What Is Bike Touring?
Bike packing, Bike-touring, or bike camping is exactly what it sounds like. It’s exploring an area with a bike as your principal type of transport. Some bike tours last hours, days, weeks, even last years.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR YOUR BIKE
Possibly the important thing to consider when researching the best e touring bike for you is the distance you need your bike to travel every day. Be realistic. If you purchase a cheaper end electric bike, don’t be surprised when it only takes you half as far as you had planned. Would you need to charge your battery in the middle of your daily ride. If not, it might be a good idea to buy an extra battery.
You should also think about how much equipment you are going to carry. The reason this will affect your decision is because some ebikes don’t have the option to mount a front rack whilst others do. Plan on doing a 3-day trip? You could probably get away with just a back end rack. Good advice would to be to buy an electric bike with the capability to mount a front rack as well. This way, if you decide to plan a longer trip in the future, you can simply buy a rack and be on your way instead of having to buy a new bike!
Riese & Muller Delite GT Nuvinci
Riese & Müller have built their bikes to be masters of touring. They are some of the only electric bikes that offer a dual battery setup. Meaning that you are going to be able to go double the distance and not recharge. This capability is just invaluable on a bike tour. On Bosch motors, this takes you from 500 watt hours to 1000 watt hours. There are not any other motors offering that type of battery range.
Another great thing about this bike is that it comes with a Nuvinci shifter and belt drive system. This replaces a traditional derailleur, chain, and cassette. This means there is no need to tune your drivetrain or fix a broken chain. Nuvinci systems are almost maintenance free, which is fab for beginner bike tourists who don’t want to waste half a day figuring out what went wrong with their drivetrain.
