Until recently I had been communting the 9 miles to work on a Vespa, but after so many mechanical problems recently followed by an attempted theft that has cost me £400 to fix I am minded to see it and cycle to work instead.
I tried today on a pretty decent mountain bike and unfortunately the hills of Sheffield by and largely defeated me.
The 20 minute ride on my Vespa was an hour 11 there and an hour 25 back, but I was pushing up the hill for a lot of it. Still both are about the same time as the bus and obviously better exercise!
I am a 6'2" man who weighs about 100kg but would ideally like that to come down to 85kg with regular exercise.
My route to work has three steep hills and lots of gradual descents whilst my way back is the opposite. I have about 800 feet.
As you can see on here, either way it is a hilly commute!
http://www.strava.com/activities/456995623?fb_action_ids=10156447641940455&fb_action_types=fitness.bikes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=[948748221880272]&action_type_map=["fitness.bikes"]&action_ref_map=[]
Bearing that in mind I am looking at getting an ebike. The thing is I don't have the cash around so ideally would like to get on a year's finance, and probably spend between £600 and £900 tops. I really liked the look of the Green Edge CS2 at Halfords however this is the one model they don't see to do finance on.
Does any body have any alternatives for me?
I guess I am looking for something that will get me 50 miles a week to and from work and get me up the hills without collapsing or having to push like today, whilst at the same time getting me fit. If I could reduce my commute to 45 minutes by bike I'd be over the moon.
Thanks in advance.
I tried today on a pretty decent mountain bike and unfortunately the hills of Sheffield by and largely defeated me.
The 20 minute ride on my Vespa was an hour 11 there and an hour 25 back, but I was pushing up the hill for a lot of it. Still both are about the same time as the bus and obviously better exercise!
I am a 6'2" man who weighs about 100kg but would ideally like that to come down to 85kg with regular exercise.
My route to work has three steep hills and lots of gradual descents whilst my way back is the opposite. I have about 800 feet.
As you can see on here, either way it is a hilly commute!
http://www.strava.com/activities/456995623?fb_action_ids=10156447641940455&fb_action_types=fitness.bikes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=[948748221880272]&action_type_map=["fitness.bikes"]&action_ref_map=[]
Bearing that in mind I am looking at getting an ebike. The thing is I don't have the cash around so ideally would like to get on a year's finance, and probably spend between £600 and £900 tops. I really liked the look of the Green Edge CS2 at Halfords however this is the one model they don't see to do finance on.
Does any body have any alternatives for me?
I guess I am looking for something that will get me 50 miles a week to and from work and get me up the hills without collapsing or having to push like today, whilst at the same time getting me fit. If I could reduce my commute to 45 minutes by bike I'd be over the moon.
Thanks in advance.
