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Discussion Thread 🏉 Friday 27 June (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

Rode the regular bike to work and remembered how much work it really is. I think it's easy to underestimate on an electric bike because you're still pedaling.

But it takes a lot more work to hit 26kmh on the flat with a regular bike than an ebike. The ebike gets you up to 25 and that last kilometre is all you