Winky's ebike is here

Winky's new ebike came yesterday.  Kadizzle is jealous.  Her bike has some bells and whistles his bike does not. Her tires are much larger.  Not sure that is good, it might make the bike more clunky.  Now Winky weighs about half what Kadizzle does so she is going to go a long way on one battery charge.  It will be great fun to take the ebikes to the Badlands.  Today we may do a practice buzz locally.  If you have tried an ebike do so.  Go to some bike shop that sells them they will let you try it. You will get hooked quickly.  Kadizzle has not found anyone who is disappointed.  You can buy a Rad Rover for around $1,600,  but think about it before you do.  The Rad Rovers seem like reasonable bikes, but they are only really good for city riding, and a little off road stuff. If you are a more hard core biker then you need to kick it up to about three thousand and get a more rugged bike. The ebikes are made in two basic configurations.  The type Winky and Kadizzle have are equipped with a motor mounted near the crank.  The other type has the motor in the rear hub.  There are advantages to each, but Kadizzle thinks the best set up is the crank assist.  Europeans have really embraced these bikes, and more and more of them are showing up in this country. There is going to be fighting about using these bikes on trails.  Purist don't want to share the trails, but Kadizzle feels they are just selfish and wrong.  Speed is the issue.  The pedal guys think the ebikes can go too fast. That is just not the case.  Skill will limit the ebike speed.  Kadizzle was on a trail with a good conventional bike guy and Kadizzle could not keep up with him.  The only place where the bike will kick ass is on hills.  Even the best pedal guy cannot make it up a hill like an ebike.  The real good thing about the ebike is it will get lumps doings something.  You do get exercise on an ebike.  You decide how much assist you want.  If you want more exercise set the assist to the lowest level.  Anyway give it a try.  Bird lady you should get one or your kids should get one for you.  One of the best reasons for an ebike is the environment.  Think of the environmental benefit of these things.  We love to just hop on the bike and go to the store instead of messing with the car or truck.  Omar, you and the missus would really enjoy these on your travel.  Your typical person could easily go 25 miles using the battery hard.  If you work and pedal thirty or fourty miles is realistic.  Kadizzle went up to the lake and back for a total of 56 miles, and Kadizzle is pretty lumpy.