Riding Our Ebikes At The 2023 Bike The Drive

Riding Our Ebikes At The 2023 Bike The Drive - Chicago!

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10 ай бұрын

Watch this ABC News report on the event! We ride past at 2:40 and 2:45 into the video! • Chicago's DuSable Lake...
It was a fun bike ride! We rode a total of 32 miles!
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@richarddkearney 10 ай бұрын

Such a contrast with all the bikes and ebikes traveling so quietly and then the motorcycle drives by destroying the tranquility of the ride. I never thought much about how much noise is happening around me until I started riding my ebike on trails and started enjoying the quietness.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Yes, that was a loud motorcycle!

@pedrofernandez8729 10 ай бұрын

I bought a memory foam saddle cover at Walmart and it has made my Bikeroo saddle even much more comfy. I can now ride for a longer time w/o any discomfort. My issue is still knee pain, so I use PAS 3 most of the time.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

👍

@drjmun2022 10 ай бұрын

Russ, thanks for the great ride... that was fun. Kudos to Mrs. Right and Daughter Right for going along with you. Congrats on your #999 or #1000 milestone... keep up the good work!

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@pedrofernandez8729 10 ай бұрын

@@RussIsRight I prefer Ms. Right. Or turned out Right is also nice.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

@@pedrofernandez8729 🙂

@pedrofernandez8729 10 ай бұрын

Perhaps when Mrs Right retires, you guys can take an extended trail riding, car trip and explore famous rails to trails in the USA. That would make for an amazing series of videos. Much like Southern e biking are doing now.

@patlsmith404 10 ай бұрын

That sounds fun!

@kenslavikrealtorkellerwill6671 10 ай бұрын

thanks Russ for sharing. It was a beautful day for a ride. The Cicago Lakefront is a gem - The beaches the parks the skyline. What a treat!

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

It was a fun ride.

@totoroboto 10 ай бұрын

Very enjoyable viewing, Russ. And by the way, keep on laughing 'cause when you laugh, I sometimes have to laugh. It's CONTAGIOUS! And there's nothing wrong with that. 😂😂😂

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

😊🤣🤣🤣

@kramzenitram 10 ай бұрын

Sorry I missed you, Russ. I joined at Fullerton Ave & went south immediately around 7am. Timing is everything. BTW - Chicago's Lakefront trail is now one continuous bike path & with autumn approaching that would be a great opportunity to travel the 28-mile path with fewer people.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

That would be fun, I’m sure!

@jo100 10 ай бұрын

Lake Shore Drive, looks like a very very very very very Beautiful Place for real, my Friend 😊👍

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

😊

@stevenagy4346 4 ай бұрын

That's a pretty neat event. I'm new to ebikes and haven't even been on mine yet. I live in SE MI and will have to look into anything join on in our parts here.

@thedestroyer625 2 ай бұрын

I ride this almost every year. Lots of fun for riders and family friendly.

@theamac6226 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful ride Russ, thanks for sharing. I've always wanted to do the Bike the Drive. Maybe next year! I drive on DLSD all the time. I bet it was a blast to bike on. Chicago has the best skyline, imo.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

😊

@randymcgill7981 10 ай бұрын

Looks like a very nice ride; not nearly as congested as I envisioned

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

It wasn’t too bad!

@richardstandish2053 10 ай бұрын

Congrats for the 999th vid. Very productive and all good stuff to listen and watch. Many Thanks for your dedication.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Be sure to watch tomorrow as that will be the 1000th video! 🙂

@MichaelMatthews-gu5gz 10 ай бұрын

Enjoy your ride Right family.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

👍

@pedrofernandez8729 10 ай бұрын

Spandex dudes always in a freaking rush, take your time and enjoy the moment, dudes!

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Agreed. They were riding faster than many of us on Ebikes. Had to watch out for them!!

@pedrofernandez8729 10 ай бұрын

@@RussIsRight Yet they want to ban e bikes for being too fast!

@TheCaptain756 10 ай бұрын

Classic Russ is Right e-bike video! Thanks for sharing Russ.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

😊

@cherylnewell9912 10 ай бұрын

What a ride, I had to put on my shoes and go for a ride. Great job, thanks

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

😊

@a1orski 10 ай бұрын

Kudos to Mrs. Right. Seems to me she had less PAS than your daughter {and certainly less than YOU!} Haven't seen a ton of your videos but being from Chicago I think it's your best. RIDE ON!

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

😊

@Grandpa.Dan8881 10 ай бұрын

Nice video, as always. Thanks for sharing & congrats on the 4 year run of about a thousand videos. Keep them coming…

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ebikeengineer 10 ай бұрын

That looks like such an amazing ride with some fantastic views! Thanks for sharing this Russ.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

😊

@ebikeengineer 10 ай бұрын

@@RussIsRight You inspired me to check the cities in my area. Looks like DC does a 20 miler this weekend, and Philly does one on Oct 14th. I'm going to see if I can get up to Philly for it. Once again my thanks.

@ponygirl5716 10 ай бұрын

This was fun to watch. Never been to Chicago-now I have. Lol. Love “Mrs. Right” and “Daughter Right”. Nice that you can share biking with them. Something I am learning from you while hearing about your riding a bike with a recovered knee replacement is how you alternate pedaling with throttling. I’m thinking I better buy a bike that has a throttle. I had been researching bikes, such as specialized and gazelle, which do not have throttles. With two recent knee replacements, I think I’m better off getting one with a throttle so that I can pedal and rest/throttle as I go. Otherwise, I bet I’ll need to stop to rest my legs every so often. What is difficult for me where I live is that the few bike shops nearby only service the brands they sell. They sell only the higher end brands. I did find a bike shop about an hour away that will service other brands. I may end up having to go there because I am not mechanical at all, and don’t want to learn to be. 😀🚴‍♂️

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

If there is an REI shop around you, they service bikes they don’t sell.

@johngifford8335 10 ай бұрын

Channel safety motto ride the right way.

@TexCynRVLife 10 ай бұрын

Funny you talk about bike styles & companies. I got a Victrip Janus ES, which is very similar to a Lectric body style, yet, the manual thanked me for purchasing a Heybike. Customer service is good though. I'm enjoying the views on your ride! 👍

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

😳 Oops! I guess they forgot to rebrand their manual! 🤣

@harrymiram6621 10 ай бұрын

On these kind of long rides, ever thought about connecting everybody via bike comm headsets? Looks like nice, easy, fun ride!...A-L-O-H-A from Hawaii

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Mrs. Right doesn't want to hear me talking the entire ride, so no communication helmets for us! :)

@Marilynlovesebiking 10 ай бұрын

Hey Russ, I am watching this again for fun. There are such pretty views and shots of the ride early on during the sunrise. I hope you do a screen shot and frame a pretty picture of all of you riding, (well, your handle bars and Mrs. Right and Daughter Right) and the sunrise. You can put the photo near your ebikes in your gallery of cool ebike photos. Right?

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

It has a lot of interesting views of the city.

@ElectricScooterMan 10 ай бұрын

I bet that lady who said “No motorized bikes” is there too. That’s so amazing and weird riding in the freeway even though roads are closed for only bikers can ride 👍

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Hahaha!🤣

@williamvan909 10 ай бұрын

❤❤❤😊😊 out standing russ now this is what it's all about no cars on the highways just bicycles soon there all gone I see no trikes on the roads yet great video keep up the great videos and your family all safe out there amen 😊😊😊

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Yes, I did not see any trikes out there.

@tonysmith5507 10 ай бұрын

On a Cyrusher Ranger @ 230# Pas 1 I get 60 miles on one battery @22to 25 mph . on labor day 3 miles into 35 mile ride icd fired due to Vtac causing me to drop. And drop the bike . any 3/4 helmet on a senior is suicide. Were only full face mtb helmets . of all the motorcycle accidents I have had to lose 3 weeks to a brain bleed on a Ebike is unbelievable . rescue squad pick me and bike up drop me at ER ,two days latter Rescue squad brought bike home to my wife and told her it was heavy but Fast ! With a total of 5 miles in test rides on it .

@Marilynlovesebiking 10 ай бұрын

PS Congrats on 999 videos. Wow. Oh, and prayers for the rider who had a medical incident.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

🙏

@snakeone007 10 ай бұрын

You remind me of my pothead friend he is always laughing

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Hahaha! Only thing is, I’m not a pothead. 🤣

@blintzkreig1638 10 ай бұрын

Looks like you guys had a good time. It is something i would never do because of too many people.

@EBikes420 10 ай бұрын

My son would be exactly like you, too many people, I on the other hand would have enjoyed this so much if I lived their.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

I don't like crowds either, but the opportunity to ride on Lake Shore Drive was something I had to do at least once!

@jesusmartinez-dy1ue 9 ай бұрын

Viaje estupendo

@RussIsRight 9 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias

@Marilynlovesebiking 10 ай бұрын

Very pretty ride weather wise. Glad it wasn’t super crowded around you when you rode. Looks like a lot of fun. I would like a non-race type ride. I think my trip meter resets each time I get on the bike.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the TV news link!

@Marilynlovesebiking 10 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome. I thought it was amazing that the first youtube video I look at about the ride, there you were!

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

@@Marilynlovesebiking What a coincidence!

@jfly2249 10 ай бұрын

Being a local Chicago resident, you should help out a local company and see if you can get a Wired Freedom to review.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

I leave it to companies to contact me if they want me to consider a review. Several subscribers have contacted them to contact me. To date, they don’t seem interested.

@Thomas-yr9ln 6 ай бұрын

When are they going to have a Ebike October fest.? 😊

@EBikes420 10 ай бұрын

Hi Russ, Good video, I enjoyed watching this very much, I would have loved to have been there. Glad it was a nice day for it, I feel bad for that person needing medical help though, I hope they're ok. When you hit the bump, I said out loud, what a big bump, then you said it too, surprising to see such a bump on the highway, seems unsafe. Yesterday I tried doing a video and my helmet visor covered the top half of the video, man I was pissed off lol, but that's life. My e-bike is supposed to be water resistant with waterproof connections and be able to ride in the rain, this is what my e-bike dealer said and claims yet I've ridden in the rain a few times and each time the next day I get a little dirty water leaks out. But when I would feel the bike, it was dry, no water drops anywhere. Very puzzling, I contacted the store and told them the 1st time it happened and they couldn't understand either. Sunday, I rode home in the rain so yesterday morning, I did some testing to see where the water could be coming out from and I figured it out. My kickstand has a hole on the side and it lines up with my rear wheel which collects water in it and pools down inside the kickstand and keeps it until I tilt my e-bike forward and then it comes out from the same hole. Thank you for sharing your fun ride, wish I was there. 😎

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Chicago is notorious for its potholes. It's just the weather and then the salt from when they salt the roads during the winter. It just would be nice if they would have covered the obvious potholes rather than just spray painting them. And yeah, that was a big bump.

@Casenundra 10 ай бұрын

Twintails !

@meduimdock 2 ай бұрын

16:19 bars

@pedrofernandez8729 10 ай бұрын

Do they have one of those e bike demo shows near you? It would be interesting for you to try out different models and brands that you may not get to ride otherwise.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

None around my area.

@goldbearbunny4787 10 ай бұрын

I thought for sure there would be a ton of ebikes

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Nope.

@richardstandish2053 10 ай бұрын

Hey! Russ maybe come back with what you've done to get the 9Level PAS with your MC ebike. I'm thinking I might benefit from 'multi' level to avoid 'ghost' pedalling. I have the Jaguarundi 52V /750W motor. I'm 5.'10''and weight only 150lbs. So I feel the ebike is overtaking me sometimes. Tks.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

I think the only thing that could help with ghost pedaling is the changing of the chainring or the cassette. Going to 52T on the chainring or down to 11T on the cassette helps a lot, but that would be modifying the bike to do that.

@theflyingfinn6057 10 ай бұрын

My brother rode that also.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

👍

@Chas1248 10 ай бұрын

Hi Russ, I use the Xnito helmet and have always questioned the visibility of the rear light in daylight. I always set it at the first flashing position. My concern is how visible it is in daylight to passing motorists. Being that you follow Mrs Right I'd be interested in your opinion of its visibility. Thanks. I enjoy your videos.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

It's better at night of course, but I would say I was able to see the flashing helmets in the daylight at least a couple of car-lengths away.

@dabike 10 ай бұрын

What a great group ride. Might have loaded up our bikes and joined the fun if we knew about it. How many chances to ride Lake Sure Drive do you get. We've only participated in 1 group AARP ride with only a handful of ebikes in the group. We overheard too many negative comments about ebikes from the "traditional" bike riders. So have not joined any more of their group rides.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

They do this ride yearly.

@snip_king428 10 ай бұрын

Good content, was there a big ebike presence there??

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Hard to tell. But around us, not that many.

@stephenwhite546 9 ай бұрын

Liked your videos . What’s the top speed of the bike your on with just using the throttle?

@RussIsRight 9 ай бұрын

I was riding the Magicycle Deer Step Thru 20. Top speed is 28 mph.

@stephenwhite546 9 ай бұрын

Cool thanks .

@JoeCGee 10 ай бұрын

Hey Russ. Great video. I have a couple of questions. Do you have to get to the ride at 6:30? And where did you park? Millennium Parking garage? thanks again for all your videos love watching them!

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

No, you can start later, but they tell you that if you don't get on the Lake Shore Drive by at least 7:30 AM, you won't be able to finish the entire ride. Remember, they clear everyone off by 10:30 AM, so you really need to get there early enough to enjoy the ride at a leisurely pace. I did park underground at the Millennium Parking. We started actually at Grant Park, but since we parked in the garage called Millennium Park Garage, that word was stuck in my brain so I ended up saying we started at Millennium Park (which we did not).

@JoeCGee 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info. I asked about the "logistics" of this bike ride since I usually never go into the city anymore and the parking situation is what I was most concerned with. I was primarily concerned about location and security for leaving the rack on the car actually. Was the garage full when you got there, did you feel it was a good/secure place to park? @@RussIsRight

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

@@JoeCGee There we’re so many cars with bike racks on them that I felt it would be ok to leave mine on our car as well. I had planned to put it inside the SUV but figured, “Why bother?” Plenty of more expensive racks were there to steal if someone wanted one. 🤣

@JoeCGee 10 ай бұрын

That's good to know. I would've wanted to take off the rack and store it as well. I might actually try to do this next year. Now if I can only wake my kid up to get ready before 6 is another story. That's the reason I asked about the time to get there. Coincidently, I saw you had a video on the Elk Grove trail, we were at that same trail a week prior to Bike the Drive doing the Busse Woods Night Bike ride. They have it every year around the same time as Bike the Drive I believe. Thanks again for the info!

@StonebrakerDoesStuff 10 ай бұрын

hey russ, after takinf some inspiration from you, i took my ebike out and strapped a gopro onto a necklace and made my first video. Im curious, are you using the zoom in mode? my video tends to show more arm. I cant decide if i like ur approach where u basically see the hands and wrist, or a more zoomed out mode. my video seems to have a fish bowl look. anyways love ur vids and thanks for inspiring me to create content like yours

@EBikes420 10 ай бұрын

I just started making videos too this past weekend. I'm going to check out ur video. You know on your 1st vid your comments are turned off eh.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

I usually shoot in wide mode.

@StonebrakerDoesStuff 10 ай бұрын

@@EBikes420 they r? Im a rookie lol.

@StonebrakerDoesStuff 10 ай бұрын

@@EBikes420 thank u so much! I had it set for kids so no comments. Should be able to now.

@EBikes420 10 ай бұрын

No, I didn't know that, I'm going to fix it later when I return home, thank you

@patlsmith404 10 ай бұрын

What e-bikes do a charge back to the battery? Thanks.

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

It many. Also, some companies like Rad Power Bikes dropped their model that had regenerated braking because to really didn’t add that much to the charge anyway.

@chow-chihuang4903 3 ай бұрын

Ones that use a DC direct drive motor, like the original Rad City Russ mentioned, or you can check Grin Technologies’ videos on how to lock the clutch on a geared hub motor to make it regen when you stop pedaling. They also sell motors that have regen capability. Note any of those will slow you down whenever you cease pedaling or using the throttle.

@Joerides7 10 ай бұрын

You said it was expensive to do this ride. Is there some way they keep other cyclists off the ride if they haven't paid?

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

They have checkpoints, but I don't see how they could really enforce it. The guys watching are not on bikes, so if someone rode on quickly, who would be able to stop them??

@nevamind932 10 ай бұрын

Did you get any comments about you and your family having ebikes

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Nobody said anything to us. We were really by ourselves.

@nevamind932 10 ай бұрын

@@RussIsRight cool 🙂

@patrickhenderson1964 10 ай бұрын

How many other e-bikers did you see?

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Don't really know. I'd guess I saw at least 30, but that's just when I was looking for them. I'm sure there were hundreds... I just didn't see them.

@SolarizeYourLife 7 ай бұрын

Did not stay for the festival???

@RussIsRight 7 ай бұрын

Not really. Just walked through it.

@pedrofernandez8729 10 ай бұрын

Why are there cyclists riding the opposite way? Are helmets mandatory?

@RussIsRight 10 ай бұрын

Haven't heard from you in a while! Welcome back to the comment section! Yes, helmets are required. The other riders going the other way probably started at the area we are riding towards. Eventually, we do a U-Turn and head back on that side of the road as well. The official start is where we started, but you can start at the end and ride all the way to the other end. These other people probably did it that way.

@CarlosGonzalez-hg1xm 10 ай бұрын

different starting points