I did bike commute to a degree with a normal bike but I do so far more often now with the ebike. What’s interesting to me is that my fitbit says I’m actually getting more exercise per week now since I ride more consistently, even if the intensity is not as great as it once was.
With the regular bike, I could get so wiped after one day that I’d be too tired/sore to ride the next. And there were other factors that would affect whether I would ride. Is there a stiff headwind today? Is it a heat wave or is the air quality low? Might I have to make a side-trip in the middle of my work day that will wear me out even more?
The ebike changed all that. It also changed the route I take to work. Now I ride through a ravine park I used to avoid because of all the climbing it would entail once I need to leave it. So it’s a much more pleasant experience being far from traffic, which encourages me all the more. Honestly, I had no idea how transformative getting an ebike would be?
I could see this. I have a good transit system and at one point had a great pattern of riding in morning and brining my bike on the train on the way back. If I went both ways It was like you said the next day and sometimes even the day after. So the motivation was way down going both ways.
I did bike commute to a degree with a normal bike but I do so far more often now with the ebike. What’s interesting to me is that my fitbit says I’m actually getting more exercise per week now since I ride more consistently, even if the intensity is not as great as it once was.
With the regular bike, I could get so wiped after one day that I’d be too tired/sore to ride the next. And there were other factors that would affect whether I would ride. Is there a stiff headwind today? Is it a heat wave or is the air quality low? Might I have to make a side-trip in the middle of my work day that will wear me out even more?
The ebike changed all that. It also changed the route I take to work. Now I ride through a ravine park I used to avoid because of all the climbing it would entail once I need to leave it. So it’s a much more pleasant experience being far from traffic, which encourages me all the more. Honestly, I had no idea how transformative getting an ebike would be?
I could see this. I have a good transit system and at one point had a great pattern of riding in morning and brining my bike on the train on the way back. If I went both ways It was like you said the next day and sometimes even the day after. So the motivation was way down going both ways.