FEATURES OF ELECTRIC BIKE

Depending on the region you live in, electric bikes are the in-thing now. And if they are not popular in your location yet, they soon will. For so many reasons, electric bikes have a whole lot of advantages over the regular bikes that are manually pedaled.

The development and introduction of electric bikes have entirely revolutionized biking by eliminating some constraints associated with standard bikes (e.g. pedaling-induced stress, knee pain, climbing heights, etc.).

For starters, electric bikes (also called e-Bikes or e-Bikes) are basically regular bikes that have been integrated with components like rechargeable batteries, a motor, smart sensors, and a throttle.

These additions help multiply the speed and range covered with very little effort from the rider. Basically, e-bikes have features that make them similar to motorbikes and motorcycles but in the true sense, they still remain bicycles.

Electric Bikes Mode of Operation
Electric bikes are classified into two major categories based on the level of assistance they provide the rider during operation.


1. Pedal-assist Electric Bikes
Also called ‘Power-assist’ bikes, these types of electric bikes are designed to be manually pedaled and only occasionally powered electrically — in scenarios where you have to move up a hill or when you’re tired of pedaling and need to rest your legs for a little while.

Generally, these pedal-assist bikes cover longer distance/range (as high as 90 miles) and are also weigh less than the other type of electric because they have smaller batteries and light electric motors.


2. Full-power Electric Bikes
These types of electric bikes can be compared to cars with automatic transmission. With full-power electric bikes, the rider does little or next to no paddling.

They have powerful motor hubs and big batteries that handles the whole pedaling for the rider. All you need to do ride a full-power bike is to sit, place your feet on the pedal, and power/control the motor using the throttle mounted on the bike’s handle.

The mode of operation of full-power e-bikes is similar to that of scooters and motorcycles. As earlier mentioned, they have huge batteries because the bike’s motor is entirely powered by them (the batteries) throughout the ride.

Consequently, they are only able to cover a short or limited range (between 10 – 30 miles).

The huge batteries are the reason why almost all full-power electric bikes are physically huge in size and weigh more than pedal-assist bikes.