Hiswitsend
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Hi,
Wasn't quite sure what forum to post this in, so stuck it in here.
I'm a keen cyclist and have a 20 mile each way commute that I do a couple of times a week and the other days I take the motorbike or occasionally drive half way and run the rest.
Been thinking I should really be cycling every day and cut down my carbon footprint. Fastest I have done it is in 1 hour and 1 minute - on my good road bike in good weather. My usual bike is my old cyclo-cross race bike and it takes me around 1 hour 15 up to to 1 hour 30 in winter when I fit the Schwalbe Ice-Spikers.
Could an e-bike help cut the journey time down to 1 hour - is it a case of 15.5mph up every hill (there is about 1000ft of elevation gain on the trip) and even faster everywhere else?
Had been looking at an Orbea Vibe, but Ribble do some nice bikes as well, any advice/opinion welcome - as well as whether I should to straight or drop bars
Cheers
Dave
Wasn't quite sure what forum to post this in, so stuck it in here.
I'm a keen cyclist and have a 20 mile each way commute that I do a couple of times a week and the other days I take the motorbike or occasionally drive half way and run the rest.
Been thinking I should really be cycling every day and cut down my carbon footprint. Fastest I have done it is in 1 hour and 1 minute - on my good road bike in good weather. My usual bike is my old cyclo-cross race bike and it takes me around 1 hour 15 up to to 1 hour 30 in winter when I fit the Schwalbe Ice-Spikers.
Could an e-bike help cut the journey time down to 1 hour - is it a case of 15.5mph up every hill (there is about 1000ft of elevation gain on the trip) and even faster everywhere else?
Had been looking at an Orbea Vibe, but Ribble do some nice bikes as well, any advice/opinion welcome - as well as whether I should to straight or drop bars
Cheers
Dave