AAA will not rescue you, if you are stranded. They don't have the racks for e-bikes, at least not here in Connecticut.
If you have a smart phone, UBER may or may not be available.
The Police are likely to not serve the purpose either.
It could be an immense problem, depending on the circumstances. You may become desperate enough to stick out your thumb, after locking your bike to a suitable object. Hopefully, it's a damn good lock, and hopefully you can make the bike hard to not be noticed.
Well...you'd be well advised to have a few phone numbers, and hope that one of those works out. If not....good luck. My friend suggests you call the Police, and request them to summon a "wrecker" to come and get the bike, and just go with them. Well....maybe that would work. It would be worth the small fortune, especially if you were in a state of dehydration.
Get this....I'm 72, and quite fit. But on one of my 25 mile or so rides, if this happens, I'm likely to be quite challenged in coping with bad timing, in particular. I'd stick out my thumb. It happened once before, on my old non electric mountain bike, and no one would pick me up. I had to walk a few miles, and it was hot. In that particular event, I had no phone with me. Luckily, home was just a few miles away, but even that was no picnic.
This is something to very seriously consider, before you buy an e-bike. If its a regular bike, just make sure you don't forget your cell phone. AAA will rescue you. If its an e-bike, lets just say the variables are endless, and can be scary. I don't regret buying mine, but I sure hope a friend of mine answers my call, and is able to pick me up in this type of scenario.
If you have a smart phone, UBER may or may not be available.
The Police are likely to not serve the purpose either.
It could be an immense problem, depending on the circumstances. You may become desperate enough to stick out your thumb, after locking your bike to a suitable object. Hopefully, it's a damn good lock, and hopefully you can make the bike hard to not be noticed.
Well...you'd be well advised to have a few phone numbers, and hope that one of those works out. If not....good luck. My friend suggests you call the Police, and request them to summon a "wrecker" to come and get the bike, and just go with them. Well....maybe that would work. It would be worth the small fortune, especially if you were in a state of dehydration.
Get this....I'm 72, and quite fit. But on one of my 25 mile or so rides, if this happens, I'm likely to be quite challenged in coping with bad timing, in particular. I'd stick out my thumb. It happened once before, on my old non electric mountain bike, and no one would pick me up. I had to walk a few miles, and it was hot. In that particular event, I had no phone with me. Luckily, home was just a few miles away, but even that was no picnic.
This is something to very seriously consider, before you buy an e-bike. If its a regular bike, just make sure you don't forget your cell phone. AAA will rescue you. If its an e-bike, lets just say the variables are endless, and can be scary. I don't regret buying mine, but I sure hope a friend of mine answers my call, and is able to pick me up in this type of scenario.