First the minus, the bloody thing weighs a ton, well maybe not quite a ton but it feels like it when you're faced with a fence or a gate that wont open and you have to lift the damned thing over! Weight lifting classes should be included in the purchase price of your first e-bike! This so far is the only minus I've been able to find since I got mine and it's far outweighed by the plus sides.
On the plus side, you're an instant hero when one of your mates has a bad night and falls behind on a hard long climb. Have your handy towing gear, in my case two old tubes tied together, hook up the two bikes,select a suitable pedal assist mode and off you go! On Wednesday night Roger actually achieved a new Strava PR when I towed him up this track, whether he's admitted it to Strava is entirely up to him!
You can do impressive wheelies on your e-bike. I've never managed one as impressive as this on a normal bike and for some unknown reason I can only manage the e-bike one on the summit of Capelaw Hill in the Pentland Hills, maybe there's some strange force in action up there!
You get to fool around on your e-bike while your riding buddy has to stop for a rest and a drink,(you're still feeling fresh as a daisy!)
Whilst waiting on your fellow riders at the top of a long hard climb you can pose your e-bike and take loads of photos to enter in online e-bike forums to try and win respect from fellow e-bikers for your skill in the composition of your entry, eg, the background has to blend in with the bike etc.!!
The biggest plus of all, you can get out into the hills and be at one with nature without feeling a heart attack is just round the corner after a hard climb!
I think the plus's far exceed the minus's,
I rest my case.
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