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Here are some of my thoughts from this week: The effort to maintain 28mph depends heavily on terrain/wind. I finally found the best place to test the bike's top speed for longer periods of time - a bike track in a park. There, I didn't have to worry about pedestrians/animals and could set it to...

Honestly, it's easier and cheaper for me to drop 10 lbs of my own weight, than it would be to make an ebike 10 lbs lighter :p

For future reference for those who might still be on the fence, I've been keeping my thoughts on the bike in this thread. Bonus Current pic:

Additional impressions after a week: Doing a day 1 review is silly. I am guilty of both rushing to conclusions and frantically asking people for their opinions right after they got their bikes. This is my first 'real' bike, that is, the first one I care enough about to pay attention to. What I...

I thought I wanted a class 3 but riding it daily for a week I can never reach 28mph for more than a few seconds. Not a bike limitation, although you need to pedal fast, it's not uncomfortable, if you're used to a regular bike. However, the city traffic, even in parks where you have children...

One hypothesis might also be that the traditional ride1up customer is used to cadence sensor. Used to a bike that is purely for getting from A to B easily, where you can loosely spin the pedals and get to 28mph, like a foot activated throttle. A torque sensing bike will stop responding if you...

It is OK to trust reviews for most things. I bought my bike sight unseen and I love it. However, I wanted to highlight that the advice around test rides is really good. I know many people who got bikes that were fantastic on paper, but the geometry or the overall ride feeling wasn't a good match...

Many of us too. However, since the torque sensor on the LMT'D wasn't all that well tuned and a lot of their old clientele is used to cadence, they got a lot of complaints and people wishing it had a cadence sensor. In the end, I guess they decided that for the LMT'D (not the mid drive bike we're...

Compared to their other models, the mid drive motor should be much more energy efficient, which helps. But yes, I'm only following this as curiosity, since I just recently got the Current.

It is official: https://ride1up.com/product/prodigy/

I received the Priority Current on Friday and rode it for about 16 miles yesterday. Here are my impressions, trying to go back to the requirements that started this thread. Shipping Fedex and holidays aren't a great mix. Nothing specific to this bike, though. They had been holding the bike...

Oh, sorry, my info isn't up to date. At least in the whole month of December the CCX (not CCS2) was $2k, reaching $1900 with that discount code. That price is now gone, after more than a month at that level, back to $2500.

Up until recently, LIZ100 got you $100 off on top of that. Before purchasing my Current, I strongly considered the CCX. At $1900, it's the lowest I've ever seen and good value on my book.

I'll update the top post with Yeah, those info were shared afterwards. Thanks for the update. I've updated the top post with the link and what we know so far.

Yeah, these look like renders. Just happy to see them expand their lineup. 2 years ago they only nas 1-2 options. This was posted in a Facebook group for R1U owners.

I'm surprised, at this price point I wasn't expecting a Brose.

Hey folks, Kevin, the owner of Ride1UP, recently posted a couple of photos teasing the latest mid-drive bike to be introduced later in 2021, initially without any additional details. I thought I'd share the photos here with you as well. Product page: https://ride1up.com/product/prodigy/...

At the time of writing, it cost $2700 w/ coupon. Now, it costs $3000 w/ coupon ELECTREK on their website or $2600 on Costco Next, linked above.

An update: I talked to the Rambo bikes folks who confirmed this motor was chosen (surprise, surprise) because it's a cheaper alternative to Bafang. They claim it has been reliable so far and more energy efficient (but is it as powerful?). Leaving Bosch and Yamaha out of this since the comparison...

Sheesh! Why would you assume I haven't looked for the most obvious source? Maybe OP went for the bike or found someone who had experience. This type of first hand knowledge is what I'm after.