By far the most common question I get asked when cycle touring by bike is how I keep the battery charged. Most people assume it’s hard to do so unless you stop in a hotel or B&B every night. But in fact I’ve gone as long as 8 days without an overnight stay with a roof over my head so here I talk about some of the other places you can recharge. I also talk about what sort of range you can expect on an e-bike in actual practise – I regularly get over 100km per battery but some conditions will knock that down to 80km.
The video is recorded on Skye, about 9 days into my month long bikepacking tour of the islands and highlands, see the channel for lots of videos from that tour.
When this video had over 20,000 views I recorded an additional video covering what I had learned since including the initial se of custom assist modes to greatly extend battery range. You can view that video at https://youtu.be/dTfn7xLEG0A
Increase eBike touring range with custom assists – tested over a year
Scotland by ebike – 29 days cycle tour of the Islands and Highlands
My 2024 cycle tour of the Basque Country, Galicia and the Spanish state
