If you have a bad knee, does that mean you are unable to pedal a bike? If so, then you will need an e-bike with a throttle not a pedelec. A throttle means you can move without pedaling. A pedelec requires that you pedal and assists you in pedaling. You will be endangering yourself by stopping a bike on a road with no shoulder or no place to pull off entirely. I ride such roads here in Pennsylvania on a recumbent e-trike. Even without a shoulder, it is sometimes possible to pull over onto a grassy field.

This year I plan to purchase an e-bike. Some of the backroads here in PA have no shoulder and as I drive through the countryside I often see things I would like to photograph and simply can't because there is no place to pull over and park. On very very backroads where traffic is almost zero, I'll stop in the middle of the road as long as there are good sight lines in front and behind that would allow me to see oncoming vehicles, and shoot through my window. Other times there is light but steady traffic and it is not possible to stop even for thirty seconds. I think an e-bike makes sense to get some of these shots. I'm sure someone will suggest a regular bike but with a bad knee, it would only work on flat ground. The pressure of going up hills would not work. So far it looks like two bikes are well reviewed and are affordable: espin bikes and Hemiway bikes. They are both around 1500.00. The Hemiway has a more powerful 750 watt motor but weighs 72 lbs. The espin has a 500 watt motor and weighs less. Does anyone have experience with e-bikes? I would like to hear your experiences.
Thanks in advance for anyone who responds,
Mike

This year I plan to purchase an e-bike. Some of the backroads here in PA have no shoulder and as I drive through the countryside I often see things I would like to photograph and simply can't because there is no place to pull over and park. On very very backroads where traffic is almost zero, I'll stop in the middle of the road as long as there are good sight lines in front and behind that would allow me to see oncoming vehicles, and shoot through my window. Other times there is light but steady traffic and it is not possible to stop even for thirty seconds. I think an e-bike makes sense to get some of these shots. I'm sure someone will suggest a regular bike but with a bad knee, it would only work on flat ground. The pressure of going up hills would not work. So far it looks like two bikes are well reviewed and are affordable: espin bikes and Hemiway bikes. They are both around 1500.00. The Hemiway has a more powerful 750 watt motor but weighs 72 lbs. The espin has a 500 watt motor and weighs less. Does anyone have experience with e-bikes? I would like to hear your experiences.
Thanks in advance for anyone who responds,
Mike

This year I plan to purchase an e-bike. Some of the backroads here in PA have no shoulder and as I drive through the countryside I often see things I would like to photograph and simply can't because there is no place to pull over and park. On very very backroads where traffic is almost zero, I'll stop in the middle of the road as long as there are good sight lines in front and behind that would allow me to see oncoming vehicles, and shoot through my window. Other times there is light but steady traffic and it is not possible to stop even for thirty seconds. I think an e-bike makes sense to get some of these shots. I'm sure someone will suggest a regular bike but with a bad knee, it would only work on flat ground. The pressure of going up hills would not work. So far it looks like two bikes are well reviewed and are affordable: espin bikes and Hemiway bikes. They are both around 1500.00. The Hemiway has a more powerful 750 watt motor but weighs 72 lbs. The espin has a 500 watt motor and weighs less. Does anyone have experience with e-bikes? I would like to hear your experiences.
Thanks in advance for anyone who responds,
Mike

I'm a member of a camping group - some of the folks have RAD Power Bikes and swear by them - they offer step through bikes which they love as they are easy to get on and off. One member says his is good for 40 miles running around the back roads in MO. He has the folding model so it fits in his vehicle in a bag that he made for it.

What I would contemplate is what I would do with a 75-lbs. bike out on a remote path when it poops out for some reason....any reason...and because it is down a path there is no way to get a vehicle to it.

I ride a bike during the mild weather along a levee. It's carbon fiber and weighs under 5-lbs. I had a flat tire last year some ten+ miles from where I put in. No one around, no one to help so it was walk the bike back to my truck. Even though I called home to tell what happened there was nothing that could be done to come get me off the levee. It took me most of the afternoon to get back and that evening I bought two inner tubes, a small hand pump and a bike repair kit with spare metric nuts, bolts, wireties, duct tape, superglue, and energy bars to keep in a bike bag.