Klumze
New Member
About me and my current bike. I am a 300lb ebike rider that has lost 65 pounds since August 2020 riding my old cruiser style ebike but I need something that can take me farther now. My current bike is a 24v 250w 10.4ah Beach Cruiser style ebike that weights about 60 lbs. I purchased a brand new battery in January as my old pack didnt take me more than 9 miles. My new pack takes me almost 15 miles before my battery dies. My bike has no LCD display and no pedal assist levels. Its either on or off. The bike is about 6 years old.
I am weighing my options between the Sondors LX and the Sondors Cruiser Mid Drive bikes as my next ebike. I live in SoCal and only ride pavement trails right now because my current bike cannot handle anything else. I would like to make the 25 mile trip (50 round) on the Santa Ana River Trail to the beach some day. It is 100% pavement. I see dirt trails that are off the path and might want to explore those someday but for no a pavement path is my current concern.
Since losing the 65 pounds I have found the handlebars on my current bike to be closer than I want. I would like a straight handlebar over a curved one now. I often have to stand up and pedal to ride up hills with my current bike and I feel like I am warping my handlebars. I already had to tighten my neck once since it became loose. I think its because of my weight and the laid back handlebars are not made for that purpose.. I would like a straight bar for my next bike but I do not know if its just me and if the bars on the cruiser would do ok for hills.
So here are my questions (thank you all for reading!)
1. Do you think the advertised range is done using the lowest pedal assist level (least help) or the highest when determining range?
2. Would I get considerable more range using the cruiser on pavement over the fat tire option?
3. Does the front fork really matter if I'm using it on pavement? I use a suspension seat post on current bike already
4. If I ever wanted to use this for trails when my fitness improves would the cruiser be a deal breaker? If I changed the forks and tires to knobby?
5. Would changing tires the forks and handlebars on the cruiser make more sense if I wanted to go off road later or would do they make 4.9" fat tire cruiser tires anywhere that would make more sense?
I think the LX with a straight handle bar, suspension forks and would be perfect if I could determine if the tires on it could be changed to cruiser road tires instead for the time being.
I am weighing my options between the Sondors LX and the Sondors Cruiser Mid Drive bikes as my next ebike. I live in SoCal and only ride pavement trails right now because my current bike cannot handle anything else. I would like to make the 25 mile trip (50 round) on the Santa Ana River Trail to the beach some day. It is 100% pavement. I see dirt trails that are off the path and might want to explore those someday but for no a pavement path is my current concern.
Since losing the 65 pounds I have found the handlebars on my current bike to be closer than I want. I would like a straight handlebar over a curved one now. I often have to stand up and pedal to ride up hills with my current bike and I feel like I am warping my handlebars. I already had to tighten my neck once since it became loose. I think its because of my weight and the laid back handlebars are not made for that purpose.. I would like a straight bar for my next bike but I do not know if its just me and if the bars on the cruiser would do ok for hills.
So here are my questions (thank you all for reading!)
1. Do you think the advertised range is done using the lowest pedal assist level (least help) or the highest when determining range?
2. Would I get considerable more range using the cruiser on pavement over the fat tire option?
3. Does the front fork really matter if I'm using it on pavement? I use a suspension seat post on current bike already
4. If I ever wanted to use this for trails when my fitness improves would the cruiser be a deal breaker? If I changed the forks and tires to knobby?
5. Would changing tires the forks and handlebars on the cruiser make more sense if I wanted to go off road later or would do they make 4.9" fat tire cruiser tires anywhere that would make more sense?
I think the LX with a straight handle bar, suspension forks and would be perfect if I could determine if the tires on it could be changed to cruiser road tires instead for the time being.