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I bought it at an ebike specialty shop www.Ebikesofne.com , which carries brands other than those that you typically see at local bikes stores like, Trek, Specialized, Giant, etc. Fortunately, the store is only a 90 minute drive away... they do ship directly to customers, tho. Check out the...

After a fair amount of research I came across the Bulls Grinder EVO, with the gravel grinder Class 3 setup I’d been looking for. Not too many options in this space, but this one hit my sweet spot!

The Juiced is clearly the best bike of the lot, as you’d expect it to be at double the price of the others. The motor is significantly more powerful, it has a front suspension fork, a battery with twice the capacity of the other bikes, and a powerful wired headlight. You probably need to...

I might be a bit of an outlier here, but I wouldn’t have bought an ebike if they didn’t make them in Class 3 mode. Before I bought my Class 3 gravel bike, I took a 25 mile ride on a friend’s Cannondale Synapse NEO. That was a beautiful bike— drop bars, Apex groupset, integrated battery... but...

I can easily forgive an unedited spiel on ebikes, but putting ice in a nice single malt is an entirely different matter... I will now have to do a deep meditation! 😪

Wow, this looks like an amazing bike, especially for the money. I have a question though: are Bafang motors considered to be reliable? How do they compare to Bosch motors in terms of quality and features like torque sensing?

It might have been simpler to spin on a Presta -> Schrader adapter

FWIW, I think you confused the valves-- the skinnier one that you see on road bikes are Presta, and the more robust ones you see on wider tires (and cars) are Schrader. Easy to mix up the two!

Being new to the world of Ebikes, I had some questions about the best way to manage batteries in cold weather, now that nights in Maine are getting down in the low 40s. I did a search on the topic, but couldn't find definitive answers to a few questions I was wondering about: 1. At what...

I have read numerous posts in other threads on this forum that state that Trek’s customer service is awesome, while Specialzed at best gets mediocre reviews. I’m also planning to get an Allant+8 fr my wife next spring... it looks like the perfect sporty ebike!

I’ll check in here too. Read up on the Bulls Grinder EVO, a Speed pedalec with the Bosch motor, drop bars, 40c tires and a front suspension. I love mine, and you get a surprising amount of assist in Tour mode (the #2 level out of 4).

Apologies- I might have been unduly critical of the quality of inexpensive Chinese electrical components. But I’m pretty sure I’ve read a number of posts about battery pack fires, which blamed cheap batteries (and maybe cheap chargers or BMS boards) and poor quality control. Am I too skeptical?

If I were undertaking a commute of this length and were new to cycling (ie, preferred a flat handlebar to a dropbar), I would check out Trek’s new ebike, the Allant+8S. Due to be released in November, it features Bosch’s new Generation 4 Speed motor, which is smaller, lighter and more powerful...

Roger that!

Well, if we’re gonna split hairs about 1/2 a mph, we should also acknowledge that all these motors start tapering off their power assist at least a full mph less than their class level allows. But my bigger question is, why are you raising the 12.5 mph number... where did that come from? Of...

Not sure what you mean, Jim6b. 25 kph = 15 mph, right? ...or were you referring to something else?

Thomo, let me assure you that you’re not crazy. As you probably know, here in the US, there is a 20 mph power assist limit on most ebikes, which are so-called Class 1. I took a ride on my friend’s Cannondale Synapse Neo before I bought my ebike. It was a beautiful bike, but unfortunately too...

I hear that cheap Chinese chargers work great... until they ignite in flames when you’re not looking.

Another option to check out is Trek’s new Class 3 ebike, the Allant. It comes in several versions, with the aluminum version with the new Bosch Gen 4 Performance Speed motor costing about $4,300. The new motor is smaller and about 25% more powerful, but the big bonus is the new Powertube...