Part two of the EV adventure swaps four wheels for two as I pull the e-bike out in Cannon Beach and put it to the test on a familiar stretch of the Oregon Coast, finding out just how much an e-bike can flatten some very familiar coastal hills. A pretty compelling experiment in electric-powered adventure!
The Pedalshift Project 454: EV Adventure - Part 2
The Ride
- Start/finish: Cannon Beach, Oregon
- Route: Cannon Beach → Arch Cape → Arch Cape Tunnel → Neahkahnie Mountain → Manzanita → return to Cannon Beach
- Out-and-back ride on US 101
- E-bike with a full battery and essentially no touring load
- Plenty of climbing, particularly around Neahkahnie Mountain and the Arch Cape area
- Southbound ride through the Arch Cape Tunnel with maximum assist
- Turnaround in Manzanita
- Northbound return into the usual Oregon Coast headwind
- Post-ride: lunch in Cannon Beach, beach walk and tide pools near Haystack Rock
- Sidequest: Cannon Beach s'mores
Ride Statistics
- Distance: ~30 miles
- Arch Cape Tunnel speed: ~20 mph southbound
- Climbing speed: ~11–12 mph with assist
- Comfortable downhill ceiling: ~25 mph
- Highly scientific effort conversion: 30 e-bike miles ≈ 15 acoustic-bike miles
- Blackberries consumed roadside: significant
- Hoped for pesticide exposure: less significant
- Flats: 0
