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So many amazing photos and places to ride. Here is my humble contribution. It's by the Tualatin River in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Our little Lectric XP 2.0st bikes have cadence (which we've shut off) and twist throttle, which seems very natural to us. Nonetheless, what would seem to me to be an ideal setup would be no cadence sensing at all and the use of an idler wheel engaging the upper chain just behind the chainring...

I have been curious about ebikes selling for $3K+ when well-regarded feature-laden brands like Lectric sell for $1K. I assume the expensive ebikes offer details that appeal to certain buyers. Nonetheless, in my local Craigslist there are several Lectric 2.0 ebikes (last year's model) selling...

Wife and I love our little Lectrics. Step-through, fat tire, rugged, and now with adequate battery range. Certainly a step-through design is inherently heavier than a triangular frame, but how much? maybe a pound? The Lectrics use a massive battery box supplanted by a short frame support and...

This is easy to fix. The problem is with junk cells. Simply require UL certification for all ebike battery packs. Limits for over and under-voltage, shorts, and temperature extremes. And apartment complexes will include in their leases that only UL certified ebikes and other mobility devices...

I think you are correct; for a major rip like that the shipper obviously has to take responsibility. But then there's the hassle factor, the additional delay in getting the product to the customer, and the possibility that there was enough padding that the contents didn't suffer damage, which...

Hold on. Shipping an entire bike back and then shipping a different bike back out? Seriously? A hundred bucks in extra shipping costs? I have no doubt that Lectric would have replaced the whole bike if the frame had been bent or cracked. Most things, however, are just a matter of bolting on...

After reading what's been said here and also in the mainstream media, it seems to me that 99% of the fires would be totally eliminated if there was a UL certification process and that non-UL cells and equipment could not be sold. Then no need for extreme charging measures.

VW did a very detailed study that showed an EV actually produced MORE CO2 than a comparable ICE car up until the 60,000 mile mark. That's because an EV battery consumes a tremendous amount of resources in manufacturing. After the 60,000 mile mark, an EV produces less CO2 than an ICE depending on...

A little over a year has gone by since the last post. Are there any new e-bikes that are certified UL? Or in particular are there batteries that are certified UL? Since the battery would have a fuse, I wouldn't think it would be all that critical for the e-bike electronics themselves to be...

Yes. Also, just read a review of the 3.0 on YouTube, and the reviewer said the correction factor had changed. So use your smartphone GPS with some sort of mileage tracker and go for a 10-minute ride and compare the results. I think the reviewer said putting in a 22" wheel factor gave accurate...

Since on our two XP2.0st bikes the 11mph buzzing goes away when the rear fender is dampened by a sponge wedged under the rack, I'd suspect it's a fender-mount issue. Shouldn't be hard to put in some tiny o-rings on the two mounting points (top and forward). A springtime project for me. The...

No need to use the "Hey, it's cheap, so what do you expect?" slam. Lectric is blowing away the competition by selling a well-designed ebike at an astonishing price when compared to the competition. And $1,200 for a complete feature-filled ebike that INCLUDES a decent 672WH battery is...

Many years ago when our 30ish daughter was little we had a seat mounted to the back of a conventional bicycle for her. After the experience of riding with her for several years I eventually said to myself "never again." It was just too awkward and perhaps more than a bit unsafe for me to try and...

Two other changes we made to our 2.0 XPst bikes six months ago were (1) to disable PAS completely and just regard the bikes as 7 speeds with a twist throttle assist. Much more intuitive (to us) to use this way when maneuvering at low speeds. And (2) change the wheel diameter setting from 20"...

After my recent experiment with the big sponge-jammed-under-the-rack, I really suspect it's a sympathetic vibration in the rear fender. One way to check would be to remove the forward fender-mount screw completely and see if the resonance disappears. It appears that to get to that screw one...

I think it's great that Lectric has added a "pet trailer" to their list of accessories--the more the merrier. And the 3.0 is getting lots of positive press At the same time, though, folks might want to look at all the other trailer options, including the one that I took last winter. The "pet...

3-alarm fire in a New York highrise, with 38 injured. Apparently caused by a lithium cell in an apartment occupied by a bike repair guy who has received complaints in the past. The Fire Marshall said there have been 200 such fires this year. I suspect a major factor is the proliferation of...

I've been away from the biking world for decades, only coming back with the purchase of a couple of XP2.0st bikes last Christmas, but I'm wondering why a bike shop couldn't fix these things. They appear to me to be just generic 7-speed bikes with added electronics. But those electronics appear...

I'd be perfectly happy with a 15 mph speed limit for e-bikes. Problem is, there are a lot of testosterone-poisoned youths who are not old enough to drive a car yet want to go fast but lack common sense due to their tender age. It's currently legal for them to blast around town at class 3 speeds...