Trying out the city's new rental Ebikes to get across town

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Description from Strava: Good evening all.

It's been a while since I have used the strava2hive service a good few months. my bicycle broke during a ride with the wheel completly bending and chain snapping and unfortunately I'm no good at mending bikes and I just haven't had the time to get anything done with it I was hoping to send it into a shop for repair but with most charging £100 I feel I may as well buy a new one considering the the current bicycle is a retro racer from the 70s.

In my town Bicycle hire has been around for around a year and so have Ebikes however I haven't gotten to use one due to the lack of them compared to the normal cycles however that changed tonight.

On my way home from a friends I spotted one on the path and I thought I may as well give it a go.

I cycled from north of the city through the city which was very quiet as it was very late and chilly I got past the city with no traffic issues and all the way home with no hassle from anyone or anything. Very surprising normally you run into strange people on evening commutes

My thoughts:. The Ebikes are good, they give a little assistance going up the hills but that's about it nothing super amazing but the issue I had with them is that they last around 2-3 hours before needing to be charged and on these Ebikes the battery is huge! Making the bike very heavy and it probably effects it's speed and overall feel to the bike.

Overall it was nice to get home a little easier but I think a lighter battery would be better.

Thanks for reading.


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