TL;DR: help me, Micromobility, you’re my only hope
Long story short, I am fed up with the state of public transit in my city and feeling envious of the e-riders whooshing past. However, while trying to pick an actual model, I’ve ran into being unable to find a model that fits my needs:
- being able to drive 30+ km, with ~100 meter elevation difference between start and finish
- being able to handle 100+ kg of load (I am, unfortunately, fat)
- being able to handle rain and possibly light snow
- being foldable or otherwise transportable, because I’ll have to keep it in the apartment
The Ebike store I’ve been to suggested picrelated, Yokamura Apache, which seems to fit the requirements, but is expensive enough to give me pause. Are there better options? Am I dreaming the impossible? Please help!
I very much regret having fat tires on mine. Slightly wider than typical mountain bike would’ve been ideal for me probably. They add so much weight and rolling resistance, and I doubt I’ve ridden anywhere where they were a boon.
+1 to avoiding extra wide tires, unless you do a lot of beach riding on the side. I used to sell bikes of all kinds.
Honestly just go with some nice puncture resistant mountain bike tires, since all extra width increases rolling resistance. Since people tend to plow on with e-bikes, I wouldn’t go thinner than 1.75in, as the beefiness does keep your tires safer from road issues like gravel, sharps, etc.
Yup I actually forgot to mention the thickness. My area has TONS of nasty thorns when going off road and I just pick them out every couple months, you’d never know otherwise. But you don’t need fat for thick!