Wednesday, August 11, 2021

What goes up, can come down easily

Winky and Kadizzle mounted the ebikes and headed up towards the mountains. The magic dial to watch on Kadizzle's ebike is the one that tells how much power is being used up. Kadizzle likes to have 50% when the time comes to head back. However, this trip like most starts uphill and returns down. With this in mind Kadizzle ran the battery down to 40%. We turned around and started the ten mile drift back to the Earth Module. On return there was about 20% left. What is the point. Not sure, but it always seems to work out to about 4% per mile. So if you are thinking about joining the ebike crowd you can figure your bike should always take you 25 miles. Now that is conservative. First, it will depend on your weight. Kadizzle is a large chunk of meat and stupidity. Winky with her peanut size could always count on thirty or forty miles. Of course there is the other factor, how hard are you willing to pedal. Winky loves to make life difficult so she peddles hard. With her determination it would be nothing for her to do 75 miles.  The farthest Kadizzle has gone is 56 miles. He could have gone farther, but decided to take it easy. Winky originally resisted the ebike, but now is a dedicated rider. Kadizzle highly recommends the bikes. You do get exercise. You can get as much exercise as you want. Simply set the power setting to how hard you want to work. The most important part is getting off the couch. In New Zealand Kadizzle met a man who said the ebike got him out again. Give it a try. 

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