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Nope, never heard of that in Minnesota - I only purchased my first e-bike here, all others purchased in WI.

Well that doesn't look like a fire waiting to happen at all! Not sure I'd trust the stability of a step thru frame to those kind of speeds either.

ravi, what do you think of pedego pricing that new shimano drive fs mtb at $5500 when it is the same bike is being sold by bikes direct for $3500 for what looks to me like better components?

Congrats!

Maybe Bob wouldn't be so upset if you'd inserted a couple of paragraph breaks ;) Lighten up gents, the sky ain't falling!

Nailed it. 100%. I think the last part of your second paragraph will be key to the ebike industry. Your last note will probably be the hardest to predict, and will have the biggest impact.

Fyi you can order emtb chains from bike discount.de in Germany for twenty to thirty bucks... They have a lot of good prices and large selection since ebikes are prevalent over there, a bigger one time order makes shipping reasonable too.

It is still a very new market, but the biggest known brands and those with large market share in Europe will be around for the Long haul. A few small brands from the US will likely continue to grow as well, rad, volt, biktrix, cross current come to mind. If the brand sub forum had like two...

They are going to steal your money, fyi. It costs that much to ship a bike domestically due to hazmat costs alone.

I promise you this, the ebike companies have come a long, long way from what they were doing 4-5 years ago. My first ebike, an easy motion neo xtrem (... Yeah that is how they spelt it!) Had complete crap for brakes and drive train. Think an 8x $15 of the shelf free wheel with 14-28t gearing...

Hmm. A bike with worse specs than a cross current for the low low price of more than double? They'd have you believe they are only making $200 on the month-to-month option, but reality is they are skimming $1k out of your pocket either way you slice it. single speed, battery size to rival...4...

I'm not sure I'm getting your point here. I mentioned sale or demo prices being out there, they are easy enough to find from multiple retailers at this point on a regular basis online. Seems to me like the larger ebike companies are starting to get the message as well - haibike has several...

This just isn't going to happen. Bikes in general lose far to much value after initial sale to support such a model. If a dealer could resell at 60% of the original value like car dealers can they would... Some bike shops sell new at 60% of MSRP if you happen on a good sale or demo. It just...

No. Nope. At a bare minimum buy a sondors bike, at least you'll have a community of riders and owners to help with issues. The budget simply needs to come up to get something reliable that won't end up being a sixty pound paper weight. Something from volt bike or rad Rover will get you prior...

Weight don't worry about, especially if you're going with a cargo bike. With your height though size will be important. You'll want to look into frame sizes and consider stand over height and things like that. I would reach out to rad Rover directly to discuss, as it would be a viable option...

I have 45nrth husker dus on my non electric fat bike and they are excellent, low rolling while also decent tread.

Why use the worst tires? These aren't really top of the line bikes. Mid range would be a more apt description.

The problem with the regular bike brands is that non ebike dealers don't want to sell our service them.

I have an idea related to this, need to put pen to paper so to speak, but you are 100% right. The last hurdle for ebikes in the US is commuting - for that to happen I think the US market needs longer assured warranty and the ability to have fast turn-around service. Right now the only way to...

I believe Bulls put on their own event at the same time as Euro-bike - goes to show just how much bigger e-bikes are over in Europe!