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@JWestland
Used to commute on clunkers. Now I just pedal harder and have more fun. Friday is my clunker ride and can't say I want to go back for the other 6 days of the week... :)
Strange it was slower for you, then what's the point exactly? Bar maybe hills?
CTC did a pedelec test, well two people, two Giant pedelecs and hilly terrain.
They weren't such a big fan as with the hills the extra deadweight is an issue once the battery runs flat. So their concern was range of the battery. It runs longer in assist mode, but in sport mode it was flat pretty quickly.
Electricity and bikes don't mix for me, can't help it, don't like electric shifting either. You are moving away from all that crap with flat batteries and maintenance on a bike, then want to go back to it?
(Though a Ye Olde Dynohub to be pedantic is bikes with leccy...but you make it yourself. Dynohubs are good if you don't mind the extra bit of weight/drag)