2022 Ebike Recommendations?

I have a 2020 Turbo Vado 4.0, and it’s a great bike. I have never been able to kill the battery–my last 50 mile ride only used up about half of the battery (although that totally depends on how much boost you use. Since it is a pedalec, no boost without rider pedalling, it feels like normal riding except you feel much stronger and faster which is really fun. I use it to do zone 2 endurance rides outdoors since I can maintain a cadence and adjust the boost to keep the watts at training level. Also, it feels like your driving a convertible car with all the power assist stuff (I was used to rim brakes). It has cargo capacity and is a great bike for shopping trips.

However…it weighs 59 pounds. It can be too heavy for a road bike work stand. You can’t put on one shoulder to carry it partly because of shape, portruding bolt heads on the underside of the top tube that are not shoulder friendly, so I recommend adding upper body work to your training.

The Vado 3 is essentially the same bike, and the Como is more cruiser. All are meant as really nice cruiser bikes rather than the newer more roadie models that would look good on a group ride.

Any electric bike is better than no bike, and I’m pretty sure that they are all fun!

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