had my bike for over a month now and it seems that it's getting harder to peddle. i'm getting to and from work faster each day but my legs are aching more now than they did when i first started. i'm almost sure it's because i'm out of assist a lot more now. have other people experienced this.
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Yes. This is all good, as you've passed assist and using mainly your own power. Either, get a speed dongle or non assist bike if you wish to go faster or improve fitness.
Try relaxing and going a little slower.
You end up traveling further faster?
You end up traveling further faster?
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I don't think that you have a suitable bike. the Gtech is better for people who are reasonably fit. Something like a Wisper Torque or Woosh Big bear might suit you better.
i'm not complaining about the aching legs, just wondered if others had same experience. i find the assist is great at lights and hills, i'm just surprised at how quickly i'm out of assist on the flat. it's hard trying to relax and go slower even though it's easier on the legs. anybody ever feel a little guilty when behind a 'real' cyclist and you can see them peddling like mad and you have to keep free wheeling and braking to stop from going into back of them.
How about knock the assist level down unless really needed . That's what I've done. As I ended up going too quick and peddling faster just to feel some resistance and I suppose control. I found that I have a level of resistance and cadence that just feels right. So instead of you going out of assist. Rather, you will be getting a bit less all the time.
Real cyclist!. Really, i'm both and don't feel any guilt. Cycle for yourself, forget others whether you pass them or they pass you. Real! as you call it cyclists vary as do e-bikers, from old to young, fat to thin, fit to ?, high end bikes to old rust buckets.
I've been beaten by older +60 riders, and beat 20 year olds in races. I've also seen really good riders with 10k bikes beaten by older riders on heavy old bikes.
Thank god i don't care anymore, don't race and enjoy the cycling
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I've been beaten by older +60 riders, and beat 20 year olds in races. I've also seen really good riders with 10k bikes beaten by older riders on heavy old bikes.
Thank god i don't care anymore, don't race and enjoy the cycling
.i wasn't having a go at 'real' cyclists or trying to infer that ebikers are not real, just couldn't think of another name for non electric cyclists, just sayin i sometimes feel a little guilty as it's so easy on an ebike when riding home from work in wind and rain and you see the effort put in by non assisted riders.
... Why not call them trads as in traditional. Somehow I suspect that had the internet been functional 120 years ago, we would have had complaints from the users of ordinary (Penny-farthing) bikes about those users of the new fangled safety bikes as not being real cyclists
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