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Check out this fantastic video of someone traveling all around New Zealand for a month on the SmartMotion XCity step-thru.

Article was from 2014. And the "bike" was a cheap 12v lead-acid Chinese scooter (that sells for ~$500 on alibaba). Little wonder he was less than impressed.

What struck me was the high prices being asked for used bikes. I'd be happy if I could sell a bike for 50% of my cost. Tempting or not, if you're mostly satisfied with a new battery would provide on your existing bike, why not save the $3200? You'd still have the old battery as a spare...

$5-$7K range has huge range of choices - just about every major manufacturer has excellent options. If you like apps, BH Easy Motion is just releasing their new Atom X Lynx 5 and 6 All Mountain bikes. Large 720w battery using newest 21700 cells. Uses Brose S motor that Specialized...

Ha. Feel your disgust. I placed an order Jan 4 from Biktrix. If I hadn't become so disgusted and cancelled a few weeks ago, would be showing up on my doorstep this week - nearly 150 days later - over 100 days longer than original stated late February delivery. The repeated misleading promises...

Chinese ship boxed bikes in sea containers where there is low chance of damage. Problems happen when they are unloaded and drop-shipped to end customers. I'm surprised the bikes aren't shipped in expanded-foam containers like those sold by Instapak. A few inserted around BB/derailleur/fork...

Save the $3200.

To me, it wasn't. I got so disgusted at the repeated misleading (to put it very kindly) delivery claims that I cancelled my order. Won't do business with people like that. Go look at what the current "pre-order" is claiming - June delivery! Bikes that were originally promised to arrive late...

This is their response?? Outrageous scammers. EBR should put a sticky on top of every page to advise everyone to stay far away from these people.

My understanding is Virginia started out selling "e"scooters. Her "killer" idea was to slap on pedals to get around insurance/registration requirements (still sells them). Only later did she get into ebikes. I wish she would stop selling the scooters - they are antithetical to what ebikes are...

Decent specs at a good price. Multiple sizes. Hard to go wrong

Well, tbh, it's pretty much all downhill from NZ. So much beauty crammed in one place - and it's mostly unspoilt. Have to admit seeing palms and ferns was perhaps most surprising - especially right next to the glaciers. Thought it was all going to be snow-capped craggy peaks. It's an...

Nice bike, nice commute and even a nicer place to live :) NZ is one of the few places in the world I will go back and visit. Visited southern South Island for 3 weeks last year. Beautiful country and friendly people. Strange thing was you lot always seem to want to go somewhere else and are...

Nope, not about you at all - just those that extort businesses under threat of a bad review (the modern day version of dropping a cockroach in a salad and demanding a free meal) What you experienced was sleazy, at best. I'd have paid with a credit card and then disputed the bill - credit card...

Meh, that's the goal of every business, but there are plenty of people who simply refuse to be satisfied, absent being given something for free, or nearly so. It's worse in the era of social media, where people threaten business owners with lousy reviews unless they are given special...

Wait, you don't carry an extra link and tool? I'd much rather replace a chain link than repair a tire on a hub motor. That said, need to carry a spare tube and take the punctured tube home and repair at your leisure. Have to remove the tube anyway to check inner side of tire to check there...

Baffled why you worry about meeting Euro standards? Nobody is setting up inspection roadblocks to fine you or toss you in jail if you've got higher-speed bike. There's a reason why dongle guys sell lots of product to Europeans suffering from capped speeds.

Don't know anything that meets your chain-less requirement. Maybe an Evelo Delta X with NuVinci IGH? Has 750w motor. Larger guys like us really benefit from larger motors climbing hills Have you looked at Bafang Ultra mid drives? Have rare combo of mid drive power, torque sensor, throttle...

876 Geary is near downtown SFO.

There's several ebike stores in NYC NYCe/Propel etc. Lots of YouTube vids out there to help learn Other than motor/battery, everything is the same as a normal bike