Loving bike commuting as much as I do means devoting sixty to ninety minutes to each round trip. Commuting yearly 2000-3000 miles on bike to my job as a School bus driver, is time consuming! With turning 60, time seems to be ever quickening. The need to accomplish faster commutes without resorting to using 4 wheels and gasoline, is my incentive to utilize e-biking. As a bus driver, I am "behind the wheel" 600-800 miles a week. Cycling is my way of getting rid of anxiety and getting in some aerobic activity! The intention with e-biking is to continue more frequent work commutes, faster.
Purchasing the Leed kit will assist the "all out cadence and pedaling effort" I do on my commutes. The expectation is for a simulation equal to a "virtual draft" -equating to a faster round trip! My thoughts on bike motor size after having read several reviews, is that I could benefit from even a lowly 250 Watt, 24 volt, planetary geared hub motor. I've also given great consideration to crank motor systems, and think they are the future of e-biking -but I don't want to wait until costs and availability catch up with reality. With a Leed kit, I expect to achieve faster commute times. Perhaps, opening the possibility of regular double commutes(home for lunch). I should find out very soon how realistic of an expectation that turns out to be. As I write, the kit is "in transit", and will arrive this week.I have decided to install the kit on my Dahon Cadenza.