I usually post in the Marantz forum, but this below was taking my time as well....
This is my new transport, for commuting and for fun. I intend to sell my car (we have two in the family - two too many but at least we can get rid of one...).
I'm already taking it to work regularly, thats 11km in the morning of which 8 downhill loosing 650 meters altitude, and then in the evening the same in reverse, 650m of altitude up...
time by car - varies because of traffic : morning 19 minutes, evening 25 minutes.
time by bike - morning down 22 minutes
evening up 34 minutes
. That is with near zero training...
last year I did do it three times on my normal road bike....the up part took me at best 1 hour 45 minutes
It's a german make called Bulls (Bulls.de) with the Bosch e-bike "performance line CX" system.
Oh, and the swiss winter requires some grip for the icy roads !
and this is last sundays ride, up to 1700 meters from 1100 where I live.