2017 commuter ebike - izip e3 dash vs haibike trekking 4.0

[Johnny]

Awesome - thanks for the incredible write up. You've convinced me to steer clear of the yamaha drives for the time being. Which of course means that I would need to step up to a Xduro treekking for significant more money.

Local dealer just called and offered a 2017 Haibiki Xduro Trekking S (bosch speed powered) for $3200. Hmm ... I think I might be able to do a tad better if I wait a bit longer ..

Still very much worried about buying the IZIP via remote dealer, having an issue and then being stranded without local dealer support. Even though the price is very attractive. It seems like even if I don't buy the IZIP from the local dealer, they may still be able to / obligated to help with IZIP warranty work? The Xduro 5.0 sure is tempting, but it a bit overkill for my current needs.

Anybody knows where the op got this deal ? I think $3200 is a good deal for 2017 Xduro Trekking S (especially if it is otd).

I am leaning towards 2017 Xduro fullseven though and if there is a similar offer I really would love to get one(I actually would get trekking S if it is possible to take it to the trails too).

 

[Bryan995]

Happy to share which local shop got me the deal. It may be more of a YMMV type situation... According to the LBS - this bike was sent to them due to an error by haibike/distributor. Rather than go through the return process and ship it back, they were able to take a discount on their cost if they instead kept the bike - which they then passed onto me. They used this as a leverage to convince me to buy the bike the same day they were suppose to send it back.

Maybe all of that is just a story to close out a deal quicky - or maybe not. I think it is an OK price. It may be possible to do better if one waits longer? I think there is a lot of margin on these bikes.

I am suppose to pick it up sometime this week. Once things are finalized on my end, happy to put you in touch with my sales rep. It is a socal dealer. Don't want to jeopardize my deal

 

[Johnny]

Happy to share which local shop got me the deal. It may be more of a YMMV type situation... According to the LBS - this bike was sent to them due to an error by haibike/distributor. Rather than go through the return process and ship it back, they were able to take a discount on their cost if they instead kept the bike - which they then passed onto me. They used this as a leverage to convince me to buy the bike the same day they were suppose to send it back.

Maybe all of that is just a story to close out a deal quicky - or maybe not. I think it is an OK price. It may be possible to do better if one waits longer? I think there is a lot of margin on these bikes.

I am suppose to pick it up sometime this week. Once things are finalized on my end, happy to put you in touch with my sales rep. It is a socal dealer. Don't want to jeopardize my deal

I didn't mean to snatch it from you sorry if it sounded like that. I am actually looking at a different fs model and if possible I wanted to price match with my local shop.

On the other hand that is a model which I liked a lot and I am really happy that you are getting it at a great price(honestly I think you are getting just as good of a bike as the trek commuter with that one). Enjoy and it would be great if you tell me about your opinion on how it rides.

 

[Bryan995]

Ha - no worries. I really wanted a trekking bike, but was hoping for a bosch power system over the yamaha. Would have been just as happy with a bosch CX 20mph motor, but the 28mph speed motor should be quite nice . Was a bit hesitant to chip the bike to remove the speed limiter. Will certainly let you know my impressions once I see/ride the bike! More very soon.

 

[Johnny]

Ha - no worries. I really wanted a trekking bike, but was hoping for a bosch power system over the yamaha. Would have been just as happy with a bosch CX 20mph motor, but the 28mph speed motor should be quite nice . Was a bit hesitant to chip the bike to remove the speed limiter. Will certainly let you know my impressions once I see/ride the bike! More very soon.

I wonder if you have received your bike. Maybe you are having too much fun to find time to review it

 

[Bryan995]

Finally picked up the bike! I was a bit unlucky with the bike order/delivery coinciding with a move. Mostly unpacked now, so I visited the shop today to pick up the haibike.

It is very nice Power is very smooth and quite noticeable on turbo. Takes the hills completely out of the equation. The build on the haibike seems very solid and well done. Only put 8 miles on it so far, but will start commuting to work end of this week. Shopping for locks / pumps / tools now . Very pleased. Will have to report back once I put some additional miles on it. @Johnny - I'll PM you the shop info.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/urhs7ccw58cizha/IMG_0677.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/keahq4z0uzwotvt/IMG_4077.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wji55d3an61897p/IMG_8488.JPG

 

[Johnny]

Finally picked up the bike! I was a bit unlucky with the bike order/delivery coinciding with a move. Mostly unpacked now, so I visited the shop today to pick up the haibike.

It is very nice Power is very smooth and quite noticeable on turbo. Takes the hills completely out of the equation. The build on the haibike seems very solid and well done. Only put 8 miles on it so far, but will start commuting to work end of this week. Shopping for locks / pumps / tools now . Very pleased. Will have to report back once I put some additional miles on it. @Johnny - I'll PM you the shop info.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/urhs7ccw58cizha/IMG_0677.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/keahq4z0uzwotvt/IMG_4077.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wji55d3an61897p/IMG_8488.JPG

Looks very nice I think you have the perfect commuter here(Actually I think it is better than those 5K commuters like Trek etc.) . I realized that Haibikes are somewhat larger than the other brands when it comes to size how is yours' fit ?

 

[Bryan995]

Fit is pretty good. I am 5'8" and ended up with a Medium 52cm. With the seat close to the lowest it will go, the fit is just about perfect. I think there is still 4-5" left if you chop the seat post (it seems to be hitting the bend in the lower frame)

My commute from home to work is 3.2 miles, with 230 ft increase in elevation and 256 ft decrease in elevation. Took me roughly 15 minutes using Turbo Given the amount of battery usage, I think I will be able to go back and forth to worth ~3 times before requiring a charge.

Still only day 1 of commuting, but so far so good!