The nice folks from Clever Cycles (who make the stokemonkey electric assist — Sure wish I could get one) went camping and touring up to Breitenbush Hot Springs, racking up some impressive stats along the way: Family of 3; 7 day trip; 193 miles, 2 longtail cargo bikes @ 150 lbs each; 12,000 feet of climbing and almost 12 mph the whole way. Even more impressive: a car would have to get 2,206 MPG to match the energy spent on the electrical assist.
Most impressive? Long distance, car free travel for a family. It’s unlikely that my fam will be doing this any time soon, but just having come back from 5 hrs in the van to get to the Goat Rocks the appeal of a few days trip on an electric assist bike is pretty strong. What’s your best bike/camping story of the summer (so far)?
12,000’ climbing, actually. The 4781’ descent shown on the elevation profile became ascent on the return trip.
Thanks for the catch Todd, I’ve updated the figures in the post.
Todd! That’s so unfair for those of us waiting for their StokeMonkey upgrades … .