Stupid E-bike games?

[spokewrench]

Slow races are fun.

You make some lanes a few feet wide. Last one to the finish line wins. If you put your foot down, you're DQ. Fun on any kind of bike, but more challenging on motorcycles.

Trials racing is like that. Tough off-road course, longest time gets the most points, any foot touch costs points.
I spent 30 days with a CZ trials bike on a farm learning to ride motorcycles. The point was to handle the weight going very slowly on narrow, steep, twisty routes.
I enjoy u-turns on a bicycle. It's a bit like trials riding and it tests the handling.

 

[slpfrsly4]

I have a class 1 bike (BMW Cruise) and I get passed now and then by cyclists in multi-colored jerseys who are riding carbon fiber-framed bikes with drop handlebars. I don't exactly race them, but I wait a few seconds then see if I can re-close the gap. Most of them are going about 22 to 23 mph and my power assist tops out at 20, so I'm basically going on human power on the downhills and flats while getting help on the uphills below 20. For some odd reason, I never pass them, even on those rare occasions when I can. I don't and can't do it for very long, just enough to feel like I'm going all out for a bit. It's sort of like being a dog chasing cars.

I find that it breaks up the ride, makes me feel a bit younger, etc. I don't think I'd ever do it on a Class 3 bike which would have me keeping pace with most anyone I'd see out on the road. For me, it's more about using the foundation of the pedal assist to get to 20 then having to sustain the higher speed for a bit and feeling like I'm riding a regular bike for a bit, even though I never go that fast on my regular bike or haven't for many years.

I've noticed that I have a few of these little e-bike games.
1. hypermiling
2. finding the lowest power assist setting that I can use on a steep hill
3. keeping the battery monitor at two bars or below (sort of a close cousin of the hypermiling)
4. seeing how long I can go without using power assist
5. staying at exactly 15 mph
6. guessing when to go from eco to bitlife pro tour mode on my way home without going below 2 battery bars.

are there other e-bike games out there?

Yes An e-bike’s energy consumption is typically expressed in Wh per mile. Some e-bikes, like the Juiced Bikes CCX, even provide a real-time display of Wh/mile consumption for more precise monitoring.

 

[PCeBiker]

are there other e-bike games out there?

I tried the hypermiling game to see how far I could get on my new 25ah 48V battery.
(I don't pedal cuz I don't wanna and I gots a throttle. )

I managed to go 85 km from 54.6V to controller shutdown (~40V) but it took me 5½ hours and my ass was pretty damn sore.

Slow races are fun.

It's Really good practice too.

I'm proud of the fact that I can ride 3 or 4 kph.

If I still had the energy and inclination to hop the front wheel off the ground with my 85 pound ebike then I could manage to go 0 kph.

I still remember how to work a pogo stick.
(but I don't have the energy or inclination to do that trick anymore either. )

 

[DDBB]

I'm constantly playing games while riding my ebike. I typically ride the same route from home and I know exactly where my battery should be at each stage of the ride. I hesitate before every shift to protect the drive train even though I have shift detect. The shift detect is a little slow some times and I still hear a "bang" shifting w/o letting up. I also play how much power consumption I need to crest a hill, knowing exactly what speed I need to be at at the start of the hill to avoid downshifting etc. etc. Sometimes my mind overthinks every aspect of the ride but I can't help it. I'm actually a bit jealous of one riding buddy who just fully charges his battery after every ride, hops on his bike and goes w/o thinking about anything. He's having a blast while I'm there calculating stuff