On 1/24/2018 4:02 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/24/2018 1:55 PM, wrote:
On Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 11:18:40 PM UTC+1, Bob
Newman wrote:
I ride a road bike usually twice a week, usually 30-40
miles each. I used to ride (not average) about 15-16
mph. Due to a few health problems + hitting my 70th
birthday I'm down to 13-14 mph and I'm terrible on hills
(Florida hills). I'm considering getting an electric
assist for my road bike by replacing the rear wheel with
the assist, the battery would go in my water bottle
holder. I would like it to assist me to get back to my
15-16 speed or close to it.

Opinions please. Would this be a doable solution?

Thanks in advance... Bob

Beside that you increase the weight of your nice road bike
with 3-4 kg what is the importance of adding an
'artificial' 2 mph to your average speed at your age? Just
out of curiosity.

I have a couple friends, club members for 20+ years, who are
now having trouble keeping up on club social rides. Since
these rides are their favorite social activity, they'd
probably enjoy the assistance.

I suspect we'll all get there someday.

if not somewhere much worse
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