I’ve been pondering buying an e-bike for commuting. The main advantage, I believe, would be that I could do the morning ride making liberal use of the assist to get in and up the hill to the office without sweating much. Then I could ride home using it less. Current practice is to bike 1/3 of the way to work then get on a bus, and make the whole ride home. It’s enough of a hassle I can’t imagine doing it more than twice a week.
And, yea, I’m not really after extra speed on flat. First it wouldn’t be very safe for much of the ride, the trail is fairly busy. Second going 25% faster on the flat just isn’t that big of a deal. Going 100% or 200% faster up the hills? That’s interesting.
