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Pretty funny to think about this: China / West Africa - dev nations.... have been bike and gas bike focused for decades.... VS US has been car focused for decades (incl infrastrucutre only for cars + sprawling burbs)..... Now the SWITCH! :) China has been infected with cars/suburban...

I'm one of them.... and once you get infected... well... it's catastrophic! Sondors #1 (the catalyst)..... stealth bomber B52.......... lightning rods sm block kit..... sondors #2 for wife. Also scheming up a crazy 10,000watt fat bike......... not sure why...... not sure why not .

Scmike::: good point... I would not try to return an item. Customs shipping etc would be sketchy. The risk reward equation works for me. Very very low cost. If item 1 fails buy a second.

There are a couple stealth bombers for sale in Wisonson. They seem to show up on ebay from time-to-time. I queried about the bikes: 1. Used 2014 model with upgraded controller/batt. $10K. 2. Used 2015 model with broken/repaired rear axle.... not sure how you do this? :)..... scratched...

I've yet to spy another sondors in Houston Texas..... on the look out.

part deux... the bit about risk dealing direct with china is unfounded from my experience..... you can buy direct (I have for yrs for remote control car stuff, and now ebike stuff) for low low pricing.... and I've had very good success with fast shipping and expected quality. The notion that...

wa5 - good read indeed. I can say for "ME".... the sondors ebike is what sucked me into ebiking, and now I'm hooked with a stealth bomber on order, and a lightning rods sm-block mid-drive with luna cycle battery in the works. I just bought my wife a sonders 2nd campaign bike as well. I'm...

If you've never been on an ebike... I would suggest you rent one for a day, and try a few out. GL>

As a member of the rat-race for the past 24 years, I envy your trek. Please keep us pencil pushers, and office chair riders appraised of your cool trip...... perhaps one of the last few earthly budget friendly exploration challenges available today.... that is not regulated, taxed, or...

I'm not a resident ebike expert on the models etc.... however, the choice of bike price-point/fancy-ness/features - relative to the environment of use...... If you need to travel through some tough areas, and lock the bike up in rough parts of town..... I would not use a high $ rig. If you have...

It seems you could contact a bike shop at your destination to rent a battery for this purpose, or buy/use at your destination, and have the bike shop ship it to your house at the end of your trip. Or other option... fedex the battery ahead of your flight..... then reverse at end of trip. If I...

A long distance conventional bike trip and a long distance e-bike trip are really two different beasts regarding gear, planning, spares, stop points, charge points, spares, etc... There is a good write-up on another forum of a guy who rode West Coast from Wa State to Ca state all e-bike with...

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Logistics - I would have friend or family member keep spares for you at home-base, and just have them fed-exed to an upcoming stopping point on your trip, rather than carry all spares. I'm very interested in your trip. I would love to do something similar. If you don't mind sharing your...

I'm in for a 2nd sondors for the wife. The interest is growing in my family.

I've been on the net and participated in special interest forums since early 2000's...... and I've got to say this is one of the nicest, classy nooks on the web. A big cheers salute to my fellow ebike brothers/sisters :):D

I had a lady stop me on the side of the road..... she was in her car..... almost hanging out of the window...... "is that a self powered bike???!!!"....... "that is soo cool"! " it looks like you are having the time of your life" :) :) Nothing but positive vibes so far.

Buy a new one.

If there are any genuine potential sondors bike buyers on the fence who would like some input from a real backer, owner of round 1..... pm me please. Happy to provide my experience, which has been a good one. A 205lb 47 yr old with a knee injury can travel 18 miles @ 17mph avg with pedal...

Tara - having a brew now to celebrate! Cheers. Wa5 - will do. I am afflicted with tinker-itus..... so more mods will follow. I have no filter on my results, so you will get the full skinny, good/bad ;) The blue sondors bling arrived in the mail tonight..... so the yellow bling will be avail...