We are going to convert our bikes in the next couple weeks with a front hub motor. We need a boost to get out of the hills easily where we live now. I love my Cheviot and that let's me keep riding a great bike.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 1:00 PM 'Abcyclehank' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com wrote: > Leah, > Although I love the variety of riding my multitude of bikes (mostly > Rivendells) provide. > I confess to the joy a simple boost that an e-bike provides. I fully > expect to own one someday. I see your husband’s logic about a fully > designed one from the ground up. Expensive is the correct word there to > buy a quality one is $3999 up. Hence is likely second guessing. To double > your riding joy with the man you love I suggest you consider advising him > to consider a demo model. Just like Rivendell offers some great deals on > their floor models this is especially true of e-bike stores. I have also > last years models cleared out down to seen 1/2 price (think new car > models). Often subtle to know difference but buyers often want the latest > year model or the automobile financing favors it. > A high quality bike like a Rivendell may be simply converted with a high > quality hub based boost. (Copenhagen is a high end one, bionex midrange). > This is the route I will likely go because because Rivendell is one of the > few companies that satisfies my size requirement. Most e-bikes max out at > 60cm for a XXL which is laughable to riders my size. > I will give you personal feedback in about a month after I visit > California for the NAHBS and ride a Copenhagen converted Rosco Bubbe Jumbo > Mountain Mixte. > Regardless spending quality time over the next 5-10 years with your > supportive husband will be important and necessary is your sons lives get > busier in HS and they have even less time for an amazing mother like you. > My vote is for a wheel if my report comes back as glowing as I expect it > to; plus a nice little motorcycle 🏍 to boot. Neither is better than the > other, they are each different enough, and cover both of your bases. > Bicycling for you + cycling for him = Win-Win. > > Sincerely, > Ryan “provider of free life and marriage advice that is rarely if ever > solicitated” Hankinson > West Michigan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/6-tSV3FTWMM/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
