trackebike
10 mW
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2020
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I'm having trouble seeing any advantage to regenerative braking on an ebike.
As a seasoned cyclist, I hardly ever apply braking for any extended period of time. It seems to me that you would have to live in a very hilly area for regen braking to have any effect and even then it would be marginal.
Also, I'm excluding the "very heavy ebike" cases, trikes and cargo ebikes, etc.. They might see some benefit.
But I think for most normal e-bikes it is meaningless.
As a seasoned cyclist, I hardly ever apply braking for any extended period of time. It seems to me that you would have to live in a very hilly area for regen braking to have any effect and even then it would be marginal.
Also, I'm excluding the "very heavy ebike" cases, trikes and cargo ebikes, etc.. They might see some benefit.
But I think for most normal e-bikes it is meaningless.