Recent content by seaotter

Vancouver BC. Short trips within the city are almost always faster by bike than by car, and during afternoon rush hour even longer trips (10+km) can be faster.

Yes - last trip was 5.5Wh/km at just over 25km/h. I hope to have a slightly faster average speed once it's light on the return trip, maybe 27km/h. This would make the trip faster than by car, at least in afternoon rush hour.

Usually I use 5.5Wh/km (based on Cycle Analyst), which I think is 8.8Wh/mile.

Riding conditions: My main use for the bike is a 52km commute round trip. Total elevation gain is about 340m (round trip), max grade is 4%. Most of the trip is on roads, about 2km on gravel paths. I bought the electric kit to make the trip faster and a little less tiring, so I can ride every...

Kit installation: Installation took me a long time. Not because it was particularly hard, but I started reading in the forum about front hub motors and aluminium forks. So I read everything I could find before installing the motor. I also had to go back to ebikes.ca to buy two spacer C washers...

This is my first post here. I found lots of good information on this forum when I was planning my ebike/kit purchase, and I thought somebody else may find my experience helpful. My review will not be very technical since I don't really understand the technology, but I'll try to give an accurate...