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Did another 20 mile trip today and the bike held up well (even after I crashed - we will not discuss that as it was the operator's fault and not the bike). The bike only lost one level of battery for the duration of the trip and the trip was done in PAS 1 mode the whole way. This bike can...

The bike is doing fantastic (see my next post with pics and ride report) and any rack made for 26" disc brake bikes will work (I should have one within the next few weeks and I'll post it up). Same thing with lights - anything should work as long as they are clip on style. I've found a few...

I just read where even Tesla said that about 50% of the cost of their cars is just for the batteries - something like $45,000. Even if that price goes down a bit, their car prices probably won't. It's like was also said already - smaller production runs are going to cost more. If you can get...

I agree with some of that - I'm lucky that in my area, there are enough trails/sidewalks around that I can get pretty much anywhere I want to go without getting on a road. The few roads that I have used are sleepy residential streets that have no traffic. I will not, repeat, will NOT get on a...

Agreed, but that is the disposable world we live in nowadays as well. Nobody wants to fix anything, especially when it's usually cheaper to buy a new one, and most people cannot fix their own vehicles nowadays. I think the point they were trying to make is that a good percentage, if not the...

It depends on the quality, who is making them, and how many. If you're talking about a large scale automotive manufacturer who is making or outsourcing hundreds of thousands of batteries, his cost is going to end up lower than someone who is only making or outsourcing small batches of batteries...

I was lucky to have a shop that had quite a few bikes in stock, so I was able to ride on a variety of different bikes. I also met some people locally who offered to let me check theirs out. I ended up with what I did for one main reason - the cost. My bike retails for close to $3,000 new. My...

I just picked up an iZip Zuma within the last week. I'm totally fine with what the bike is capable of, don't get me wrong. Having experienced mine and a few other lower watt motor bikes that I played around with before getting mine, I'm just surprised that so many people feel the need for...

Some good points, but with regards to the speed issue, that's going to vary state by state. Here in Texas, technically anything that can over 20 miles per hour starts to cross out of the bicycle definition that it hides under or at least blurs the line a little. All of these limits have been...

I just recently picked up an iZip Zuma that I am having a blast with. I'm six foot and weight about 215 pounds. Bike has a 48v 500w motor that is more than enough and I am only using it in pedal assist (PAS) level 1 - the bike goes up to PAS 3 (on 2, the bike about knocks me off because it...

I know around here (which may not be representative of everyone), all of the trails/paths have a speed limit of 10mph-15mph and that applies to everyone/anything. Granted, that's not to say that people don't exceed that and obviously there is nobody actively enforcing that anyway on the trail...

My friend has owned his bike for over a year and uses it in our Texas heat and has not had any real problems that I know of. As far as I know, he doesn't do anything special storage wise with his. As it is now, I simply take my battery off of my bike when I'm done and keep it inside to try and...

So I figured out where and how the water is getting into the battery compartment. I'm still trying to figure out exactly why this was designed the way that it was (I'm sure there is/was a reason for it), but it would seem to be a bad design. Notice the horizontal slit at the top of the battery...

I also see the concept of speed continuously being mentioned as a factor and not just in this thread. I've never had a conversation with anyone on a traditional bicycle who was concerned about speed per se (outside of people who race) - this is something I'm seeing in the e-bike world. Sure...

Me personally, I think it's because people always want something bigger to go along with the "bigger is better" mentality we have in this country - that's personal opinion. People like to tinker and mod, so they are always trying to find a way to improve something - not necessarily a bad thing...

A few pics of the battery set up on this bike for anyone that is interested. The seat post is integrated into the battery, but can be removed when needed. There are two separate latches that are used to secure both the seat post and the battery when it's inside it's compartment (see close up...

I've already got a few ideas - I need to play around with it some more though.

That's my point - other brands cost more money and that's a given. Frankly, I think ebikes are too expensive to begin with. However, like you said, you are getting something for that extra money that you simply are not going to get from a company like Sondors.

When I say thousands, I'm including the nearly $1000 people are paying for the bike to begin with (the cost of the bike along with the few hundred bucks shipping and I'm rounding up obviously) and then the additional money people are spending on mods (upgraded batteries, controllers, adding...

What would be nice is some kind of USB type system that everyone agreed to use. You would just have a small USB hub someplace on the bike that you could plug aftermarket stuff into (or some other universal type system).