{"id":91,"date":"2018-07-23T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T10:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/?p=91"},"modified":"2025-04-14T22:25:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T22:25:59","slug":"why-everyone-in-san-francisco-needs-an-ebike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/why-everyone-in-san-francisco-needs-an-ebike","title":{"rendered":"Why everyone in San Francisco needs an eBike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is in my DNA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I guess it is in my DNA too: my grandparents used to own a bike shop and my mom grew up helping out in their store. As a kid, I spent many days there (after my uncle took over the business). But moving to San Francisco changed that significantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people would say that San Francisco is a bike-friendly city, and that is true, especially considering the increasing amount of bike lanes around town. Except that I live on a hill now: a really steep hill. And I can tell you, it\u2019s a climb: commuting to work is not possible without electric support. So how excited do you think I was when Gazelle offered me a test ride on one of their ebikes with a motor? Yes indeed, I was thrilled! So now let me tell you a bit about how this experience turned out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I first picked up the bike, I was mostly very excited to have a bicycle again. Like back home in the Netherlands, I was planning to use it for my day-to-day activities: commuting, running errands, going to a restaurant. The bike came with a display (showing your distance, average speed, battery charge) and three levels of support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ebikes and Hills <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the first steep hill I drove up, I was surprised to see how even the lowest level of support made the ride significantly easier. At the highest support level, I felt like I was flying up the San Francisco streets, without breaking that much of a sweat. It felt awesome! Going downhill of course was easier (and scarier too) and resulted in some pretty hard-core testing of the brakes every now and then, which proved themselves to work really well by the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gazelle<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Little did I know on that first day that this bicycle would even exceed all my expectations, for it turned out to be so much more than just a way of transportation! I noticed that I started planning my life \u2013especially the weekends\u2013 around using the bike. I planned day trips to different areas that were beyond walking distance and got to see so much of the city and its surroundings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

eBike Battery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since the battery lasted so long, I never really had to worry about charging it halfway through the trip. I also planned dinners in other areas of San Francisco, just so I could use my bike to get there. Because I was able to get around so easily \u2013and quickly\u2013, it really helped me get to know my new city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next Steps <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now that my time with the Gazelle is over, I am back to taking many long walks, agreeing to meet friends in the area where I live (and missing out on all the cool restaurants in other areas), back to spending a ton of money on public transport and taxis and to my long commute to work. All of this resulting in the fact that I am now at a point where I really want an electric bike in my life and I can definitely recommend anyone living in this city the same! Hopefully, this e-bike love story of mine is to be continued in the future\u2026 We\u2019ll see!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gazelle<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Discover All Gazelle Ebikes<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Three months ago I moved from Amsterdam to San Francisco. As a Dutchie, I love riding bikes. I used my bike to go everywhere: my commute to work, to visit friends, do grocery shopping etc….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":92,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[27,21],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rider-stories","tag-electric-bike","tag-gazelle-bikes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2174,"href":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions\/2174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazelle-blog.pondigital.solutions\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}