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April 24 update -
I was back on the bike for about two weeks when I started experiencing tachycardia (elevated heart rate) while riding up hills. My pulse was climbing up to 145 bph riding home, up the hill, at the end of rides, in turbo and the lowest gear. Normally it would have been around 100-110 bpm. I am seeing my cardiologist and a pulmonologist this week to get to the bottom of it, I but I suspect it is a combination of the chemtherapy and reduced lung capacity due to the loculated fluid remaining in my pleural space after this winter's illness.
Bottom line I was grounded...no bike riding. I was getting a bit discouraged but realized, if I let go of some of my biases, I could get riding again. All my ebikes have been mid drive, Bosch equipped bikes with no throttle. I realized that with a bit more power and throttle, I should be able to continue riding. After doing some research, I settled on the Evelo Aurora Limited as the solution to my quandry.
On Tuesday, I made some calls to Evelo, I got through right away to Thomas who, is a support tech/bike mechanic who helps out on the sales line from time to time. He was knowledgeable and quite helpful. Later that day I put in a call to purchase the bike. Evelo is a Dircect to Consumer company with no retail locations or dealers. The bikes are made in Taiwan and come with a complete 4 year/20,000mile warranty as well as a 21 day no-risk decision period that begins when you actually get your bike and allows a return without restocking or return shipping fees. This results in a supply of "open box" bikes, offered at a modest discount but also available for immediate purchase and delivery within two weeks. They had an open box bike with one mile on it and a slight paint scuff on the rack. More importantly they allowed me to come by on Friday and pick up the bike in their Seattle warehouse.
The bike has a 750 watt Dapu middrive motor that puts our 105 Newton meters of torque, a 800 wh battery, Gates carbon fiber belt drive and and Enviolo 380 Automatiq drive train that shifts automatically to keep you at the same cadence going up or down hill....no shifting needed (you can actually take the wireless shifter off the bike once it has been dialed in) and it really works! This combination gets me back up the hill to our house (and other hills) and still keeps my heart rate and breathing within safe parameters.
I spent Friday afternoon putting on my own pedals, grips, Kinekt seat post and Selle Anatomica saddle and other custom details. A few calls to Thomas for tips on setup, all of which happened with less than a one minute wait. I rode down the hill and then came back up with a big grin on my face. Yesterday I rode down to the public market and then took a 5 mile loop around town. I got a call from Thomas just before he was heading home from work. He wanted to make sure all was going well. They seem to have put together a great team at Evelo.
Today Nancy and I are planning a ride together. So happy that I let go of my preconceptions and got the right bike for my current circumstances.
Problem solved...at least for now.
I was back on the bike for about two weeks when I started experiencing tachycardia (elevated heart rate) while riding up hills. My pulse was climbing up to 145 bph riding home, up the hill, at the end of rides, in turbo and the lowest gear. Normally it would have been around 100-110 bpm. I am seeing my cardiologist and a pulmonologist this week to get to the bottom of it, I but I suspect it is a combination of the chemtherapy and reduced lung capacity due to the loculated fluid remaining in my pleural space after this winter's illness.
Bottom line I was grounded...no bike riding. I was getting a bit discouraged but realized, if I let go of some of my biases, I could get riding again. All my ebikes have been mid drive, Bosch equipped bikes with no throttle. I realized that with a bit more power and throttle, I should be able to continue riding. After doing some research, I settled on the Evelo Aurora Limited as the solution to my quandry.
On Tuesday, I made some calls to Evelo, I got through right away to Thomas who, is a support tech/bike mechanic who helps out on the sales line from time to time. He was knowledgeable and quite helpful. Later that day I put in a call to purchase the bike. Evelo is a Dircect to Consumer company with no retail locations or dealers. The bikes are made in Taiwan and come with a complete 4 year/20,000mile warranty as well as a 21 day no-risk decision period that begins when you actually get your bike and allows a return without restocking or return shipping fees. This results in a supply of "open box" bikes, offered at a modest discount but also available for immediate purchase and delivery within two weeks. They had an open box bike with one mile on it and a slight paint scuff on the rack. More importantly they allowed me to come by on Friday and pick up the bike in their Seattle warehouse.
The bike has a 750 watt Dapu middrive motor that puts our 105 Newton meters of torque, a 800 wh battery, Gates carbon fiber belt drive and and Enviolo 380 Automatiq drive train that shifts automatically to keep you at the same cadence going up or down hill....no shifting needed (you can actually take the wireless shifter off the bike once it has been dialed in) and it really works! This combination gets me back up the hill to our house (and other hills) and still keeps my heart rate and breathing within safe parameters.
I spent Friday afternoon putting on my own pedals, grips, Kinekt seat post and Selle Anatomica saddle and other custom details. A few calls to Thomas for tips on setup, all of which happened with less than a one minute wait. I rode down the hill and then came back up with a big grin on my face. Yesterday I rode down to the public market and then took a 5 mile loop around town. I got a call from Thomas just before he was heading home from work. He wanted to make sure all was going well. They seem to have put together a great team at Evelo.
Today Nancy and I are planning a ride together. So happy that I let go of my preconceptions and got the right bike for my current circumstances.
Problem solved...at least for now.
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