What’s your real-world e-bike range?

[Chazmo]

Hi guys! I was thinking about how subjective the “up to X miles” is, so I wonder if you would like to share your actual consumption and the conditions behind it, for example, motor type, voltage, your weight or cargo, terrain, temperature... I'm curious to know if there is a significant difference between what you experience in different situations vs the range that manufacturers advertise

I got pretty much what I expected when I bought my Juiced fat-tire bike a few years ago. Practical limit is 50 miles on easy trails and road with hills.

I suppose what you get as an estimate from the vendor will vary wildly. Good luck in the hunt.

 

[speedub.nate]

Another variable to consider: "protected reserve" to run the lights.

Well, that's my name for it.

Last night I rode home in "Trail" mode which, to the uninitiated, is Shimano's stock middle level of pedal assist (although its power output is much closer to the top than to the middle). I also took a slightly hillier route home, but still... only 400' of climbing.

Anyhow, this morning I did my usual Eco mode into work but for the final 1½ miles shifted up to Trail mode because I was running a couple of minutes behind schedule. At about the same time that I switched to Trail mode, my battery went from 2/5 bars to 1/5 (red) bars, but no problem, right?, because I've only got like one mile to go.

Nope.

With about ½ mile remaining, the motor shut off. It wasn't until I got to work that I noticed I had left my lights on. I know there's a setting in the Shimano programming having to do with reserve battery for headlight use, but what I don't know is if this protection buffer is based on the real-time status of the lights. For instance, if I had shut the lights off, would the system then give me back some of that buffer?

This bike also as Di2 shifting and needs to run the display, so there is always some battery reserve, but today was the first day of a 2x commute consisting of Trail + Eco (mostly) killing the battery.