I took my first real ride with the eZee today, and I can sum it up in 4 words: UN-FREEKING-BELIEVABLE! I LOVE IT!!!
The stats: 18.57 miles, 1 hour 15 minutes, avg speed 14.5 mph, avg. power usage 9.5 watt hrs/mile, total amp hrs used 4.55, total altitude gain/loss 609'.
That's at least 4.5 mph faster than I can do without the assist on a GOOD day, and while I worked up a good sweat, the effort was much more constant than without the assist...and I'm not totally bonked afterwards. I'm sure I could do 30 miles of our local terrain with no problem, and looks like I should have plenty of power to go that distance, maybe more. I was able to go up most of the hills at 10 mph or better, and there's one short hill that's 21-22%, I got up that one at around 7-8 mph without undue effort. Wow! One of the features I like best is how fast I can accelerate across intersections....I have a couple blind intersections where I hafta make a left, both at the top of a hill, and before I'd be whupped from cranking up the hill and crawl across the other lane at turtle speed, but with the "booster rockets" cut in, it's almost a non-issue.
It's great!
(Editor note: Dave has his 36V eZee kit installed on a Trice recumbent trike)
