Best e bike for long distance
Posted by Adventurous-Worth983@reddit | ebikes | View on Reddit | 13 comments
I need to get atleast 20 miles round trip with some decent hills I’m wondering the best brands to get?
Exciting-Peak70@reddit
That's not really long distance. When I use my BBS02, that's a 750W mid drive using a small 13Ah 52v battery. My trip is about 21 miles with 630' of elevation gain total and I have battery left over. Now if you want a fat tire bike you'll need more battery. My fat tire, hub motor bike needs most of it's 25AH, 63V battery to do the same trip (but it does it faster, much faster).
Accurate_Light_9353@reddit
I am my own ebike.
Nibb31@reddit
What continent do you live on?
Adventurous-Worth983@reddit (OP)
The states California to be specific but the mountains
Erilson@reddit
You're going to need to be more specific....
What we do need to know is the general starting point to end point.
This is important because we need to know how much elevation you're climbing.
Without it, we don't know if it's 20 miles up only a couple hundred feet or a couple thousand within 20 miles.
Adventurous-Worth983@reddit (OP)
It would be a couple hundred feet each way. Not to much maybe 600 feet total in the round trip
Erilson@reddit
Any brand like Rad Power, Velotric, Aventon, Lectric which has a partner repair shop near you.
If paved, get a regular tire. If not paved, get a fat tire.
You want a bike with around 672Wh, giving 60% battery leftover on mostly paved and fat tire, Class 3 Level 1-2 pedal assist. (My San Francisco commute is close to your elevation)
So you can likely get away with a claimed 40-55 mile range, so long as it's reviewed to do it properly. (Mine is 55 mile range, XPeak 1.0)
The rest is up to you.
Working-Tough6112@reddit
Look at the battery capacity and the torque. Mid drive is best for hill climbing. You can go with hub drive but the motor needs to be powerful and may not be street legal, depending on where you live you may or may not want to keep an eye on the motor wattage.
Many good options for hub drive bikes out there. Very few mid drive that falls within your budget, Heybike Alpha seems like a decent one with good torque, but I only have a hub drive Heybike so can't comment the performance. Check out TailHappyTV, he reviews ebikes across brands. You can use the review as a reference.
Vicv_@reddit
Just about any bike can do this. 20 miles is nothing
GarthWooks@reddit
Himiway D5 Zebra is working really well for me. I get over 50 miles on a charge in Colorado and I'm not a small or light person.
DH8814@reddit
I recently installed a Tsdz8 mid drive and 20aH battery on a basic REI COOP hybrid bike and I feel like it could go all day. I didn’t even charge the battery beyond the 60ish percent it had from the factory and after riding 13 miles I was barely under 50%. All in I spent around $1200 and I am very happy, it is an absolute joy to ride.
SadCyborgCosplay@reddit
“decent hills” are you talking 47 little ones, 4 HUGE ones, or 11 moderate inclines? do you live on the beach, in a metro area, or somewhere covered in snow? is this your work commuter that’ll get locked up and get left alone for 8hrs, or is it for daily errands and left running the whole time?
most all bikes will be able to do 20 miles with a stock batter on a single charge, if you’re not riding the throttle or on max PAS. i have a $700 Ecotric Cheetah 20 fat tire that cruised on flat Florida roads for a 32 mile round rip, and chews up some nasty hills along my new 8 mile roundtrip in Pennsylvania. SUCKS on snow, handles shitty asphalt like a dream though.
Wandering_Werew0lf@reddit
Aventon Level 2