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i did like the design of that bike and my understanding is it was supposed to not look like an ebike to skate the rules in places banning ebikes, i have always been met with really positive interest everywhere i have biked which has been really nice and a fun conversation starter. i suspect more...

I would be all for heated handgrips, this winter my hands were pretty cold even with snowmobile gloves and bar mitts, I think heated handlebars with bar mitts would do the trick. I didn't find the need for a heated seat (had snow pants on) or heated pedals (wore boots and alpaca socks).

2 years in on my Aventon Pace 500 version 1 with 2000 miles and battery health seems just fine and doesn't seem to have any range drop off at all. I have probably charged it 100 times so far. Fortunately I don't ride very far for my commute (under 5 miles) so even if the range dropped off I...

I see a lot of these scooters and one-wheels, some ride safe and some ride really wreckless. The few times I rode on the rentable scooters I found them very unsafe feeling because you are kind of up and over the handlebars a bit. The biggest issue I had was you don't always see curbs/dropoffs...

Bike shop just installed tektro brakes on my aventon pace 500 and they seem very nice. They said the zoom brakes aren’t great and recommended the tektro. Out the door for $150 for the rear brake. Front brake works great still! Got two years out of it so not bad.

At the two year mark now and 2000 miles and still love the bike, such a good value and more than paid itself off especially as a car replacement. Ride it 3 to 4 days per week to work and really enjoy the twenty minutes of solitude especially on my nice Mississippi River bike path. Still...

id be interested in a wind noise solution too that doesn't go on the helmet-maybe attaches to sunglasses somehow? thats one thing that surprised me at the ebike since im going much faster a little more wind whipping noise in my ears, sometimes ill slow down a bit and it goes away, and some days...

Get torque sensing for sure. That was something I didn’t know to look for 2 years when I bought mine. I also wish I would have got front shocks for city roads. Hub motor vs mid drive hasn’t been as big of a deal to me, I got a hub motor mainly because my budget was sub 2k. If you have the funds...

That’s an incredible looking bike! Great work. I can’t wait to buy one. As a daily bike commuter that checks all my boxes!

Great info and update! Glad to hear the bike is working so well for you! We also love ours after a little more than a year. Felt the same way when they put the bike on discount but oh well. Thanks for the recommendation on the handlebars, we also found they aren't the best so nice to hear about...

Took my daughter to coffee shop for first time today! Problem is route home has pretty big hill. Came up with a fun little solution using my hamstring stretch strap. Worked perfect and felt very safe at 8 mph! She sang while we rode and said this is so much fun and even helped me a bit by...

This is what I do for the most part. Stop signs I roll through and red lights I treat as stop signs if there are no pedestrian walk lights or they don't work. Lots of red lights won't pick up bikes if they have the old saw cut monitors that detect weight and a lot of the pedestrian cross buttons...

Nope ongoing still, thanks for asking and the ideas! we have tested out my older one on the ebike and he actually fits pretty well so that’s been a nice temporary solution. I’m tempted in a year or two to get a new ebike for myself and pass down one to my older kid.

Agreed, we are looking to get a regular car for our next car and then think the one after that may be electric so 15 years from now or so. We will stick to ebikes for now. My wife is actually very concerned about the electric battery fire (whether justified or not it’s a real concern of hers...

Great article and interesting for sure to read about norways transition to higher adoption. What is interesting to me is I’ve talked to quite a few people lately buying new cars and none have even considered an electric vehicle. Seems like a lot of folks are still buying regular gas cars.

Thanks for the insight and glad you love it! This would be the route I want to go for sure if I do. I’ve been really impressed with lectric and their bikes.

Lol love it! They both have manual bikes and ride daily. The issue is the farther off practices depending on the sport season. Right now all sports are close and I’m biking a lot to work which makes one car work great. Plus we have other family around in a pinch. We looked at a moped recently...

That seems high, I have spent $200 on maintenance in 2 years at 2000 miles and that was for a tuneup, new chain, and new cassette. Looks like those are belt drives so a tuneup every year or two for 100 bucks is probably fair. I am due to get in for my right brake being squishy and will likely...

7/10 quad cities iowa Illinois borders on roads is decent but we have a really nice river bike path that connects our cities and we just built a nice new bridge that has a beautiful pedestrian and bike path. I feel much safer biking here than in Phoenix, cars are much more polite. We also just...

just had this issue pop-up during an annual tune-up and told them break was soft/squishy, local bike shop couldn't get part since they aren't an aventon dealer but called another one across town and they can get it without issue since they are an aventon dealer and they're happy to put it in, my...