The longest ride I have done on it uphill on the freeway was from here in Auburn to Donner Lake, but I had to recharge a bit at the charge station at Cisco Grove to have enough charge to make it back to Auburn. I can also charge at the train station in Colfax.
These bikes are best for around town stuff. The average person only drives about 45 miles per day and that is where these bikes are the most useful. But they also do well on twisty mountain roads at much lower than freeway speeds.
If you want the charge to last, stay off the freeway and then you can ride almost all day on a charge.
Up hill and high speeds are the worse on the charge.
At very slow steady speeds (such as 20 MPH) the thing will probably do 300 miles on level ground. Uphill on the freeway, you're lucky to get fifty. The range these get vary a lot. Even temperature can effect range. And larger batteries are of little help on the road as it's the same range per minute of charge on all of them. Unless you have many hours to wait. Charging options are kinda endless also. And many trade-offs.
If you can recharge where you're going, you can just about double your range.
But for around town stuff and for my RV trips, I enjoy these E-bikes the most of all.
I find the E-bikes take the place of my cages (cars) more than they do the other bikes.
-Don- Auburn, CA
