That's really good. I dropped a line to Stephanie, the contact for the rally. I've asked her to forward the query about electric bikes on the rally to Peter Hooper. He's the chap I mentioned earlier. It'll be interesting to see what comes back.
I hope I can join you on this little adventure, even if it's just for a few miles. It would be nice to put something together about it and get it published somehow.
There's 20 hours to do a theoretical maximum of 540 miles. A chap from my club who's done it a few times says you often do a lot more miles. That's partly because people get lost but also because there's some kind of quirk in the way distances between checkpoints are calculated.
I've heard it's best to go all-in and go for the maximum mileage allowed even for first timers. Apparently those that do less on their first rally always wish they had done more. I assumed that with a Zero a shorter route would have to be planned. Certainly without any form of fast charging available, but what if you manage to get hold of a Diginow in time?
Your estimated range of 120 miles between charges means a minimum of 5 stops for charging. It might not be wise to expect to be able to charge at any more than 6kW at charging stations, even though the charger is capable of more. That's approximately 2 hrs per stop, so ten hours at least to charge. There may be 20 checkpoints, so another two hours for those should be plenty. Hmm, ten hours of riding isn't enough to cover up to 600 miles.
Perhaps a 350 miles course would be more realistic?
Any thoughts folks?
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Topic: The UK National Road Rally on a Zero Anyone? (Read 1523 times)