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Living in a rural area means a big shop at the nearest large town, several very hilly miles away, is a job taylor-made for an e-cargo bike.
Enter Riese & Müller’s Packster 40 Nuvinci (from $6,219) which looked to fit the task perfectly. So when I was offered a trial I couldn’t wait to see how it handled shopping trips into town and city.
The first thing I notice about the bike is nothing to do with the riding – it lifts over a large step and a threshold into a building with only one (strong-ish) person grasping it by the middle of the frame.
At around 77 pounds (35kg) with the batteries removed (88 pounds (40 kg) with 2 batteries included) of course it’s no lightweight, but it does show how much more practical this compact, well-balanced design is than heavier e-cargo bikes.
The first thing I notice when riding the bike is how much [Read more…] about Shopping & Commuting with an Electric Cargo Bike: The Riese & Müller Packster 40 NuVinci
UK company Gecko have just been released their new ‘Regular’ branded tyres on 700 x 40 and 26 x 1.75 sizes.
We’ve tried these tyres before in their Comfort range (a little softer than the regular range and made specifically for e-bikes).
I have just headed over to York’s Electric Transport Shop to try some of the free-rolling 700 x 40 sized new Regular Geckos.
Although Gecko say they are suitable for non electric bikes I thought it would be great to try them out on an e-bike and to compare them to the softer Comfort versions we have on long term test on our Heinzmann e-bike. [Read more…] about First Look – Gecko’s New Puncture Proof Bike Tires. No More Flat Tires!
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For the past few weeks I have been riding a Riese & Muller New Charger GH Nuvinci around the sometimes extraordinarily steep and often fascinating hills of the South Pennines.
This particular e-bike and the terrain seemed like a great fit on paper; some ancient packhorse tracks (sometimes with the original 18th century cobbles or flags), lovely old mill villages and some of the steepest hills in the UK could be explored on a bike seemingly made for such rugged terrain in biking comfort.
I had lived near the area for much of my life and every time I’d visited had discovered some interesting new village or track that was not on the tourist map.
So, having moved much nearer the area 12 months ago, I was keen to explore this area of rugged moors and hills lying in a triangle between Hebden Bridge, Penistone and Tintwistle in more depth and to get off the beaten track in the best way possible – by e-bike. [Read more…] about Riding The Riese & Muller New Charger Around the South Pennines
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