How is it to pedal without the battery? null

It’s like pushing a pickup truck by hand. I’m used to skinny tire touring bikes without a motor and on flat ground they use less of my energy than this fat tire with a motor(the motor kind of just offsets the wheel resistance and bike weight and let’s you occasionally throttle for fun)…where this bike really shines is ironically not on long flat ground rides as you will have to constantly pedal with assist on(draining both you and the battery), but in a hilly commute it is absolutely perfect. You use pedal assist up the hill to fly up hill with little/no leg effort then just cruise down, occasionally using throttle only to speed through flat spots..it is an AMAZING bike for this. I average 20-25 miles a ride everyday and the flat greenway trip I took on this wore me slam out way more than my daily hilly commute because I was constantly fighting the tires and weight on flat ground, with motor assist and even occasional throttle I couldn’t keep up with the non motorized gravel bike riders. I’ve ridden a couple miles with battery off just to have enough juice to get back home and it was insanely sluggish and tiresome. For short trips under 13 miles you will have no trouble(plenty of battery for this)..for hilly trips up to 25 miles it’s great if you do it right(battery up hill, gravity down)…but be very warned on long flat trips you will be pedaling the entire time and needing battery simultaneously because of the tire resistance(only enough battery for 25 miles if you pedal the ENTIRE time with setting on level one, no idea where they got 37 mile range unless they tested on an 80lb person)..would be better if it was geared to go faster to keep momentum going on flat ground as pedaling only is so sluggish it would be nice to keep speed and momentum up to counteract the high rolling resistance

Hard going up hills. Much more fun with battery power.

Hello! Without battery assistance, the ZIP also has 6-speeds, so you can switch gears and pedal. The shock absorbers still provide a smooth ride, and the option to switch between gears helps you navigate different terrains easily.

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It’s like pushing a pickup truck by hand. I’m used to skinny tire touring bikes without a motor and on flat ground they use less of my energy than this fat tire with a motor(the motor kind of just offsets the wheel resistance and bike weight and let’s you occasionally throttle for fun)…where this bike really shines is ironically not on long flat ground rides as you will have to constantly pedal with assist on(draining both you and the battery), but in a hilly commute it is absolutely perfect. You use pedal assist up the hill to fly up hill with little/no leg effort then just cruise down, occasionally using throttle only to speed through flat spots..it is an AMAZING bike for this. I average 20-25 miles a ride everyday and the flat greenway trip I took on this wore me slam out way more than my daily hilly commute because I was constantly fighting the tires and weight on flat ground, with motor assist and even occasional throttle I couldn’t keep up with the non motorized gravel bike riders. I’ve ridden a couple miles with battery off just to have enough juice to get back home and it was insanely sluggish and tiresome. For short trips under 13 miles you will have no trouble(plenty of battery for this)..for hilly trips up to 25 miles it’s great if you do it right(battery up hill, gravity down)…but be very warned on long flat trips you will be pedaling the entire time and needing battery simultaneously because of the tire resistance(only enough battery for 25 miles if you pedal the ENTIRE time with setting on level one, no idea where they got 37 mile range unless they tested on an 80lb person)..would be better if it was geared to go faster to keep momentum going on flat ground as pedaling only is so sluggish it would be nice to keep speed and momentum up to counteract the high rolling resistance
Answered by Anonymous 3 years ago
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Hard going up hills. Much more fun with battery power.
Answered by Mike 3 years ago
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Hello! Without battery assistance, the ZIP also has 6-speeds, so you can switch gears and pedal. The shock absorbers still provide a smooth ride, and the option to switch between gears helps you navigate different terrains easily.
Answered by SWFT 4 years ago
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