superior its not even in the same ballpark. The Pinion gearbox on the Zerode was such a pleasure. I had almost forgotten how good it was. I have been convincing myself that a well tuned XO shifter and derailleur is adequate but honestly it really isn't so I will be hanging out until a decent gearbox ebike comes along
5: my overall strength has improved. Tossing that lightweight 34 lb acoustic around was a breeze. Had to work hard on the climbs though. There is no way around that
1: surprisingly it was a whole lot more fun than I thought it would be
2: my fitness and leg strength was fine. In fact my Garmin heart data was pretty much on a par with what I would expect to see from an e ride of same duration of aprox 2hrs 45
3: I had been tossing up whether to over capitalize my current ebike with such goodies as a new 38 fork and fancy coil shock or hang out for a new bike should anything decent find its way to NZ and this ride has made up my mind. Yes over capitalize haha. Reason?
4: gearbox is so far superior its not even in the same ballpark. The Pinion gearbox on the Zerode was such a pleasure. I had almost forgotten how good it was. I have been convincing myself that a well tuned XO shifter and derailleur is adequate but honestly it really isn't so I will be hanging out until a decent gearbox ebike comes along
5: my overall strength has improved. Tossing that lightweight 34 lb acoustic around was a breeze. Had to work hard on the climbs though. There is no way around that
