Recent content by Chicagoland Ebikes

Here is an ebike article from the wall street journal today.

Hi Dan, Kaldeem is correct. Anything over 750w is not street legal...thus generally not in mass production. See laws here. Also, keep in mind that the trade-off of a larger motor is that it will draw more power from the battery…thereby reducing range. There are lots of factors to consider...

I agree with Ben, the juiced rider ODK as I mentioned in another post in a beast of a tugboat. The battery is 48v 20Ah, and 500w motor. They are back in stock in about 3 weeks: http://www.juicedriders.com …only prob is the budget may not work. Hope you find a dog that hunts like a Golden...

;) I'll pass along the message Rusty. Sounds like a wicked fun spec.

The one you have looks like a good value to me..thanks! ;) I also saw this review that compares…and combines it with another. "Comparison between the RADBOT 1000 and the new Planet Bike Superflash TURBO. When I was trying to figure out how these two compare I could not find any review about...

Spellcheck keeps that the "e" off ebike. It's an bike shop that just opened this year I believe. Nice guys…Roy and John maybe?

http://ebikeshawaii.com This is a father/son team bike shop in the islands…maybe they can help. Good luck!

Hey Ben, Nothing wrong with the IZIP Metro at all. Currie is a great company that will back there products. Budget was the only consideration with that…not sure it can be done with shipping at your price but with the new models coming soon it may be possible. Send me a PM and I will check it...

Rojagrande, Total bummer that they wouldn't let you try the ebikes…that's crazy. Next season we are going to events all over Chicagoland and offering test rides…to help educate people about ebikes….most people here in the midwest have never even heard of electric bikes…and even fewer have...

Rusty, So true! My Bosch dishwasher is annoying weak. I would never say that to my Nordic pal who is the CEO for Bosch North America. He rips into me though all the time about saying any ebike that doesn't have a Bosch system is s**t. You should have seen him smiling and zipping around one...

I know Prodeco was thinking a year ago had concept bikes for both a police frame and fat tire with two motors…wonder why they didn't pursue that?

two motors = twice the F-U-N! Sweeet!

There Thule grabs the seat post as well (but not frame). Others like the Thule are the Saris super clamp http://www.saris.com It carries to 2 bikes up to 60 lbs., doesn't make contact with the frame and has a $40 fat tire add on. Doesn't have a ramp that I can see, but can be bought for...

Oh…and I grew up in the north burbs as well…Skokie…now in the Western burbs. :)

Hey Tom, You absolutely need to care for your battery in the winter, but pretty simple stuff. As I mentioned, do not store it in cold temps. In general, most LiIon batteries are recommended to be stored at 70% or so. You should top off the battery every month (some say 3…but I think once a...