I have a pedal assist e-bike and it is on the lighter side at 28 pounds. Even with the motor off I can pretty much maintain 16-19 mph, but I like to regularly use my motor especially when the pace picks up or we hit hills. If you have a throttle controlled e-bike they are much heavier and might be hard to ride without the motor on. You can tell these bikes as they have balloon tires and the riders can be going 20 mph without pedaling. If I stop pedaling my bike slows down to a stop. I have an additional battery on my bike that charges and discharges in sync with the main bike battery. I can usually get three rides or 125 miles out of that set up. No way would I carry my heavy charger with all the cords and plug ins on my bike. My bike takes 3 hours to charge plus where are you going to plug it in? Get to know your bike and then you can figure out how far you can go. My bike syncs with my Garmin bike computer and I know exactly how much charge I have. I have never run out of charge in over 10,000 miles of riding. (But there was that one 60 mile ride where I had not charged it properly and when I turned it on at the start of the ride it read 36% charge! I had the motor mostly off and rode with slower riders and used it only when I hit hills or got tired. I had 17% left when I got back but I was very worried at the beginning of the ride. Some of those hills were steep and I am getting old!)
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