This style of ebike definitely is suited to utra high efficiency battery use with pedaling. Like all ebikes though, you want to manage low battery to get home with a charge left. This style also has great handling and “manhandling ease” indoors or up short flights of stairs.
I still prefer Lectric XP3 style ebike. Fat tires means powerful cheap fat motors. 4" tires mean comfort and stability through snow, and medium offroad tracks. Lower handlebars and high seat still puts you in a pedaling position. Non Lectric bikes have Cadence sensors and 9 pas levels, and are actually better for your low battery scenario. You can pedal as hard as you want/need to to minimize the amount of assist in a low PAS setting you are getting. The cargo capacity is also useful for touring or picking up bulk toilet paper on sale.
Fat tires aren’t really necessary for anything but snow and sand and their motors aren’t any better than any other equivalent motor.
In fact, all other things being equal, fat tires are a little slower because they have more rotational mass. ~2" tires can handle most terrain with less weight, so they’re more efficient overall (but, if you are riding in sand then fat tires are absolutely the way to go).
This style of ebike definitely is suited to utra high efficiency battery use with pedaling. Like all ebikes though, you want to manage low battery to get home with a charge left. This style also has great handling and “manhandling ease” indoors or up short flights of stairs.
I still prefer Lectric XP3 style ebike. Fat tires means powerful cheap fat motors. 4" tires mean comfort and stability through snow, and medium offroad tracks. Lower handlebars and high seat still puts you in a pedaling position. Non Lectric bikes have Cadence sensors and 9 pas levels, and are actually better for your low battery scenario. You can pedal as hard as you want/need to to minimize the amount of assist in a low PAS setting you are getting. The cargo capacity is also useful for touring or picking up bulk toilet paper on sale.
Fat tires aren’t really necessary for anything but snow and sand and their motors aren’t any better than any other equivalent motor.
In fact, all other things being equal, fat tires are a little slower because they have more rotational mass. ~2" tires can handle most terrain with less weight, so they’re more efficient overall (but, if you are riding in sand then fat tires are absolutely the way to go).
They all/tend to have much higher torque that compensates for bad rolling/air resistance.