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I thought it was pretty funny at this point 🤣

Since the BH site is offline at this point, and the models that would be available are from previous years, would it be possible to post up a list of remaining inventory, or provide via message to those of us that have expressed interest? Thanks!

Definitely a few interesting details here! I would think from an industry perspective that the sub-20% sales from standard bike shops would be somewhat alarming, however if this is all 2016 data the sale balance has likely significantly tipped in the last 2 seasons. I'd say anecdotally that...

To a certain point you are correct here - but where you live is also a choice. The unfortunate reality that we currently face is that the vast majority of US housing is built outwards into the suburbs, where we have learnt to value a big yard and space from our neighbors vs the convenience of...

Might I suggest one of the ebikes that bikes direct is offering? They have expanded their ebike line significantly recently, including a nice shimano mid-drive at $2k and a bafang mid-drive @35lbs for $2,100. The thing about bikes direct is they may be new to ebikes, but they have been doing...

6 bikes from them over here! I like their model - a LOT more than the local ebike place in Minneapolis, whose mechanic I discovered was learning how to fix things via youtube (this was at least 6-7 years ago). I figured if that was what I'd paid for, I'll just do it myself. now that ebikes...

I guess I'm not entirely surprised to see their target business shift in the current bike sales environment (i.e., HOT!). At a certain point, when the bikes are selling themselves and people are clamoring to buy, if you are a volume/discount seller already you'd look to start moving more...

100% this - a few years back I couldn't for the life of me get a fat tire off a radrover I had at the time. Took it to the shop, tech just came out to the car and said here, make sure the other side from the one you are prying is in the center of the rim - popped right off, no effort at all...

I tend to think about a bike as the sum of its parts. My 1st ebike was an easy motion back in 2013...one of the 320wh models with the curved downtube battery - an integrated battery was a revolution back then (and 320wh was too!). A week or two after I'd purchased it at a 'demo discount'...

The bike rule is N+1! Why not try something truly different and pick up the bikes direct bafang m600 mid-drive they have on pre-order? You can keep both, or decide which one you like better! While I don't have an electric bike from bikes direct, my fat bike is solid quality, and it is all...

That Haibike would be a solid option - you're getting a great motor and bumping up to a 500wh battery. Was the Dash a 28mph bike? I ask because getting any bike above the 20mph mark will start to exponentially eat battery life (which would lead to a shorter overall available travel distance)...

It simply boils down to cost, infrastructure and competition. The Chinese, German, Japanese (to name a few) already created the market before ebikes were on the map here - as a result they have the manufacturing capability to build at scale and low cost, and provide those motors ready for use...

Wow you are right - that is a pretty great deal for the specs - their first round of ebikes would have had this with the 400wh battery, and likely no fork - all those with the 1x drivetrain make that bike a killer commuter option!

Since I believe Rad is Seattle based (if memory serves correctly), they should have a showroom there to test out the bike. Hub motors do not do as well on hills as a mid-drive, since the mid-drive can take advantage of the bike's gearing - if you slow down on a hill with a hub motor you'll just...

The discussions on the forum tend to fall into 4 categories: What bike should I buy? o_O I just bought my ebike and love it! :cool: Something is wrong with my bike :mad: Ebikes and the industry in general 🤓 Categories 1 and 3 tend to be members that swoop in and come and go, so you don't find...

There is an official and at least one unofficial one of him riding the new santa cruz ebike, which is pretty cool to watch!

The one thing I really like about Yamaha so far - a standardized battery across brands! Another big miss for the other manufacturers that allow for individual brands to build out their own battery placement. While it may not be as well integrated (downtube batteries certainly look better), the...

This post/thread is very thick with irony 🤣

I cross my fingers and think maybe, just maybe, with so many sacrificing and all of the working from home, as things return to normal some will begin to realize (myself included, hahaha) that the way we use transportation in the US is in need of a big change. We'll see where things go!

It seems as if the European brands have ended up missing several opportunities to grab the ebike market in the US, or at least to make a name for themselves and compete. Unfortunately legislation and changing of public attitudes is slow to take place in the US. If they could have pushed the...