Hope its OK posting this, I’m just happy.
First thanks again to trex for his advice about efficient battery usage.
I used to do this circuit quite often when I was a kid, but with a lot of years of bodily neglect and body abuse at work I thought it would be a good challenge for both me and the bike, the king meter reckoned it was 44 mile (google says 43 mile), I did peddle all the way (much of it on level 1) but after about 30 miles my legs were really starting to tire, so alternated between level 2 and 3, and I knew I still had a killer of a hill to climb, not particularly long (about 0.9 mile) nor steep (12.5% in places) average 6.7%, but after a long ride I never looked forward to it, anyway following the advice I’d been given the bear handled it no problem at 8 to 9 mph in assist 4 (out of 5).
Whilst I could manage it as a kid, without power I’d have been walking up it now, going up the hill the power showed 1 bar, but on the flat nearer home it showed 4 bars, and 2 bars on shorter hills so the bike could have kept going - unfortunately I couldn’t, all I can say is I’m very happy at the way the bear performed, its a heavy lump but that’s offset by completing all the tasks I’ve asked it to do. I haven’t done a review of the bear as there are already 4 reviews.
If you want to look at Southport pier use street view on google maps.
First thanks again to trex for his advice about efficient battery usage.
I used to do this circuit quite often when I was a kid, but with a lot of years of bodily neglect and body abuse at work I thought it would be a good challenge for both me and the bike, the king meter reckoned it was 44 mile (google says 43 mile), I did peddle all the way (much of it on level 1) but after about 30 miles my legs were really starting to tire, so alternated between level 2 and 3, and I knew I still had a killer of a hill to climb, not particularly long (about 0.9 mile) nor steep (12.5% in places) average 6.7%, but after a long ride I never looked forward to it, anyway following the advice I’d been given the bear handled it no problem at 8 to 9 mph in assist 4 (out of 5).
Whilst I could manage it as a kid, without power I’d have been walking up it now, going up the hill the power showed 1 bar, but on the flat nearer home it showed 4 bars, and 2 bars on shorter hills so the bike could have kept going - unfortunately I couldn’t, all I can say is I’m very happy at the way the bear performed, its a heavy lump but that’s offset by completing all the tasks I’ve asked it to do. I haven’t done a review of the bear as there are already 4 reviews.
If you want to look at Southport pier use street view on google maps.
