1 day, 220 km solo ebike ride, Sydney to Collector report

[lesspedal]

Good try Maurice.

220 k's in one day, well done.

 

[remf]

Great stuff Maurice!!! 220 km in a day is a feat and a benchmark. All you'll need is a strong tailwind next time.

 

[dogman dan]

Still a hell of a long one day ride. Way to go. Anything over 100k is quite a long ways for the less than super fit. 220 is still impressive. If not for the knee, you would have made it eventually.

 

[voicecoils]

Thanks for reading & posting everyone! Maurice should have a chance to read the thread tomorrow and hopefully post a first-hand review.

In total he said he used 1400 Wh including 30 min of recharging one of his 3 packs. Over 220 km (~137 miles), that works out to ~6.4 Wh/km (10.2 Wh/mi).

He doesn't have average speed data recorded but we'll have to make sure to have a GPS bike computer on-board for the next big ride. Particularly I like knowing the average moving speed which some GPS units will calculate on their own.

Cheers, Abraham

 

[Philistine]

Good effort Maurice. I used to regularly do that ride on a motorbike and that was bad enough, the idea of doing it on an underpowered ebike sends shivers down my spine. Hats off to the man.

 

[Sunder]

Good work none the less. Still a very impressive effort.

 

[Hillhater]

How is Maurice ?
Is he still riding ?? or has he returned yet
He will probably need some "social rehabilitation" to get back to normal after all that time out of the city !
( thats,.. Pubs, Pies, and girls !)

 

[gogo]

In total he said he used 1400 Wh including 30 min of recharging one of his 3 packs. Over 220 km (~137 miles), that works out to ~6.4 Wh/km (4 Wh/mi).
Cheers, Abraham

I think that would be 10.2 Wh/mi. as miles are longer than kilometers. Still a very low number though, so he must be feeling it!

 

[full-throttle]

Hey Abraham, please pass on my congrats to Maurice - good effort with such heavy tyres, flat pedals and a stock bike + carrying extra batts!

Any chance of changing the thread name to reflect the actual distance covered ?

PS to be fair, the annual "Around the bay in one day" ride attracts 10's of thousands of rides - young, old and of all spectrum of fitness. The most popular distance is 210km.

 

[SamTexas]

In total he said he used 1400 Wh including 30 min of recharging one of his 3 packs. Over 220 km (~137 miles), that works out to ~6.4 Wh/km (4 Wh/mi).

The wh/km figure would be a lot more meaningful when Maurice posts the overall average speed later on.

BTW, 6.4Wh/km is 10.2Wh/mi

 

[voicecoils]

Any chance of changing the thread name to reflect the actual distance covered ?

Done!


@SamTexas + gogo, thanks for the correction on wh/mi. I got it backwards, oops.

Cheers, Abraham