Even with my fat, 300 pound butt, the bike did great. With my Dash, I was definitely working and could feel some burn, but it was nothing like before. When I reached the top on my normal bike, I was completely gassed and sucking wind pretty hard. Now, to put this in perspective, I have done this hill before and I was going probably about 4-5 MPH and I was really working hard in the lowest gear. I immediately fell the power kick in and cruised up the hill around at around 11MPH. When I went from PAS 2 to PAS 3, there was a significant change and boost. I powered up to PAS level 3 and geared down a few gears. When I got to the start of the climbing I still had 4 battery bars showing. I was doing about 23-34 downhill to work in PAS level 3, so I was pleasantly surprised at the speed. I rode home in PAS level 2 and was cruising around 21 MPH. Since it was my first time riding home, I wanted to be conservative to make sure I had plenty of batter for the hills. If you look at the map that I posted, you can see that my ride home is almost all climbing, but it doesn't get steep until the end. I have about 600 feet of climbing, and it is a gut buster. The real questions will be how it handles the giant hill I have to face going back home. I was concerned that the 350 watt motor might be a bit small for a big guy like me, but it did the job well. I bust spokes on my road bike on a regular basis, so I appreciate the heavy duty 36 spoke wheels on the dash. I commuted the 14 miles on bike for the first time this morning, and it was smooth sailing. I have a 14 mile commute with a few hills, so I haven't been commuting on bike for the past 4 years. I am a web/mobile app developer and work in a office setting. I threw a bag on the rack, added a few lights for safety, and put on some clipless pedals. I got mine yesterday from a dealer in Salt Lake City, UT. iZip seemed to give the best bang-for-your buck. I researched and test rode every e-bike I could find. After years of coveting I finally purchased an 2016 iZip e3 Dash yesterday. I first learned about e-bikes about 3 years ago when I saw and test road a Stromer ST-1 at a local bike shop. Though I don't look like it, I love biking and spend a lot of my time in the summer riding. I really appreciated people sharing their insights when I was researching bikes, so I am going to write my thoughts here on the ebikereview forum. I am happy to say I have finally joined the e-bike world.
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