My daily experiences with my new Pedelec - Bosch middle engine

[RantanplanFX]

Hi there,

for anyone who is interested in reading about some own made experiences with a Pedelec going every day the whole year to work:
http://fx-video.de/fahrrad-blog-mit-dem-pedelec-zur-arbeit/e-bicycle-pedelec.html
I hope my english isn't too bad.
Cheers
Sven

 

[superDove]

Interesting read. Thanks for taking the time to put it down. More real world stories of regular users is whats needed to give electric bikes More credibility as a serious commuter option.

 

[patpatbut]

Interesting journey with you bike.
Read half way through and it went to German...

Pat

 

[superDove]

It does say in the first section that its not all translated yet but will be shortly.

 

[chris2014]

very useful and thanks for sharing your ebike experiences

 

[Chainring]

Yes, we do need more posts like this if people are to be convinced of the usefulness of electric bikes. I was sceptical, until I met a lady who used hers for, what I considered, a long commute. Ten miles each way to work for four years, not two, as I originally thought. I used to look at the stationary traffic every day, as I pedalled to work, and thought: 'What choice do many of them have? Perhaps they have a long way to go'. I realise now that probably fifty per cent of the drivers (one person in each car) could use a pedelec to get to work and back. Using one is the best way to find out, and posts like the one from Sven do a lot to educate people. Things have to change - we cannot keep building more roads. Pedelecs use so few resources, and most of them are metal and re-cyclable. I cover about fifty miles per week, in all weathers. (Not much snow, yet).My cost-per-mile, if I complete a year, will be about 28 pence. On a sunny day, it's a real pleasure to be out! Go where you wish, with very little effort, and low cost. Heaven!

 

[RantanplanFX]

Interesting journey with you bike.
Read half way through and it went to German...

Pat

Hi Pat,

yes I was wondering if I should wait till I have finished that.
However now it is finished and will be updated in the same cycle as the German page - which will be monthly or weekly if there is something to report.

Cheers
Sven

 

[patpatbut]

Thanks. I like reading other people experience in particular on how to tackle ebike failure.

Keep us update with you bike

Pat

 

[RantanplanFX]

So now I have updated my experience and have now as well a couple of pictures included so that you can get an idea about my daily way to work. Could be worse. I'm enjoying every day to see something new aside the way.

http://fx-video.de/fahrrad-blog-mit-dem-pedelec-zur-arbeit/e-bicycle-pedelec.html

 

[amigafan2003]

Interesting journey with you bike.
Read half way through and it went to German...

Pat

If you're using Google Chrome (and if not, why not?), right click > translate to English.

 

[JohnCade]

Thanks for posting this. It's quite informative and entertaining in a slightly Michael Palin "fell off near Moscow" kind of way.

Good luck with the bike after the teething troubles.

 

[musicbooks]

An excellent and very informative read. Thank you!