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No, not considering it.lol
Just wondered if anyone has ridden one around the earth? Logistics would lead to interesting benefits and problems over a conventional bike.
Yeah maybe the recharging every few hours would become a bit of a chore.
They can be ridden without the motor
Extra packs carried, then charged overnight?
Charging in isolated locations would be an issue. Not sure solar would cut it. As said though, during inevitable "power outs" it can still be ridden till next charge.
I doubt you’d be setting any records, unless you had a support team with spare batteries of course.
definitely possible but tbh, if you can sit on a bike for the required time, you’d be fit enough to just pedal a normal bike.
Plus, 18k miles is bound to require a few services at least.
yeah, it’d be interesting for sure.
We had a couple of ebikes last year that came with a little trailer. There was a solar panel on top of the trailer with a charger and lead-acid battery inside. I'll leave you to imagine the total weight.
I'd really like to know how the E bike would stand up over that distance. The batteries will degrade with the huge amount of re charges for instance. Would throw up some interesting logistics.
Only a matter of time till someone does it I would think.
Recharge with solar and little windmills?
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Scotroutes, did it work or was it just dead weight?
@damascus it was my intention to charge both batteries, take my bikepacking gear and head out to see how far I could get. Sadly(?) I never got the chance. No one ever hired the whole kit.
18000miles or so is what you need to hit for. Round the world effort i think load up a 1000wh battery, could probably hit 50 to 75 hilly miles a day. Would take dunno 8 to 10 hours charging time. Obvious need to plan a route to avoid remote power challenge areas. So given that you are talking 360 to 240, maybe 180 days if fit and pushing hard?
I'm guessing mark beaumonts record of 78 days is safe for the moment.
Though plan a flat route and I guess you could easily be approaching it and beating it.
TBH, I wouldn't find it very interesting. Riding a regular bike around the world is commendable, but something that any moderately fit person could do given plenty of time. A properly setup ebike should make it easier overall because you would analyze the route and select battery capacity and engine power that were optimum. You would replace the battery once it reached its normal lifetime, so that's not really an issue.
What I would be interested in though, would be a round the world ride on a pure electric bike, without any pedaling. I think that would be an interesting challenge for engineers. You'd obviously need solar charging as a backup for when you were off the grid. Would be interesting to see how the average speed would compare with an average cyclist.
Touring buddy of mine is an e-biker these days, we've done plenty of 60 mile days together, some over 70, never got to the last bar of the battery indicator yet. Two batteries and fairly good planning and it shouldn't be a huge challenge, except for the whole huge challenge thing, obviously. I can't remember what the service intervals are, though.
Could they not fit a dynamo to charge the battery?
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Solar power would work if the solar panel was as big as this and you only went through very sunny countries...
And avoided crosswinds...
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