I had a blast riding the rim road around Crater Lake, Oregon on my Aventon Aventure e-bike.
An eruption triggered the collapse of a towering volcano and created the deepest lake in the United States at Crater Lake National Park.
The ride is hard, in most people's opinion, tackling 33 miles and 3500' of elevation gain. If you do not have a lot of experience on a bike, you should do it on an e-bike. It still will require effort, but people of average fitness are able to ride it with careful attention to the battery level.
I went in a clockwise direction around the lake (like most riders) so that you don’t have to cut across traffic to pull into the viewpoints.
No bike lanes so you need to ride in the travel lane but I saw very few cars on the road.
Half the bikes I saw were ebikes…they are becoming more popular!
Hardly no other fat tire bikes there which was no surprise.
If you are careful in managing your battery you can complete the 33 miles.
The only time I didn’t pedal was when I was going fast downhill.
There are several long descents that are so fun.
My top speed was 41 mph and my average speed was 14 mph.
I used a Gopro camera mounted on my handlebars.
I did not speed up any parts of the video.
On the climbs I stayed in PAS 1 (Pedal assist level one) to conserve battery.
On the downhill sections I put it in zero assist.
My bike has 5 levels of assist.
It took me 4 hours to go around the lake and 45 minutes of that was breaks.
At the halfway point (16.3 miles) I had 81% battery left but there are more hills to climb on the second half then the first half.
I ran 30 PSI in the tires because I was on pavement all the time and wanted to roll as easy as possible.
You are at 6500’ to 7,000 ‘ elevation so you will notice the thinner air.
The last 3 miles climb up to the lodge but I was ready because I had about 50% battery remaining.
So I put it in PAS 5 and cruised up the grade at 22 mph!
Make sure you have plenty of water as it is scarce on the rim road.
Stop and enjoy the views and be amazed.
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