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That’s a good line, but it doesn’t pass the smell test. I routinely burn my newish 500Wh battery down to one bar after less than 2 hours. And who cares if the bike is 20 ounces lighter? Mine is 50 lbs, and most are well north of 40.

I agree totally. At a time when Bosch has upped the capacity of its Powertube batteries to 625Wh, why on earth would Giant cut the capacity on so many of its Ebikes? Now they have to rely on dealers to cleverly convince hapless buyers that they don’t need the extra battery capacity. If I were a...

Love it, I’ve gotta get some bicycle companies as partners too! are you in the cycling industry? Even without a battery, my ebike is pretty heavy to put on a plane. But I’d happily rent an ebike in Europe.

Nice video! My wife and I were in Scotland also at the end of September and the first week of October. Didn’t cycle there, though. We drove up north, then took the ferry to the Orkneys, then circled along the North 500 route to Durness and Ullapool, thence to Pitlochry and Edinburgh. Along the...

so long as you get to where you want to go!

I assure you that you will be able to pedal much faster than you can right now on an acoustic bike with either a class 1or a class 3 ebike. The difference is that with a class 3 ebike you will be able to pedal beyond the 20 mph power assist cut off of a class 1bike. Of course, it is possible to...

Lol, I’ve got my eye on the same Allant for my wife next spring! Big battery, fast motor, Trek quality and support, checks a lot of boxes!

On an acoustic bike with a rear derailleur, you do need to keep the pedals moving as you shift, albeit with lighter pressure on the pedals, as Alan DB posted. If you’re cranking hard on an acoustic bike when you shift, you’re adding wear and tear to the drivetrain. Conversely, if you stop...

Rick53, I’m 66, so my joints are older than yours. If you’re looking for a bike like mine with flat handlebars, check out this model: (Link Removed - No Longer Exists) Bulls has a few other similar Class 3 models as well.

Maybe ignorance is bliss, at least in this instance. I know there are an equal number of arguments against hub motors, so I won't regurgitate them here. In my case, I was looking for a Class 3 gravel grinder-style Ebike, something with drop bars, medium-wide tires and hopefully a front...

Rick, I am pretty sure that you can't swap a different model motor on a given bike, as the size and shape (and probably the mounting points) of each motor model differs. That said, there are bikes like the new Trek Allant that have various versions; some come with the Class 1 Bosch motor and...

I think all the Bosch motors use largish chainrings (38-46 teeth), except for the current Speed motor, which is now being replaced by the new model, which uses a large chainring. The current Speed motor uses a small (18-22 teeth) chainring that spins 2.5x per crank revolution.

Ken, I don’t fully buy into your premise that mid-drive motors deliver only 25% of their power (i.e., torque) to the rear wheel. For example, I ride a 52 lb. bike with a Bosch Performance Speed motor with peak torque of 62nm. That would mean that a maximum of 15 or 16nm torque could be sent to...

Repeat after me, ‘Class 3 is the way to go, everything else is way too slow’!

By the way, I think a really interesting and compelling bike is the new Trek Allante, which should be released any week now. It features the brand new version of the Bosch performance speed motor along with an upgraded 625 watt hour battery.

I bought it at an ebike specialty shop www.Ebikesofne.com , which carries brands other than those that you typically see at local bikes stores like, Trek, Specialized, Giant, etc. Fortunately, the store is only a 90 minute drive away... they do ship directly to customers, tho. Check out the...

After a fair amount of research I came across the Bulls Grinder EVO, with the gravel grinder Class 3 setup I’d been looking for. Not too many options in this space, but this one hit my sweet spot!

The Juiced is clearly the best bike of the lot, as you’d expect it to be at double the price of the others. The motor is significantly more powerful, it has a front suspension fork, a battery with twice the capacity of the other bikes, and a powerful wired headlight. You probably need to...

I might be a bit of an outlier here, but I wouldn’t have bought an ebike if they didn’t make them in Class 3 mode. Before I bought my Class 3 gravel bike, I took a 25 mile ride on a friend’s Cannondale Synapse NEO. That was a beautiful bike— drop bars, Apex groupset, integrated battery... but...

I can easily forgive an unedited spiel on ebikes, but putting ice in a nice single malt is an entirely different matter... I will now have to do a deep meditation! 😪