I try my best not to do that. But sometimes your best just ain't good enough.
I watched it anyhow. It seems that Belgium's got no talent. Not even if you include Jean-Claude Dick Van Dyke!
That's not quite true. The cheap bikes mainly have free-wheeling motors, so there's no penalty riding them without power compared with the same bike without the electrical stuff apart from the additional weight, which you can feel on hills. Obviously, the lighter the otor and battery, the less you can feel that. Some of the expensive bikes have hub-motors, which are often direct drive. These are not good for pedalling without power.
I've got a Coyote Connect, which appears to be the Lada Riva of e-bikes, but even riding that without the motor isn't too bad - I think it is just that when you switch the motor off, having been using it with the motor on, you just feel like it is going very slowly, compared to how it was with the assistance. (I'd much rather be riding a normal bike than my e-bike with no battery though!)
Or a Salisbury, I had and rode that before returning as not fit as per advert. Treacle is my perception, I may have exaggerated slightly so 10 not 5 mph unpowered. vs a BH Race which stood up well against a 10 spd from the 80's. holding circa 18 mph with ease.
All checked and tire pressures. The bike could just barely do 24 miles assisted. The BH race with and old 26v 10ah battery could do over 45 miles.
That's obvious. You don't have to pedal the Salisbury, while as the BH's motor is very weak and won't give its power without pedalling hard.
I had to work hard on both to get the ranges. But the bh had a far lower rolling resistance, weight difference too. The BH gave a lot for the input the Salisbury took a lot for any movement.
