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It's an assist electric bike. It's not like riding a moped or a motorcycle. You still have to pedal, but the bike kicks in the electric motor during some situat
by txcwpalpha 9y ago
It's an assist electric bike. It's not like riding a moped or a motorcycle. You still have to pedal, but the bike kicks in the electric motor during some situations (such as when going uphill or starting from a dead stop) to make the pedaling easier. When the motor isn't on (such as when you're going downhill or slowing down), the battery recharges itself using your pedaling.
edit: as pointed out, this type of charging only extends the battery a little bit. It turns out that JUMP (the company behind these bikes) actually sends out crews to pick up bikes with low battery and takes them back to their office to recharge [1].
1: https://sf.streetsblog.org/2018/01/11/san-francisco-issues-permit-for-a-non-ford-gobike-bike-share/ https://sf.streetsblog.org/2018/01/11/san-francisco-issues-p...
- tobltobs 9y agoRecuperation alone would prolong the max. distance by max 5% or so. If you would have to recharge the battery while pedaling this wouldn't be a great experience. Together with the heavy weight of a ebike this wouldn't make any sense.
- dumbfounder 9y agoMaybe it charges under braking only.
- tobltobs 9y agoRecuperation for ebikes is more a marketing thing than something which will extend your ride.
- txcwpalpha 9y agoYou're right, I found this article [1] which actually mentions that the bike company sends out crews to pick up bikes with low battery and takes them back to their office to be recharged. 1: https://sf.streetsblog.org/2018/01/11/san-francisco-issues-permit-for-a-non-ford-gobike-bike-share/ https://sf.streetsblog.org/2018/01/11/san-francisco-issues-p...