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Hello,
this is my first post here and I have to admit, I do not know much about bicycles... haven't extensively ridden one in more than 10 years and even then...
I have found your board searching for information and it is packed with it!
Lately I am getting tired of taking the bus back and forth to work everyday (about 40 minutes of bus with good traffic plus time to walk to and from the stations), and I really don't feel like driving to work so I was thinking of biking instead.
Since where I live there are many hills, and last time I tried biking around here I gave up because of them, I was thinking of getting an electric bike to help me with the hills.
It would also help me with the distance and the speed, as I have about 13 miles between work and home, and would like to not spend hours on the road...
Do you think that is feasible? Especially knowing that I go to the gym to lift weight pretty much half an hour after reaching destination in the morning on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
I am afraid of this being too much... Though when I started lifting years ago, I was also biking everywhere and never felt better in my life (but I was younger and a student...)
If it is all good, I have been looking at the ezip trailz bike, but 15mph is not great.
I know you have some mods to get it faster, but if so, wouldn't it be better to just get a better bike?
I toured a shop around here, starters were around $850+, "nice" ones more like $1400+.
I don't really have a budget, but I am not looking forward to invest the price of a car either...
I guess I am quite lost....
If that is useful, I am 28, 6'1 and in good shape, around 180lbs.
Thanks!
this is my first post here and I have to admit, I do not know much about bicycles... haven't extensively ridden one in more than 10 years and even then...
I have found your board searching for information and it is packed with it!
Lately I am getting tired of taking the bus back and forth to work everyday (about 40 minutes of bus with good traffic plus time to walk to and from the stations), and I really don't feel like driving to work so I was thinking of biking instead.
Since where I live there are many hills, and last time I tried biking around here I gave up because of them, I was thinking of getting an electric bike to help me with the hills.
It would also help me with the distance and the speed, as I have about 13 miles between work and home, and would like to not spend hours on the road...
Do you think that is feasible? Especially knowing that I go to the gym to lift weight pretty much half an hour after reaching destination in the morning on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
I am afraid of this being too much... Though when I started lifting years ago, I was also biking everywhere and never felt better in my life (but I was younger and a student...)
If it is all good, I have been looking at the ezip trailz bike, but 15mph is not great.
I know you have some mods to get it faster, but if so, wouldn't it be better to just get a better bike?
I toured a shop around here, starters were around $850+, "nice" ones more like $1400+.
I don't really have a budget, but I am not looking forward to invest the price of a car either...
I guess I am quite lost....
If that is useful, I am 28, 6'1 and in good shape, around 180lbs.
Thanks!