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An additional issue, motor aside, is how BAD the geometry is on so many e-bikes. I've already reviewed the pedego element: https://electricbikereview.com/forums/threads/pedego-element-review-20-fat-bike.43771/ That bike had terrible geometry and therefore awful balance. I get that many e-bikes...

Bafang can't quite get it right it seems. Either their steel gear is sufficiently strong but too noisy, or their nylon gear is quiet enough but not strong enough. Pick your poison.

Aventon should be ashamed of themselves. We all get that bikes are a red hot market and they could basically sell any two wheeled contraption and slap a motor on it and...oh wait, that's exactly what they've done! But yeah, the controller programming is an absolute joke. I've ridden the...

Case in point. The sondors "rock star" (which is anything but) might look great as a price vs performance bargain, but listen to that motor! (5 and 6 and 7 and 11 and 12 and 14 minutes in). Does that sound like a quality motor to you? That thing whines more than Luka Doncic when he doesn't get...

Brands will continue to spec bafang because of it's better spec to price ratio on paper. This entails numerous problems for the consumer after purchase, however. Bafang motors are notoriously noisy and as many have pointed out, controller programming out of the box is poor, probably geared...

I finally had a chance to demo aventon's fat bike and also a bike with bafang mid drive. The gap in quality (and safety) between the industry leaders such as Bosch, Shimano and Brose and the aforementioned is enormous. With the Aventon, power did not come on at all without at least a half...

I'm considering the 2021 Radrover for a potential Black Friday purchase. I want a comfortable bike, but 4" tires might be a bit much. Who has sized down to say 3.3" or 3" tires? How was your experience?

I demoed a Radrover a while back and really enjoyed it as well. I was very surprised at how well it pedaled considering it has a cadence sensor. Instead of lurching forward, power ramped up very smoothly. Why can't more manufacturers offer similar performance?!? As far as sizing, the rad is...

LOL.

There is no covid 19 so I've been doing what I was doing before this latest round of lies started.

To answer my own question, 20" wheels, even with 4" fat tires, fare very poorly compared to standard sized wheels. Stability decreases dramatically. The ride is sketchy at literally any speed. When you're going slow, the front end flops around and you want to go faster to get some momentum so...

I had a chance to demo the Pedego Element. It's similar enough to the Lectric 1.0 and 2.0 that I thought it might serve as a good proxy. This is going to be a brief list and discussion of the bike's pros and cons. Pros: 1. it's reasonably light! I was surprised that the bike was fairly easy to...

I've watched several review/promotional vids where riders acknowledge that the lectrics have a delay in both assist and shutoff of power. It's not a split second either, it's supposed to be closer to a full pedal revolution. Can anyone confirm if this is the case on the 2.0's? It's not enough...

It seems like $2K and above is a more realistic price point. Or maybe I'll stick to my original plan to purchase the electric xp. I am discouraged however by reports of a long lag between the first couple pedal strokes and actual power delivery.

Is there any such thing? I recall there was an indiegogo campaign for a mid drive in this price range, but once you added up all of the extras, it was a lot closer to $2K than to $1K. I've demoed quite a few hub drive bikes and the rearward weight bias is less than ideal and I'm constantly...

That's a fair point. A heavier bike is going to be more stable than a lightweight regardless of wheel size (all else being equal if someone wants to nitpick).

In a good or a bad way?

I'm looking at several folding models with 20" wheels, including the XP. For those of you who ride bikes with standard sized wheels 26" and bigger, do you find that the smaller wheel size makes balance more difficult or that you have to correct your steering more often? I don't want a twitchy...

One problem could be the weight distribution with the battery mounted rearward of the saddle. It seems like a center frame mounted battery makes more sense for more neutral weight distribution.

My main concern is that smaller wheeled bikes would feel very twitchy, too sensitive to input, but considering how many people are happily riding these bikes over fairly long distances as multi purpose bikes, perhaps some of my concerns were unfounded. It's strange how a motor can erase so many...