Like the title said, I had a blast riding an e-bike and didn't have anyone else to share this to, so I'll tell anyone who is willing to read about it.
I've been getting into riding bikes for the past several months, and decided to try an e-bike at a store and I can't get over how much fun it is. Riding at 20 mph feels way more fun than driving any car at like 65+ mph. Just the feeling of the wind going past my face felt much better than any of the creature comforts in my car
I have to put in a conscious effort to show emotions on my face, but with riding this e-bike, I had the dumbest, biggest smile on my face from the moment I got onto the bike. Everybody I passed, I wanted to walk up to them and tell them that I was having so much fun and that they should try out this bike. Of course, I didn't because I have the social skills of a brick, but the urge was still there
I also wanted to buy the bike that day so bad, but I knew I needed to practice some form of self-restraint and wait to make sure I truly wanted that bike and not needlessly spend money for retail therapy
Anyways, bikes are cool, public transit is cool, and micromobility is super cool. I hope everyone can feel the same joy/happiness I felt while I was riding this bike sometime in their life
I hope your day goes well. If it doesn't, I hope it gets better. Thanks for reading!
This is so cool! I have been wanting to try an e-bike for a few weeks, but haven't found a place around me to ride one. Do you know what model or brand you rode was? Right now a lot of them are expensive for me but I would love to ride one sometime!
The one I tried out was a Pedego bike, and they are expensive. They're not the most bang for your buck e-bike, but I want to purchase one from them because they have a 5 year warranty and there is a Pedego shop near me. To give you an idea, the bike I want spec'd out comes to around $3000 before tax. The same bike from other brands is about $2000 +/- $200 (RadCity and Aventon) and has only a 1-2 year warranty
Specialized (that's the brand name) is probably a much better bike and there is Ride1UP which makes an extremely valuable bike too
If I was willing to take more risk, I would be happy to buy the RadCity or Ride1UP, because that's a huge amount of savings right there. The Specialized Vado 3.0 is too close in price for me to make it worth getting that bike over the Pedego with only a 2 year warranty
If you feel savvy enough, you could try to convert a bike over to an e-bike. From my understanding, the kits are pretty easy to retrofit onto a bike and most of them should be plug and play with a few zip-ties to secure everything to the bike. I hope you do get the chance to find a bike shop near you that lets you try one out. They are really fun!