With so many ebike manufacturers to choose from, hows a newbie to choose? What's your thoughts on which companies will still be around in 10 years? Who has the most dealers? Who has the best warranties? I'm looking for under $3000 and with brands that have some lighter (around 50#) ebikes for paved & gravel roads, not single track. Suggestions please.
Best brands? Best warranties?
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Giant, Specialized, Trek.
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tomjasz
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I'm sorry, but this is silly. Several of these have NO link to the original branding. Judging by time in business is a false assurance of good support. Schwinn is a blazing example of nothing to do with their time in business. Absolute crap for several decades now.
tomjasz
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Find the best shop local shop, LBS, with a reputation for customer service and work with them to find a bike that best fits your size and needs.
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Most bike shops are happy to work on any bike. Most bike parts are made by Shimano, Sram, Tektro, Campy, etc and available to anyone. For electric components, its hard to beat Bosch for distribution and product support. Most shops that sells Bosch equipped bikes will work on brands other than the ones they carry. The primary part that requires you to go to a specific brands store is the frame. There is no Riese & Muller shop near where I live. The local Trek and Specialized shops as well as REI are happy to work on my Riese & Muller Bikes. For warranty work, I have to drive 85 miles to Seattle. I have had to do that once in a year and half. Everything else I have either done myself or had done locally.
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BH and Easy Motion have been in business for more than 100 years under the same family ownership. They have one of, if not the best warranty in ebikes.
https://bhbikesusa.com/warranty-electric/
2 years on the battery and 5 years extended on motor, controller and display. They sell ebikes with Bosch, Brose, Yamaha, Shimano and Dapu drive systems.
https://bhbikesusa.com/warranty-electric/
2 years on the battery and 5 years extended on motor, controller and display. They sell ebikes with Bosch, Brose, Yamaha, Shimano and Dapu drive systems.
rich c
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There are lots of names of sellers, but not that many manufacturers. If you want a national network of dealers, the list drops off dramatically. Also remember that warranty for online dealers means they will send you parts, but nothing to get it installed by a local shop. That $3000 will be close if purchased at a local shop. Besides Giant, Pedego has a pretty big network. And if dealer repair is important to you, they have a great reputation.
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Agreed, Raleigh is just a brand name owned by two Dutch corporations Pon and Accell (who have just sold the Raleigh brand name in Canada to Canadian Tire Corporation) who manufacture the bikes in China and Taiwan, the Raleigh Bicycle Company stopped building bikes in Nottingham, England, in 1994, Pon and Accell have some corporate operations staff assigned to the Raleigh brand in England, Germany, the Netherlands, and here in the US.
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Ebiker01
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You forget BH/Easy motion- 110years
Ebiker01
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Totally agreed!
I think if they put toghter a high end ebike on the likes of Stromer , they would easily come in top 3.
FOr mtb., they have the Nr. 1 E MTB. - the Atom X carbon- 720wh, 45lb red beast.
A post 2017 Bh ebike score :
Reliability-10/10
Warranty-10/10
Performance/Components- 8/10
Price- 10/10 for the commuter ebikes and 8/10 mtbs. (their e mtb. Are somehow pricey but full of latest technology )
Vs :
Stromer
Reliability- 6/10
Warranty-5/10
Performance/components-9/10
Price- 6/10. (A new St1x s pedelec is 5 k)
Feliz
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When purchasing a bike of any kind I look for a bike that has few or no proprietary components. Even a bike shop in Siberia could repair a bike loaded with Shimano parts........but you might be dead before the parts arrive. Also, with the internet parts, manuals, videos, and instructions are available when and where you want them. An electrical engineer friend of mine operates an ebike store in my town, I spend many days talking with him as he sells and repairs bikes, he works on any brand of bike and I have never seen him stumped repairing any ebike regardless of brand. I have to say he's built many of his own eBikes since the early days and is a former MB racer.....not a bad background. Anyone travelling or touring with any bike should become familiar with bike basics, cable and chain repair etc. Things can go wrong with any bike anywhere. Most colleges offer courses on bike repair/maintenance.
Or at least accept easily identified rebranded parts? ( and keep a list of what they really are)
As an example, both specialized and giant have a habit of rebranding parts - eg my old specialized mtb has " specialized" disc brakes but they are really avid ( now sram) - it's relatively easy to get replacement pads once you know this.
Sometimes, the rebranded part might be CHEAPER to buy than the original product, for example my giant dropper post lever with cable was $37 oz , it looks a lot like the $60 trans lever that comes without a cable....and the giant brake pads from my lbs's workshop supplies are 30% cheaper than the identical shimano pads ( and look the same once the packet is open)
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