Ebikes

[Arcy]

Congrats! That should be a lot of fun once you get to riding season!

 

[rainbow21]

So did you test ride it? What convinced you to buy it now?

 

[Doug W]

So did you test ride it? What convinced you to buy it now?

I did test ride it and I liked it. I am actually a terrible shopper and would rather be doing anything else other than shopping with maybe the exception of going to Harbor Freight Tools or a different hardware store. Then my wife said, "You should get it."

I should have looked for a week at different stores, but it isn't in my nature.

@rustydusty We took the wheel off to get it in the car. I will probably put it back on before riding it.

 

[LorenFL]

Then my wife said, "You should get it."

Sometimes they just know, right? She could tell you really liked it, and wasn't worried about the money. And she also knows you don't like to shop.

The deed is done!

 

[Doug W]

Sometimes they just know, right? She could tell you really liked it, and wasn't worried about the money. And she also knows you don't like to shop.

The deed is done!

Always!

 

[rustydusty]

It was my wife’s idea to give each other ebike kits for Christmas a few years ago.
She tried one on a business trip and really enjoyed it…

 

[Island Jim]

My wife and I have two Rad power fat tire e bikes, she has an Expand 5 folding bike and I have a older Rover. These are simple, heavy hub drive moderately priced bikes that work very well for our use. We ride them around our Island on the roads and trails, and take them with us when we take our Sprinter van to the Baja in the winter and Vancouver Island for a few weeks in the summer. We choose Rad Power because they have a store in Seattle with good customer service and they have been around awhile now.

 

[Doug W]

I have been waiting to take my e-bike on the trail until my wife got hers. We picked her bike up yesterday but we had snow here in Minneapolis and even though it has mostly melted, it was cold and wet yesterday. We'll get out soon.

 

[Oldscruggsfan]

There's also ebikes that are labeled as class 2 but are "unlockable" very easily making them effectively a class 3(28mph) ebike with a class 2 sticker. I frequently had my Lectric XP 1.0 running at 31 mph. I also rode exclusively in mountainous terrain. Couple pics: One with a Vescom hard case storage and saddlebags, and one with an Aosom cargo trailer hauling a full karaoke system, my Donner tenor uke, and my billiards cue stick. People often think they'll only want to go 18mph or so. You're gonna want more torque.
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Wow!!!! Just wow!