Had a test ride at my local bike shop on a Giant E-Road pro-2, really liked it.
I'm middle aged,20 stone and have lost 8 stone over the last 3 years by cycling and food control, been a long journey and a long story for another day!
My neighbour is a triathlete and we like to ride together however that limits our speed, so I tend to go out in the car, ride with him for his warmup 30-60 mins then drive home as there's no way I can keep up at his training pace.
On the test ride I dropped him big time on hills.
Question is, do I splurge on a 3000 quid bike that I don't really want, but is really nice, or...
My first bike I bought three years ago is a 2015 Giant Rapid, flat bar, aluminium frame, 3x9 gears. If I get a TSDZ2 kit with a large capacity rack battery, would that be a similar experience to a commercial e-road bike, would it fit or would I need to change the gear sets?
My thoughts on the positives on that - couple of years ago I rode from europoort to amsterdam for a weekend, so had panniers and stuff on the Rapid anyway, and it was a great way to spend the weekend, so would love to spend more time "doing europe" on a bike and an E bike would make that even better, and I've got my flashy carbon Defy for my "workout" rides. Plus we do a regular coast-to-coast thing (Morcambe to Bridlington) normally I drive the support van but with a motor and a spare battery I reckon I could do that too
All comments welcome!
I'm middle aged,20 stone and have lost 8 stone over the last 3 years by cycling and food control, been a long journey and a long story for another day!
My neighbour is a triathlete and we like to ride together however that limits our speed, so I tend to go out in the car, ride with him for his warmup 30-60 mins then drive home as there's no way I can keep up at his training pace.
On the test ride I dropped him big time on hills.
Question is, do I splurge on a 3000 quid bike that I don't really want, but is really nice, or...
My first bike I bought three years ago is a 2015 Giant Rapid, flat bar, aluminium frame, 3x9 gears. If I get a TSDZ2 kit with a large capacity rack battery, would that be a similar experience to a commercial e-road bike, would it fit or would I need to change the gear sets?
My thoughts on the positives on that - couple of years ago I rode from europoort to amsterdam for a weekend, so had panniers and stuff on the Rapid anyway, and it was a great way to spend the weekend, so would love to spend more time "doing europe" on a bike and an E bike would make that even better, and I've got my flashy carbon Defy for my "workout" rides. Plus we do a regular coast-to-coast thing (Morcambe to Bridlington) normally I drive the support van but with a motor and a spare battery I reckon I could do that too
All comments welcome!
