The Start Of A 50+ Mile Ebike Ride
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- The ride will be split up over a few videos so that you aren't stuck watching for hours. Stay tuned in the next few days as we continue the ride.
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E bike season is finally back!!! I love spring😊
Amen
I like the angle that you're showing. You can see the distance so you can see your - dashboard.
Thanks
I am glad you were on an ebike otherwise I would have been exhausted 😁
New to your channel and not sure if you'll find this comment or not, but just wanted to say I'm an instant fan (subscribed!) I just got an ebike a few weeks ago and found it reassuring that you also said how it took you a little bit to work up to riding on the roadways rather than the sidewalks. I'm slowly getting my comfort level more and more to street riding. Anyway just wanted to say great video and i'm looking forward to making my way through more of them!
Thanks for watching! Ride safe!
Just finished the video looking forward to the next one and I agree with you a generalized location of where u are is plenty no need for a street by street shout out, stay safe out there
Thanks!
You and the wife should do a long distance e bike trip, extra batteries and extra money for food and motels, maybe you can get Magicycle to sponsor, it would be great promotion to show how durable and comfortable their bikes are.
Yeah... that would never happen. She doesn't ride her bike all that much. My 50 mile trip is more than what's on her speedometer now! Yup, you read that right! She does small trips. I do long ones. :)
thanks for the ride, Russ
Hi Russ, just started watching. My handle bar extender arrived today. I need to go see about putting it on.
When google maps is set to biking the speed it is calculating on is 16 km/h (10 mph). The map adjusts the time left using that criteria. Took a while to find that info. It is fairly accurate if you hold a steady speed.
Thank you!
It took me a while to figute that out. Google maps kept putting my cycling trips as 'driving'. I had to manually go back and edit the trips.
Wish it would auto calculate using your average speed
FUN FACT: A EBIKE WITH 500 WATT MOTOR IS FOR REGULAR PEOPLE TO RIDE A E BIKE IN PARK, BEACH DELIVERY, IT IS NOT GOOD FOR STEEP HILLS OR HARD RIDING, IF U WANT POWER TO DO EVERYTHING INCLUDING STEEP HILLS EASILY U NEED A 1500 TO 2000 WATT MOTOR EBIKE
Google bases it’s estimated time on speed limit if you are in a car. It also uses algorithms for things like traffic density as well.
If you are on the bike then it uses an average of 10 mph to calculate the time, so it will adjust as you move along your route.
Enjoying the videos as always, thanks .
Thanks so much! I had no idea how it was done!
Russ. Enjoyed the new neighborhoods. Knew how estimated time was done for car travel but had no idea for bikes. We both learned something new from other viewers; thanks to them. By the way, I like your camera angle. Understand about not drinking too much water because of lack of bathroom breaks. Try putting a piece of peppermint or other hard candy that you like, in your mouth while you’re riding. It will help keep your mouth and throat moist without excess fluid. I do that while working outside. Until tomorrow…..Dan
You can use a cough drop if you don’t want candy. I use sugar free cough drops.
Saving some of your videos for the winter months is not a bad idea. I am enjoying watching some of your videos from a year ago or longer.
I watched the whole video, and I will be back for the rest of this ride.
I have been watching your videos for quite a long time, and I enjoy them.
Thanks!
17:00 I like how you pulled up behind that car.
When I'm driving a car I hate it when my fellow bicyclists pass all the cars on the shoulder to cut in to the front of the line just to have to be passed again by the cars as soon as the light turns green. 🤪
Don't move the camera any higher. It's perfect where it is so we can see the display and stuff!
Hi Russ I didn't realize this is one of your Vids. I've seen some of your earlier ones and you hit the nail on the head with some of your comments. I'm 74 Y.O. and I still do some of the things I used to do but now I don't peddle too much I just let "Otto" do the peddling mostly. Love your comments and I can identify with most of them. I live out here on the "West Coast" and the cars out here are deadly. It's a game out here where you definitely want to pick your "Battles". Be well, Drive Safe and Be Blessed. Charlie F
Otto! 😊
The homes on your route are quite nice. We've had a lot of rainy days here too. About 5 days ago I was riding my trike, and some crazy lady sitting in her front yard began screaming at me for riding in her neighborhood. She screamed non stop until I was halfway down the block. She was like an angry dog - viciously barking. What's funny is it's been my neighborhood since long before she was ever born. Right where she sat I use to pick blackberries every July. Some people are just crazy.
That is so ridiculous. I don't know why people act like that! Why can't people be kinder to others?
@@RussIsRight because we had crazy president like Trump amongst the others in this world.
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@@godfriedm9991 lol
Good video. Thanks again for a nice presentation. 👍👍👍👍
Russ some trips require certion roads cause there is no other way you are just going to half to ride them. I ride roads all the time I don't like but that is the only way to get there.
Agreed. Sometimes, you just have to ride roads you don't like! We'll see that more on the next video tomorrow! :)
I always thought about what you said that the bike path along the road is the worse paved road because of all the cars kicking off all the dirt, pebbles, etc. Maybe you should install a Tannus Armour on your tires to give you that peace of mind that it's harder for you to get a flat...
I am looking forward to you testing the Ocelot long distance and finally answer the question that has been on my mind, is a 20 in folding bike as comfortable as a full size bike for a long ride?
That's a good question. We shall see!
Having trouble viewing comments. Yes, google maps calculates arrival time based on your speed and actual traffic conditions.
Not sure where you heard 3 feet but technically they are not supposed to share the lane with you at all. They are supposed to pass like they are passing a car.
It is in the Illinois rules of the road.
@@RussIsRight bummer, here you have the same rights to the lane as a car and they have to pass legally is just a little safer
Buy a third party battery thru Amazon I did and so far everything is good 👍
Yes, these are Chinese batteries from Unit Pack Power.
Long distance rides could be fun, but a second battery (@$550.00) is pretty costly!!
Yes it is on both counts!
You really have to be careful when riding on streets as there are a lot of distracted drivers who the biker is counting on seeing us. I have been riding since April and already got hit from behind by a guy not paying attention. At 63 I should have gotten hurt bur I had a guardian angel or something protecting me as I got right up, and my bike only had a bent kickstand out of the ordeal.
Glad you are ok!
You mentioned about triangle batteries with a larger voltage; how do You know how far up you can go and how did you determine what voltage & amperage would suffice? Thank You for Your videos, they can be therapeutic.
I asked a number of people who had already done the modifications if they had any adverse effects on the Rad Rover and there was none. That’s how I decided I would do it too. The amp hour rating isn’t the concern really, it is the voltage of the battery that you need to be more concerned with.
I just got my first electric bike and I love it I had a question almost every e-bike person I see always has a Bluetooth speaker on their handlebars instead of earbuds is there reason why
You block outside sounds with earbuds. That is dangerous when riding a bike!
@@RussIsRight have you tried headphones that have a good ambient mode. Helps you hear everything while listening to music.
@BWalker-yg9en I have not.
50+ miles?? Oh no, please don't pull an Armstrong on your loyal fans just to get a few more subs! LOL
Hey, this 50+ ride is shorter than the 64 mile rides I did last year going in the opposite direction headed to the Chicago Botanic Garden! So this trip is "short" compared to that one! :)
I have a question I would like to get your take on. I haven't ridden a bike in 15 years but when i use to ride I would just casually ride around looking at the scenery and sometimes talking to other bike riders who were going the same way as I was. Once or twice a week I would ride for speed and distance, but the other times I was extremely casual. The videos that you publish you always seem to be traveling pretty fast, i.e. 17mph or more. Do you ever just casually ride, 8 to 15mph? Does having an ebike automatically makes you want to go faster just because you can? I've ordered an ebike, since watching your videos, and it should arrive here in a couple of days. I was curious if you originally though you would just ride slowly through neighborhoods but then discover riding 20mph through them was more fun or entertaining for you.
Good question. In general, I prefer to ride fast, so I probably would not be riding slow and casually. But on some trails, you'll see me do perhaps around 12-18 mph on average. Another reason I don't go too slow is because with my big heavy bike, if I ride under 9 mph, I have a really good chance of falling. A certain speed is needed just to keep upright and that speed is generally at least 9 mph for me. Now, you will see that I dropped way down to maybe 5 or 6 mph when I was riding behind some pedestrians walking at Busse Woods recently since there were so many people in front of me, but believe me... I was nervous that I could fall at any moment. So, in general, I stay with 12 mph or faster most often. When I'm on the street, I usually go 20 mph to 24 mph on the Rad Rover 5. I do this to keep up with traffic and to get off the main streets as quickly as possible. I don't particularly like riding on streets with cars doing 40 mph and staying on there any longer than I have to, so I'll power through that as fast as I can. Then back on the side streets, I'll slow it down a bit, but usually still ride relatively fast.
@@RussIsRight Wow. Fast answer. Thanks. I had come back to re-read my comment to see if I was expressing myself correctly and maybe edit it if i didn't think I was and found out you had already responded.
It sounds like you have a tendency to want to travel quickly to start with, so hopefully that means having the extra power won't change how ride around. I totally understand driving as fast as possible to get to a destination but once there I would like to enjoy being there. I probably had 7 or 8 bikes stolen in my time. It didn't seem like any amount of locks and/or chains deterred the thieves, so I probably won't be driving to the store to buy something or riding to the movies or spending a day at the park with my ebike; so my ebike riding will be all recreational, casual and a little bit of exercise.
Yes, I only use the bike for grocery shopping with my wife. She goes inside, I stay outside with the bikes.
@@RussIsRight Do you believe that the 20 inch bikes will be the same with fear of falling over going slow. If they are, then I don't think ebikes are for me.
It might be less, but I am not sure.
Question is how many hours that you rode your bike based on going for 50 miles?
I can't recall how long my trip was. It was actually around 55 miles. If I had to guess, I'd say 4 hours... maybe 4.5 hours?
What is different between rx50 and rx80
I don’t know what those models are.
What do you carry for flat repairs?
Spare inner tube, (the tube in the tires currently have Slime in there), a portable hand pump (very small) as a backup to my portable air compressor, an inner tube patch kit, a whole bunch of tools like hex wrenches, regular wrenches, and more tools!
Does the battery exploded? Upon heating and charging?
Not yet!
@RussIsRight do you reckon it's the best method for daily commute short distance 20k radius? Is it worth it? Better than a car?
It is up to the person. It definitely save on fuel costs!
Und ist der Berg auch noch so steil, in`s schwitzen komm ich nicht. Mein Motor macht die Arbeit und ich tritt lässig mit....😎
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Hey Russ, watching your video. I know this is 10 months after you published this video.
But have you considered @beeline velo2 as a GPS? it’s bike specific and imo. Very useful. No subscription fees. Satellite guided. Check it out.
I will check it out
And thank you for the quick reply. And all the interesting content!!