Christmas Ride

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Just got back from a short ride about town - the streets are Freaking Empty. It's a "balmy" 50° in Central New York today. I had to cut it short cause I was running out of battery.

I've been following the advice of NOT keeping your battery fully charged, so when I headed out I had 3 out of 5 bars. But what I soon found out is that running full throttle will not only drain your battery faster, but it also seems that the last half of battery power will drain faster than the first half. Should have figured.

So the First Time since I got my bike I actually used the pedals! Really! I've been riding Throttle Only this whole time, like a Moped. The pedaling and shifting was easier than I thought and got me back home before running out.

I probably should have charged it to Full before going out, but I wanted my battery to go through at least one deep cycle, and I also wanted to see how far I'd get on 3/5 charge. Now I know.

And to all a good night.
 

Oh, I thought it was something like this . . .

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You wouldn't want to be on this list.
 
Everyone is different.......I guess that's what makes life interesting. I pedal ALL the time and never use throttle only. I have a couple new joints.....and ride for exercise......4 to 8 miles most times out. If I want to ride throttle only.....I get on my 4 wheeler and go ride logging roads. Be safe out there.
 
New Years Day with the temp in the high 50's and a slight breeze. Had a great ride, hardly anybody on the road. Nice start to the new year.
Peace
 
Everyone is different.......I guess that's what makes life interesting. I pedal ALL the time and never use throttle only. I have a couple new joints.....and ride for exercise......4 to 8 miles most times out. If I want to ride throttle only.....I get on my 4 wheeler and go ride logging roads. Be safe out there.
Maybe talking apples and oranges. Electric moped as opposed to using motor for pedal assist only.
 
Senior Cruiser, I went for a ride on Christmas too, but it was on my mBike. It was a 20 mile ride on my road bike. Like there, it got up to about 50 °F in SE Wisconsin.

Re. the battery charge, if you store the bike indoors at 3/5 charge, when you move it out into the cold, there's a voltage drop, which will seem to eat some of the charge too.

Case in point: On my commute into work today, my Level.2 was at 89% charge when I left the warmish garage. By the time I got to work two miles away, It was at 79%. The route is about 1/3 downhill and 2/3 flat, and I only used pedal assist about 3/4 of the way and only on PAS1. It was going from the 50° garage out into the 24° cold that did it.
 
I went for a ride and it was in the mid 60's. Even though I'm not big fan of holiday meals anymore I cut my ride short to help the wife with meal prep.
Would rather have been out riding.
Don't believe them. I have three velotric e-bikes I have a problem with one of the batteries I've been talking to somebody named Christian He's asked for pictures and videos and some of the videos are very strange but I've sent them to him but then they keep asking me for more videos of the same thing. They obviously don't want to stand behind their bike and get me a battery. And these videos are asking for they want to see the charger plugged into the bike the charger working and showing the bikes fully charged I've sent them two videos. They've accepted the videos now they want more videos I've sent them pictures they've accepted the pictures. You go on their website and you go to accessories. And you click on batteries and chargers chose the batteries 349. And then when you click on buy now it's 399. They got to screwed up website. I would never buy a bike from them again we own three of their bikes. Worst customer service. If you want to talk to somebody in Malaysia and get screwed around. And get $2,000 into a bicycle by one from them otherwise save your money and find somebody else to buy it from that stands behind it.

Jesus Christ, I'm not asking for a new bike. I'd be happy if they sent me a used battery that was good or refurbished battery that was good. I've had other problems with the bike The front fenders that screw in the screws constantly come loose and they strip out. When I bought the bike I talked to the person on the phone I told him I needed a tall bike we bought the walkthrough bike and then I found out that the bike that has the bar across is a higher bike. It's taller, and customer service has no clue about that. I just bought a rear bag that goes on my rack it holds a battery there's no pictures of it online there's no reviews and then you talk to these people in Malaysia it's ridiculous. They know nothing about the bike how many millimeters or anything.

Christian I'm really angry and I'm going to post this everywhere I can. It's just a freaking battery. Now I have to think about this all weekend.
 
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