I live in area with steep hills and my Raleigh Sprite is the ticket...takes me up with ease! However, when I tried taking it in the toad on camping trips, it is very heavy and I strained to lift it by myself into the back of the CRV. I felt hernia like pains in my abdomen area...have decided to go back to taking the pedal bike (much lighter) when camping. The other thing I notice is that even with the longer range of the ebike, I am still limited by the amount of time my butt can spend on that bike seat! I also notice that you don't get much of a workout with the ebike.
